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Eleanor Powell
(1912-1982)
American tap dancer, actress,
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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, Powell began studying ballet when she was six and was dancing at nightclubs in Atlantic City before she was a teenager. At the age of sixteen, she began studying tap and started appearing in musical revues on Broadway. She made her Hollywood debut as a featured dancer in the movie George White's Scandals (1935).

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Born Eleanor Torrey Powell
21 November 1912
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died
11 February 1982 (aged 69)
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Zodiac Scorpio
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