Eleanor Powell
Birthday: November 21, 1912 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Birth Name: Eleanor Torrey Powell
Height: 166 cm
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 Pa ...Show More
Commenting on her marriage to Glenn Ford: I filed on the grounds of mental cruelty and that's exactl Show more
Commenting on her marriage to Glenn Ford: I filed on the grounds of mental cruelty and that's exactly what he gave me. Hide
On her later years as an ordained minister: I was married to Glenn Ford. But now I feel as though I' Show more
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. Hide
I'd rather dance than eat.
I'd rather dance than eat.
Once I was identified as a tap dancer that was it - because nobody had ever seen that kind of thing Show more
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. Hide
Whenever you hear the beat of my feet, it is really the beat of my heart saying, "Thank You and God Show more
Whenever you hear the beat of my feet, it is really the beat of my heart saying, "Thank You and God Bless You!". Hide
Do you know that on Begin the Beguine we (she and Fred Astaire) rehearsed for two solid weeks, on ju Show more
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. Hide
A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.
A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.
Eleanor Powell's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (6)
