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Eleanor Powell

1912 - 1982

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Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982) was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her tap dance numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's top dancing stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Powell appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and most prominently, in a series of movie musical vehicles tailored especially to showcase her dance talents, including Born to Dance (1936), Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), Rosalie (1937), and Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eleanor Powell has received more than 1,951,869 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Eleanor Powell is the 4,633rd most popular actor (down from 4,168th in 2019), the 6,929th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,496th in 2019) and the 2,149th most popular American Actor.

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  • 20

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  • 1.98

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  • 3.65

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eleanor Powell ranks 4,633 out of 9,996. Before her are Ewen Bremner, Martha Mansfield, Go Hyun-jung, Anita Page, Frances Bay, and Jamie Campbell Bower. After her are Callum Keith Rennie, William Haines, Mike Farrell, Connie Britton, Eliza Taylor, and Caitriona Balfe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Eleanor Powell ranks 270. Before her are György Sándor, Frank Oppenheimer, Julián Berrendero, Gordon Parks, Alfred Aston, and Jehan Buhan. After her are Anton Buttigieg, Lauro Amadò, Hércules de Miranda, Niginho, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, and Ted Drake. Among people deceased in 1982, Eleanor Powell ranks 198. Before her are Jimmy McGrory, Palden Thondup Namgyal, Dominique Dunne, Eino Penttilä, Leonid Spirin, and Ivan Mariz. After her are Tauno Palo, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Pedro Solé, Hércules de Miranda, Raghunath Murmu, and Archibald MacLeish.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eleanor Powell ranks 6,929 out of 18,182. Before her are Anita Page (1910), Albert Gutterson (1887), Robert Trivers (1943), Wilbur Ross (1937), Lloyd Kaufman (1945), and Bill Frisell (1951). After her are Raymond E. Brown (1928), Harold Budd (1936), William Haines (1900), Warren Farrell (1943), Mike Farrell (1939), and Junior Wells (1934).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Eleanor Powell ranks 2,149. Before her are Louis Wolheim (1880), Harve Presnell (1933), Bruce Kirby (1925), Khloé Kardashian (1984), Martha Mansfield (1899), and Anita Page (1910). After her are William Haines (1900), Mike Farrell (1939), Connie Britton (1967), Leland Orser (1960), Lucille Ricksen (1910), and Jaimie Alexander (1984).

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