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MGM made money off me, but they never understood the art form. Not until the fifth picture did I even get a choreographer. When I first started swimming, not many girls participated in the sport. They either didn't want to get their hair wet or wanted to go out on Friday nights instead of going to a meet. But as a result of the popularity of the water ballet, pretty girls began to swim.
I've been a lucky lady. I've had three exciting careers. Before films I had the experience of competitive swimming, with the incredible fun of winning.
I had a movie career with all the glamour that goes with it. That was ego-fulfilling, but it was like the meringue on the pie. My marriage with [ Fernando Lamas --that was the filling, that was the apple in the pie. And I loved being a Latin wife--you get treated very well. Mayer , who had scolded her] Mr. Mayer, please don't yell at me. You can make movies, but you can't get to the end of the pool first. So you can't yell at me 'til you can. The shot was the thing.
View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Create a list ». The Fountainhead Premiere. My Man Godfrey Premiere. The Angry Red Planet premiere. But to ask me to act was sheer insanity. Mayer, and recalled that she took the job after her mother told her: "No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life. Lamas was Williams' third husband.
Before her fame she was married briefly to a medical student. In she wed Ben Gage, a radio announcer, and they had three children, Benjamin, Kimball and Susan. They divorced in After Lamas' death in , Williams regained the spotlight. Having popularized synchronized swimming with her movies, she was co-host of the event on television at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. She issued a video teaching children how to swim and sponsored her own line of swimsuits.
Before films I had the experience of competitive swimming, with the incredible fun of winning. I had a movie career with all the glamor that goes with it.
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