Eleanor Powell was a renowned American dancer and actress who began her professional career at the age of sixteen in Atlantic City clubs before moving to New York to perform in revues at the Ritz Grill and Casino de Paris. She was born in 1912 in Springfield, Massachussetts.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth
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Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
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$1,250 per week |
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. She started her career on Broadway in 1929, where her machine-gun foot work gained her the title of world champion in tapping. In 1935 she came to Hollywood where she starred in the great MGM musicals in the late 1930s, establishing herself as a Queen of Ra-Ta-Taps. In spite of the fact that she was primarily a solo performer she also danced with Fred Astaire and George Murphy. After her marriage she wasn't seen on the screen, except for a short number in the De hertogin van Idaho (1950). After her divorce she started a short but successful night-club career.
