Audio of Florence Carr by Growing Bolder, at growingbolder.com

Caption: Florence Carr

Posted: 04/29/2007 11:13pm

As a teenager, she swam with Esther Williams and Buster Crabbe, and as a young woman she was a swimsuit babe in the James Bond movie, "Goldfinger."

Now, Florence Carr is the fastest female swimmer over 80 in the world.

She talked to Growing Bolder about her film career, which included appearing in movies with the likes of Rosemary Clooney and Jerry Lewis, and why she continues to swim 4000 meters six days a week.