Eleanor Powell: Eleanor Powell. Actress: Born to Dance. 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...
Known For: Born to Dance (Nora Paige), Ship Ahoy (Tallulah Winters), I Dood It (Constance Shaw), Lady Be Good (Marilyn Marsh)