Meet Esther Williams. She was named after a famous American competitive swimming champion and actress back in the 1940s and 50s. As you can see, young Esther is a very good swimmer! Flying-foxes drink by skimming low over water to dip their bellies and then fly off to lick the drips. Due to inexperience or accident, 12 week old Esther ended up in a backyard swimming pool and did several laps until she was rescued. We don’t have a photo to share of Esther being scooped out of the pool, but she di

Remembering Esther Williams...🥰 . Million Dollar Mermaid (also known as The One Piece Bathing Suit in the UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. from a screenplay by Everett Freeman. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch, the cinematography by George Folsey and the choreography by Busby Berkeley. George Folsey received a 1953 Oscar nomination for Be

"In November 1945, Esther Williams, celebrated for her groundbreaking aquatic roles in Hollywood musicals, married Ben Gage, a former radio vocalist and announcer, during an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles. Williams, then riding a wave of popularity following her star turn in Bathing Beauty (1944), found in Gage a partner who shared her love for sport and performance. The couple became fixtures of postwar California society, often photographed at poolside events and charity galas. Their union,