Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Powell was born on Nov 21, 1912 in USA. Eleanor Powell's big-screen debut came with Queen High directed by Fred C. Newmeyer in 1930. Eleanor Powell is known for That's Entertainment! III directed by Bud Friedgen, June Allyson stars as Self - Co-Hostess and Cyd Charisse as Self - Co-Hostess. The most recent award Eleanor Powell achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Eleanor Powell plays is That's Entertainment! III which will be released on Jul 01, 1994.

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