Born to Dance
1936
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Mar 29, 2022 · In this excerpt, Glenn Ford and his lovely wife, Eleanor Powell, are interviewed at the Academy Awards on March 30, 1955. The complete episode hosted by Ralp...
Ford was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Canadian-American actor Glenn Ford and American actress-dancer Eleanor Powell. As a child Ford's interest in rock and roll music inadvertently contributed to "Rock Around the Clock" being chosen as the title track for Blackboard Jungle.
Apr 24, 2011 · Actor Glenn Ford and son, Peter, visit Eleanor Powell on the set of her movie, "Duchess of Idaho," 1950. It was her final feature film performance. (MGM publicity photo)
Despite her enormous popularity, Powell appeared in only 14 films during her career and largely retired after her marriage to actor Glenn Ford in 1943.
Eleanor Powell, elegantly dressed in a light beige suit, walked slowly and deliberately down the stairs of her Beverly Hills home and, reaching the hallway, stopped to pick up the morning paper. Glancing over the headlines, she took the paper with her as she walked out to the car.
Sep 1, 2006 · At the time, Ford was married to leggy, toothy dancer Eleanor Powell, who retired from the screen to become plain Mrs Glenn Ford in 1943. (They divorced in 1959.)
Aug 31, 2006 · While in the Marines, he met the dancer Eleanor Powell at a war-bond cavalcade. They were married in 1943 and had a son, Peter, who survives. The marriage ended in divorce in 1959.
