Esther Jane Williams (born August 8, 1921),is a retired American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star. Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records before she turned 20. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, Williams joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she caught the attention of MGM scouts. Through the 1940s and early 1950s, Williams made a series of films known as "aquamusicals", which featured elaborate performances with synchronized swimming and diving. These films often paired Williams with popular MGM male stars, such as Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalbán and Howard Keel. Williams left MGM in 1956 and appeared in a handful of unsuccessful feature films, followed by several extremely popular television specials, including one from Cypress Gardens, Florida. Since her retirement from film in the 1960s, Williams has become a businesswoman, lending her name to a line of swimming pools and retro swimwear, instructional swimming videos for children, and serving as a commentator for synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. La fuente mágica (1963) ... aka Magic Fountain (USA) The Big Show (1961) .... Hillary Allen "Zane Grey Theater" .... Sarah Harmon (1 episode, 1960) ... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title) ... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title) - The Black Wagon (1960) TV episode .... Sarah Harmon "The Donna Reed Show" .... Molly (1 episode, 1960) - The Career Woman (1960) TV episode .... Molly Raw Wind in Eden (1958) .... Laura "Lux Video Theatre" .... Vicki (1 episode, 1957) ... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title) - The Armed Venus (1957) TV episode .... Vicki The Unguarded Moment (1956) .... Lois Conway ... aka The Gentle Web (USA: alternative title) Jupiter's Darling (1955) .... Amytis Dangerous When Wet (1953) .... Katie Higgins Easy to Love (1953) .... Julie Hallerton Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) .... Annette Kellerman ... aka The One Piece Bathing Suit (UK) Skirts Ahoy! (1952) .... Whitney Young Texas Carnival (1951) .... Debbie Telford Pagan Love Song (1950) .... Mimi Bennett Duchess of Idaho (1950) .... Christine Riverton Duncan Neptune's Daughter (1949) .... Eve Barrett Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) .... K.C. Higgins ... aka Everybody's Cheering (UK) On an Island with You (1948) .... Rosalind Reynolds This Time for Keeps (1947) .... Leonora 'Nora' Cambaretti Fiesta (1947) .... Maria Morales Easy to Wed (1946) .... Connie Allenbury Chandler The Hoodlum Saint (1946) .... Kay Lorrison Thrill of a Romance (1945) .... Cynthia Glenn Bathing Beauty (1944) .... Caroline Brooks A Guy Named Joe (1943) .... Ellen Bright Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942) .... Sheila Brooks Personalities (1942) (uncredited) .... Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) Inflation (1942) .... Mrs. Smith
