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Eleanor Powell

Highest Rated: 100% Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

Lowest Rated: 80% Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Birthday: Nov 21, 1912

Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Ever-smiling, world-class tap artist who danced her way through a dozen successful MGM musicals in the late 1930s and early 40s before retiring from the screen--save for a guest role in "The Duchess of Idaho" (1950). Typically cast as the determined hopeful whose talent and determination get her to the top, Powell was not a major actress, but she did display exuberance and a certain tongue-in-cheek charm, and her aggressive, androgynous dancing style made her as familiar a sight in top hat and tails as Fred Astaire.

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Highest rated movies

100% 62% Broadway Melody of 1938
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90% 76% Broadway Melody of 1936
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80% 81% Broadway Melody of 1940
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29% I Dood It
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Sensations of 1945
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The Great Morgan
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47% Duchess of Idaho
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42% Ship Ahoy
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29% Honolulu
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55% Thousands Cheer
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Filmography

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No Score Yet 47% Duchess of Idaho Self - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Morgan Film Character (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sensations of 1945 Virginia "Ginny" Walker (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 29% I Dood It Miss Constance "Connie" Shaw (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 55% Thousands Cheer Self - 1943
No Score Yet 42% Ship Ahoy Tallulah Winters (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 47% Lady Be Good Marilyn Marsh (Character) - 1941
80% 81% Broadway Melody of 1940 Clare Bennett (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 29% Honolulu Dorothy March (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 29% Rosalie Princess Rosalie Romanikov (Character) - 1937
100% 62% Broadway Melody of 1938 Sally Lee (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 49% Born to Dance Nora Paige (Character) - 1936
90% 76% Broadway Melody of 1936 Irene Foster (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet George White's 1935 Scandals Marilyn Collins (Character) - 1935