The Incredible Eleanor Powell Best tap dancer and drummer in the world in the film Ship Ahoy 1942🤩 Eleanor Torrey Powell 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. Despite her enormous popularity, Powell appeared in only 14 films during her career and largely retired after her marriage to actor Glenn F

“Eleanor Powell, one of our greatest talents, is a bit too powerful for me.” - Fred Astaire Begin the Beguine from The Broadway Melody of 1940 | Indian Wells Arts Festival

33K views · 2.1K reactions | The sublime Eleanor Powell dances her way into the hearts of these soldiers and ours. See her in the appropriately titled, BORN TO DANCE ('36), at 6pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook

310K views · 10K reactions | The sublimely talented Eleanor Powell dancing in an Adrian gown in BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 ('40). The film was the fourth and final entry in MGM's loosely connected Broadway Melody series. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook

Remembering Eleanor Powell and Ralph Meeker on their birthdays | Turner Classic Movies: TCM