Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Torrey Powell was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her exuberant solo tap numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, Powell began studying ballet aged six and began dancing at nightclubs in Atlantic City before she was a teenager. From the age of sixteen, she began studying tap and started appearing in musical revues on Broadway, before making her Hollywood debut as a featured dancer in the movie George Whites Scandals .

She was known as one of MGMs top dancing stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood in a series of musical vehicles tailored especially for her talents, such as Born to Dance , Broadway Melody of 1938 and Rosalie , believed to be equalled only by Fred Astaire in terms of dancing talent. In 1965, she was named the Worlds Greatest Tap Dancer by the Dance Masters of America.

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