The stunning, Eleanor Powell! ————————————- Eleanor Powell was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her solo tap numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, Powell began studying ballet aged six and began dancing at nightclubs in Atlantic City before she was a teenager. From the age of sixteen, she began studying tap and started appearing in musical revues on Broadway, before making her Hollywood debut as a featured dancer in the movie George White's Scandals (1935). ————————

#eleanorpowell #techniquetuesday #tapdance #thousandscheer #legendary #Repost @classic.age ・・・ ⁣Eleanor Powell being absolutely mesmerizing as always in “Thousands Cheer” (1943) | Operation: Tap

Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell - Jukebox Dance (1940)....🎶🎺🎷💙🎉🔥 A tap dance duet with Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire from the film Broadway Melody | Harlem In Montmartre

James Stewart & Eleanor Powell performing “Hey, Babe, Hey” in “Born To Dance”, (1936), directed by Roy Del Ruth. | I'm Old Fashioned - Vintage Everyday

@classicactress The very talented EleanorPowell shows off her tap dancing in The Broadway Melody Of 1936 | Association of International Dance Teachers

“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

Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell - 1940 From the 1940 MGM musical "Broadway Melody of 1940 | Harlem In Montmartre