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- NAME: Esther Williams
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Entrepreneur, Pin-up, Professional Swimmer
- BIRTH DATE: August 08, 1921 (Age: 91)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
- Full Name: Esther Jane Williams
- Nickname: America's Mermaid
- ZODIAC SIGN: Leo
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Actress Esther Williams, nicknamed “America’s Mermaid,” helped popularize synchronized swimming through a string of hugely popular films in the 1940s and 1950s.
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At request of her third husband, actor Fernando Lamas, she stopped acting. The couple stayed together until his death in 1982. Instead of performing, Williams focused business interests. After endorsing swimsuits in 1940s and 1950s, she designed her own swimsuit line, the Esther Williams Swimsuit Collection. She also put her name on a line of backyard swimming pools. Both businesses are still thriving today.
Now in her eighties,
Williams remains active despite a recent health setback. In 2007, she told Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer during a television interview that she had suffered a stroke, but that did not slow her down for long. In time, she recovered and returned to swimming.
Esther Williams lives in Beverly Hills, California, with fourth husband Edward Bell. She has three children from her second marriage to Ben Gage.
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