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Esther Williams

1921 - 2013

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Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the role vacated by Eleanor Holm after the show's move from New York City to San Francisco. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Esther Williams has received more than 3,352,902 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Esther Williams is the 1,829th most popular actor (down from 1,280th in 2019), the 3,008th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,271st in 2019) and the 842nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.4M

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  • 54.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Esther Williams ranks 1,829 out of 13,578. Before her are Peter Vaughan, Claude Akins, Rosa Albach-Retty, Matthew Modine, Abe Vigoda, and Sydne Rome. After her are Tim Russ, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Perez, Dylan McDermott, Liev Schreiber, and Dana Delany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Esther Williams ranks 152. Before her are Louis Lachenal, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Hans Robert Jauss, Ezzard Charles, Georges Wilson, and Abe Vigoda. After her are Raymond Williams, Amedeo Amadei, Jackie Stallone, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, and Lionel Terray. Among people deceased in 2013, Esther Williams ranks 148. Before her are Harry Reems, Bill Foulkes, Karen Black, Hans Riegel, László Csatáry, and S. N. Goenka. After her are Amedeo Amadei, Pál Csernai, Tony Sheridan, Manolo Escobar, Bruno Metsu, and Anatoly Onoprienko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Esther Williams ranks 3,008 out of 20,380. Before her are Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809), Henry Wilson (1812), Matthew Modine (1959), Jesse Ventura (1951), Abe Vigoda (1921), and Sydne Rome (1951). After her are Frank Jarvis (1878), Tim Russ (1956), John Hughes (1950), Dominic Chianese (1931), Oliver Winchester (1810), and Robert Rossen (1908).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Esther Williams ranks 842. Before her are Donald O'Connor (1925), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), Claude Akins (1926), Matthew Modine (1959), Abe Vigoda (1921), and Sydne Rome (1951). After her are Tim Russ (1956), Dominic Chianese (1931), Dylan McDermott (1961), Liev Schreiber (1967), Dana Delany (1956), and Octavia Spencer (1972).

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Television and Movie Roles

Neptune's Daughter
Eve Barrett
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.
Jun 10o 19495.8 / 10
Million Dollar Mermaid
Annette Kellerman
After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
Dec 4o 19526.4 / 10
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
K.C. Higgins
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball. Second baseman Dennis Ryan promptly falls in love. But his playboy roommate Eddie O'Brien has his own notions about how to treat the new lady owner and some unsavory gamblers have their own ideas about how to handle Eddie.
Mar 9o 19496.8 / 10