Eleanor Powell's biography
Eleanor Powell is 70 years old stage actor born at Springfield. She was born on Thursday 21st of November 1912. She is often nicknamed as The Queen of Tap DancingEllie. According to year of birth 1912 she belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 21st of November means she is Scorpio. Scorpio is a watery sign. These people are very intense in their thoughts. They always learn from the transformatory phase of their life.
She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be stage actor. You can know her also as film actor, television actor, singer. She is recently known as dancer.
Eleanor Powell's family
Eleanor Powell's ex spouse
Glenn Ford
Eleanor Powell and Glenn Ford have been together since 1943 for 16 years. He is known as film actor. Her ex spouse was born on Monday 1st of May 1916 in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne. Her ex spouse died on Wednesday 30th of August 2006 in Beverly Hills. Glenn Ford was 94 years old, when this happened.
Eleanor Powell's career
Her main focus is to be stage actor.
How did Eleanor Powell die
She died on on Thursday 11th of February 1982 when he was 70 years old. Eleanor Powells death was caused by ovarian cancer. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Eleanor Powell's Awards
- She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1541 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 15, 1984.
- After a public appearances was at the AFI Tribute to her film co-star Fred Astaire, she made her final public appearance in October 1981 for the National Film Society in which the Ellie Award was established for performances in filmed musicals.
What Eleanor Powell has done for a first time
- One of her earliest New York jobs was working with the legendary Bill Robinson in private shows (c. 1928) given at parties held in the palatial homes of New York's high society. This was by working with Robinson that Powell first discovered tap dancing.
- Became the first specialty tapper to ever appear at Carnegie Hall.
Eleanor Powell's quotes
- A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.
- I'd rather dance than eat.
- On her later years as an ordained minister: I was married to Glenn Ford. But now I feel as though I'm married to God, and in the nicest, purest sense.
- Whenever you hear the beat of my feet, it is really the beat of my heart saying, "Thank You and God Bless You!".
- Commenting on her marriage to Glenn Ford: I filed on the grounds of mental cruelty and that's exactly what he gave me.
- Once I was identified as a tap dancer that was it - because nobody had ever seen that kind of thing before. When I hit it, the off-beat was just coming in. This was the big new thing, and I used to practice all the time between shows.
- Do you know that on Begin the Beguine we (she and Fred Astaire) rehearsed for two solid weeks, on just arm movements, so they'd be right together.
Eleanor Powell's body shape
Lets describe how Eleanor Powell looks. We will focus on her body shape. Body build is average.