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I lunched with Grace Kelly in ...

I lunched with Grace Kelly in Cannes, the day she met Prince Rainier.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I read about Cary Grant's use ...

I read about Cary Grant's use of LSD under a doctor's supervision, and how it had given a new direction to his life.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

My mother took refuge in her s...

My mother took refuge in her spirituality while my poor father was barely able to bring home enough money to keep food on the table.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I begged them to please make m...

I begged them to please make me something that wouldn't ride up my, well, you know. And they all told me that they used all the rubber for the tanks

Esther Williams 135 quotes

The lungs are like pontoons, a...

The lungs are like pontoons, and I was able to program myself to take little sips of air while I was sleeping. I'd hook my heels on the coping, take short, quick breaths to keep myself afloat, and just drop right off.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Clothes became very important ...

Clothes became very important to me. I was introduced to Italian couturiers who wanted nothing better than to have Esther Williams wear their latest fashions. They were happy to give me free clothes to wear.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Fernando certainly lived up to...

Fernando certainly lived up to his advance billing: God knows he'd had enough practice to have earned a black belt in the bedroom arts.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

It was during those awful days...

It was during those awful days of money madness and booze, when I was struggling to keep my second marriage together, that Fernando Lamas strode into my life.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

At Spanish parties, the men si...

At Spanish parties, the men sing and recite poetry, and there is always dancing.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I had to listen to Morton Down...

I had to listen to Morton Downey as I walked out onstage for each entrance... in sotto voce, heard only by me, Morton spewed four-letter words, regaling me with graphic descriptions of what he would like to do on and to my body.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Johnny Weissmuller and I swam ...

Johnny Weissmuller and I swam together on Treasure Island for Billy ROse's Aquacade.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

LSD seemed like instant psycho...

LSD seemed like instant psychoanalysis. With my eyes closed, I felt my tension and resistance ease away as the hallucinogen swept through me.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Widowhood had done nothing to ...

Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Unlike some of the other girls...

Unlike some of the other girls at MGM, who were groomed from childhood, I had to learn on the job.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

When Turner Classic Movies run...

When Turner Classic Movies runs seven or eight of my movies every year on my birthday, August 8, you can see me learning the art of finding a presence in front of the camera.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Mayer... He was the king of th...

Mayer... He was the king of the world.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

We used Stage 30 for our swim ...

We used Stage 30 for our swim scenes. Today there's a little placard that identifies it as The Esther Williams Stage, but back then we just called it Pneumonia Alley.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

I was never into the big-ticke...

I was never into the big-ticket trappings of stardom-the furs and the fancy cars.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

That was Joan Crawford at her ...

That was Joan Crawford at her best-when she wanted something.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

They brought me up on a hydrau...

They brought me up on a hydraulic lift, like Aphrodite! By the time they returned with that picture from an audience-testing preview in Pomona, they had changed the title from Mr. Coed to Bathing Beauty. That was the first swimming movie.

Esther Williams 135 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....