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Esther Williams later said that when the crown on her head hit the water, she heard a snapping sound from her neck and knew something was terribly wrong. Once everyone on set realized what had happened, Williams got the attention she needed. The result was 100 times worse than she could have imagined. Williams had three cracked vertebrae and needed to spend six months in a body cast. Something ...
6. Juni 2013 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — As a teenager, Esther Williams dreamed of Olympic glory on the U.S. swim team. She had to settle instead for becoming a movie star. The self-described “Million Dollar Mermaid,” whose wholesome beauty, shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies — the Technicolor “aqua musicals” — died ...
Esther Williams (1921–2013) hatte bereits als Teenager mehrere Schwimmmeisterschaften gewonnen und trat zusammen mit Johnny Weissmuller in der Aquacade Show auf, als ein MGM-Talentscout sie dort entdeckte. 1944 erhielt sie in BATHING BEAUTY ihre erste Hauptrolle. Der kommerzielle Erfolg machte sie für die nächsten zwölf Jahre zu einem der großen Stars der MGM. Ohne Esther Williams hätte ...
7. Juni 2013 · June 6, 2013 / 8:57 PM EDT / AP. 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 ...
6. Juni 2013 · Esther Williams, the swim champion turned actress who was known for roles in MGM aquatic spectaculars such as "Bathing Beauty" and "Million Dollar Mermaid," died Thursday in Beverly Hills. She was 91.
6. Juni 2013 · 6 June 2013. US swimming champion-turned-movie star Esther Williams has died in Los Angeles aged 91. Her spokesman said she died peacefully in her sleep. She had been in declining health due to ...
Die große Attraktion ist ein 1960 in Deutschland gedrehtes Zirkusmelodram von James B. Clark mit Esther Williams, Cliff Robertson und Robert Vaughn in den Hauptrollen. Die Geschichte basiert auf dem Roman I'll Never Go There Any More von Jerome Weidman . Drehort Circus Krone (heutiges Gebäude) in München.
