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Williams, Esther, 1921-2013

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Personal name headingWilliams, Esther, 1921-2013
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Variant(s)America's Mermaid, 1921-2013
Birth date19210808
Death date20130606
Place of birthLos Angeles, Calif.
Place of deathBeverly Hills, Calif.
Profession or occupationSwimmer Motion picture actor
Found inOmnibus. IV, vol. 4 [MP] 1955: credits (Esther Williams, guest)
Katz, E. Film ency., c1979 (Esther Williams; b. 8-8-23, Los Angeles, Cal.; champion swimmer, actress)
Polanski, R. Depoimento, 1991: cover (Esther Williams) p. 7 (Esther Jane Williams) p. 12 (b. in Inglewood, Los Angeles, 1921)
IMDb, July 29, 2005 (Esther Williams; b. Aug. 8, 1922, Los Angeles, Calif.; nickname: America's Mermaid)
Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), July 29, 2005 (Esther (Jane) Williams; b. Aug. 8, 1923, Inglewood, Calif.)
New York times (online), viewed June 6, 2013 (Esther Williams; b. Esther Jane Williams, Aug. 8, 1921, Los Angeles; d. Thursday [June 6, 2013], Beverly Hills, Calif., aged 91; teenage swimming champion who became an enormous Hollywood star in a decade of watery MGM extravaganzas)
Associated languageeng