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Actress: Born to Dance. Eleanor Powell was born in 1912 in Springfield, Massachussetts, and got her professional start in Atlantic City clubs, from where she moved into in revue in New York at the Ritz Grill and Casino de Paris at the age of sixteen.
Nov 26, 2012 · Powell, who died in 1982, would have turned 100 this past Wednesday. Today, she comes across in f... Eleanor Powell, the magnificently talented movie-musical performer of the mid-twentieth...
Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982) 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 · January 11, 2016 by Elizabeth Semko. “The dance routines I created are like children to me. I don’t want to forget them.” – Eleanor Powell. On November 21, 1912, a little girl named Eleanor was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Little did the world know that day that dance royalty had been born.
Eleanor Powell [biography]:Biography Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress. Poster for the film Broadway Melody of 1940. Dates: 1921-1982 Birth Date: Nov 12, 1921 Death Date: Feb 11, 1982. Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts Place of Death: Beverly Hill, California.
Sep 2, 2022 · 263 views 1 year ago. Pre-orders are available now for the first in-depth biography of iconic tap dancer, Eleanor Powell, to be published by University Press of Kentucky in August 2023. Visit...
Jul 14, 2023 · Univ. Pr. of Kentucky . Aug. 2023. 360p. ISBN 9780813197883. $40. BIOG. COPY ISBN. Arguably one of the greatest tap dancers to grace the American stage and screen, Eleanor Powell (1912–82) thought she would not make an interesting subject of a biography, given her relatively scandal-free life.
