This page will contain discussion groups about Esther Williams, as they become available.Esther WilliamsEsther Jane Williams (born 8 August 1922) is a United States swimmer and movie star. Esther WilliamsEsther Williams was born in Inglewood, California, and was enthusistic about swimming from her youth. She qualified to be in the United States swim team in the 1940 Olympics, but the games were canceled due to World War II. Williams instead went to Hollywood, and quickly became a popular star of the 1940s and 1950s. Many of her films, such as Million Dollar Mermaid and Jupiter's Darling, contained elaborately staged swimming scenes, obtained not without physical cost to the performer. She broke her neck filming a 50-foot dive off a tower during a climactic musical number for the 1952 release Million Dollar Mermaid which landed her in a body cast for six months (she subsequently recovered though she still suffers headaches as a result of the accident). Her many hours spent submerged resulted in her rupturing her eardrums numerous times. In her autobiography, Williams details several other occasions in which she nearly drowned shooting her oxygen-defying stunts. Her love life was a source of media interest. She was romantically linked with Jeff Chandler, and has been married four times. Her third husband was actor Fernando Lamas. Her brother, Stanton Williams, also had a brief acting career during the 1920s before his death while still a teenager. Esther Williams retired from acting in the early 1960s. Further reading
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Esther Williams retired from acting in the early 1960s. Dean Cain is a quarter Japanese, French-Canadian, Irish andWelsh and has a son, Christopher Dean Cain, with model Samantha Torres. Her brother, Stanton Williams, also had a brief acting career during the 1920s before his death while still a teenager. He has also starred in several films, including The Broken Hearts Club (2000), Out of Time (2003) and Bailey's Billions (2004). Her third husband was actor Fernando Lamas. In 1998, Cain started the Angry Dragon Entertainment production company, which produces the new TBS Superstation television series Ripley's Believe It Or Not. She was romantically linked with Jeff Chandler, and has been married four times. In 1993, Cain took on the role of Superman in the new television series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which ran until 1997. Her love life was a source of media interest. With little hope of returning to sports, he turned to screenwriting and then acting, shooting dozens of commercials and appearing on popular television shows like Grapevine, A Different World and Beverly Hills 90210. In her autobiography, Williams details several other occasions in which she nearly drowned shooting her oxygen-defying stunts. History) and immediately signed on as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills, an NFL football team, but a knee injury during training ended his football career before it began. Her many hours spent submerged resulted in her rupturing her eardrums numerous times. Cain graduated from Princeton in 1988 (A.B. She broke her neck filming a 50-foot dive off a tower during a climactic musical number for the 1952 release Million Dollar Mermaid which landed her in a body cast for six months (she subsequently recovered though she still suffers headaches as a result of the accident). He was also rumored to have dated actress Brooke Shields who was one year ahead of him at the university. Many of her films, such as Million Dollar Mermaid and Jupiter's Darling, contained elaborately staged swimming scenes, obtained not without physical cost to the performer. When he graduated in 1984, he turned down 17 athletic scholarships to attend Princeton University, where he went on to captain the volleyball team and play free safety on the football team (setting the NCAA record for the most interceptions in a single season). Williams instead went to Hollywood, and quickly became a popular star of the 1940s and 1950s. At Santa Monica High School, it became clear that Cain excelled in sports. She qualified to be in the United States swim team in the 1940 Olympics, but the games were canceled due to World War II. His parents divorced before he was born, but his mother later married film director Chris Cain and moved to Malibu, California. Esther Williams was born in Inglewood, California, and was enthusistic about swimming from her youth. Clemens, Michigan to actress Sharon Thomas and US Army serviceman Roger Tanaka. Esther Jane Williams (born 8 August 1922) is a United States swimmer and movie star. Dean George Tanaka was born July 31, 1966 in Mt. Williams, Esther, The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography, Simon & Schuster, 1999. 31 July 1966-...) is an American actor most well-known for playing Superman in the television series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Dean Cain (b. |