Eleanor Powell(1912-1982)

Actress
Choreography
Soundtrack

A bumbling pants presser at an upscale hotel's valet service nurses an unrequited crush on a Broadway star. He gets more than he bargained for when she agrees to marry him, to spite her womanizing fiance, and encounters Nazi saboteurs.

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I Dood It (1943)

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 Duchess of Idaho (1950). After her divorce she started a short but successful night-club career.

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Awards
- 4 wins total

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Known for

Broadway Melody of 1940

7.2

Clare Bennett

1940

Honolulu

6.5

Dorothy March

1939

Born to Dance

6.7

Nora Paige

1936

Lady Be Good

6.4

Marilyn Marsh

1941

Credits

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Actress

The Faith of Our Children
7.8
TV Series
- 1955–1957
Duchess of Idaho
6.3
- Eleanor Powell
- 1950
Sensations of 1945
6.0
- Virginia 'Ginny' Walker
- 1944
I Dood It
6.2
- Constance Shaw
- 1943
Thousands Cheer
6.2
- Eleanor Powell
- 1943
Ship Ahoy
6.4
- Tallulah Winters
- 1942
Lady Be Good
6.4
- Marilyn Marsh
- 1941
Broadway Melody of 1940
7.2
- Clare Bennett
- 1940
Honolulu
6.5
- Dorothy March
- 1939
Rosalie
5.9
- Rosalie
- 1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
6.7
- Sally Lee
- 1937
Born to Dance
6.7
- Nora Paige
- 1936
Broadway Melody of 1936
6.7
- Irene Foster
- 1935
George White's 1935 Scandals
5.8
- Marilyn
- 1935
Queen High
5.9
- Party Guest
- Dancer (uncredited)
- 1930

Choreography

Soundtrack

That's Entertainment! III
7.5
- performer: "Follow in My Footsteps" (1937), "Your Broadway and My Broadway" (1937), "Broadway Rhythm" (1935), "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), "Jukebox Dance" (1940) (uncredited)
- 1994
That's Dancing!
7.2
- performer: "Broadway Rhythm", "Hola E Pae"
- 1985
AFI Life Achievement Award
5.8
TV Mini Series
- performer: "Begin the Beguine"
- 1981
Alexandria... Why?
7.3
- performer: "Swingin' the Jinx Away" (uncredited)
- 1979
That's Entertainment, Part II
7.3
- performer: "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), "Swingin' The Jinx Away" (1936) (uncredited)
- 1976
That's Entertainment!
7.8
- performer: "Rosalie" (1937), "Swingin' The Jinx Away" (1936) (Outtake), "Begin The Beguine" (1935), "Easy To Love" (1936) (uncredited)
- 1974
The Great Morgan
5.0
- performer: "Got a Pair of New Shoes" (uncredited)
- 1946
I Dood It
6.2
- performer: "Star Eyes" (1943), "So Long Sarah Jane" (1943), "Swingin' the Jinx Away" (1936), "Hola E Pae" (uncredited), "Anchors Aweigh" (1906) (uncredited)
- Soundtrack ("Rock-a-Bye Baby" (1886), uncredited)
- 1943
Ship Ahoy
6.4
- performer: "I'll Take Tallulah" (1942)
- 1942
Lady Be Good
6.4
- performer: "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (1924), "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924) (uncredited)
- 1941
Broadway Melody of 1940
7.2
- performer: "All Ashore" (1939), "Between You and Me" (1939), "Jukebox Dance" (1939), "I Concentrate on You" (1939), "Begin the Beguine" (1935), "I've Got My Eyes on You" (1939) (uncredited)
- 1940
Honolulu
6.5
- performer: "Honolulu" (1939), "Old Folks at Home" (1851) (uncredited), "Listen to the Mockingbird" (1855) (uncredited), "Old Black Joe" (1861) (uncredited), "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" (1917) (uncredited), "Hola E Pae" (uncredited), "Hawaiian Medley"
- 1939
Rosalie
5.9
- Soundtrack
- performer: "Rosalie" (1937), "Who Knows?" (1937), "I've a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart" (1937), "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (1896) ("Who Knows?" (1937), "The Washington Post" (1889), "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (1896), "El Capitan" (1896), "Semper Fidelis" (1888), uncredited, uncredited)
- 1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
6.7
- performer: "Yours and Mine" (1937), "Follow in My Footsteps" (1937), "I'm Feelin' Like a Million" (1937), "Your Broadway and My Broadway" (1937), "Broadway Rhythm" (1935), "Got a Pair of New Shoes" (1937) (uncredited)
- 1937
Born to Dance
6.7
- performer: "Rap, Tap on Wood" (1936) (uncredited), "Hey, Babe, Hey" (1936), "Love Me, Love My Pekinese" (1936) (uncredited), "Easy to Love" (1936) (uncredited), "Swingin' the Jinx Away" (1936) (uncredited)
- Soundtrack ("Easy to Love" (1936), uncredited)
- 1936