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Eleanor Powell was an American dancer and actress known for her powerful style of tap dancing. She performed several tap dance numbers in films during the 1930s and 1940s. In 1965, she was chosen as the ‘World’s Greatest Tap Dancer’ by the Dance Masters of America.
Apr 25, 2024 · Eleanor Powell (born November 21, 1912, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.—died February 11, 1982, Beverly Hills, California) was an American film performer best known for her powerful and aggressive style of tap dancing.
Nov 26, 2012 · Eleanor Powell, the magnificently talented movie-musical performer of the mid-twentieth century, was too good for Hollywood. I don’t mean too virtuous; I mean too virtuosic—too masterful at her...
American dancer and actress who starred in MGM musicals of the 1930s and 1940s . Born on November 21, 1910, in Springfield, Massachusetts; died of cancer on February 11, 1982; married Glenn Ford (an actor), in 1943 (divorced 1959): children: one son, Peter. Selected theater:
Eleanor Torrey Powell was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her tap dance numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's top dancing stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Jan 11, 2016 · Powell began training in ballet when she was six years old. It was when she was 11, however, that she was discovered by Vaudeville kiddie revue head Gus Edwards while playfully doing acrobatics on the beach during a vacation.
Eleanor Torrey Powell was an American film actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her exuberant solo tap dancing. Powell was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. A dancer since childhood, she was discovered at the age of 11 by the head of the Vaudeville Kiddie revue, Gus Edwards.
