Academy Film Archive. The Academy Film Archive has subsequently preserved several of these home movies. Filmography Box office rankings For a number of years, US movie exhibitors voted Esther Williams among the most popular film stars in the country: 1947 – 24th most popular star 1948 – 11th 1949 – 8th 1950 – 8th – also 2nd most popular star in the UK 1951 – 5th most popular female star 1952 – 12th 1953 – 12th 1954 – 25th With the exception of The Hoodlum Saint and Jupiter's Darling, no film in which Williams starred for MGM lost money and some were extremely profitable. See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Esther Williams Trophy Citations General references External links Esther Williams Swimming Pools website Photographs of Esther Williams The Golden Years Vaudeville theater named in honor of Esther Williams 1921 births 2013 deaths 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American businesspeople Actresses from Inglewood, California American autobiographers American female swimmers American film actresses American memoirists American television actresses Los Angeles City College alumni Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players Sportspeople from Inglewood, California Women autobiographers California Republicans American women memoirists 20th-century American businesswomen 21st-century American women