Tag: Esther Williams
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How Esther Williams The Olympic Swimmer Turned Actress?
Synchronized swimming, the sport has gained real popularity in the world of their watershed. A Hollywood film actress played a role in promoting it. Esther Williams, who was an American freestyle champion, later made synchronized swimming really well-known and popular as a movie star. She made his first performance at the World’s Fair in San…
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How a Hollywood star in a swimming pool helped save Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel
“It saved the hotel from World War II,†Bob Tagatz said of the Williams’ movie. During those lean war years, the Grand Hotel faced the same dismal predicament shared by many resorts: A long-term lack of paying guests. The war years saw the hotel’s business drop 90 percent. Perhaps the darkest day came when 400…
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1999: ‘Million Dollar Mermaid’ Esther Williams describes her start
In 1999 Esther Williams talked with Larry King about how she went from being a competitive swimmer to a Hollywood star.
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Hollywood star and swim champ Esther Williams died today at age 91
Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91.