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Also Known As Eleanor Torrey Powell
Born November 21, 1912 • Springfield • Massachusetts
Died February 11, 1982 (aged 69) • Beverly Hills • California

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Eleanor Powell performs a dramatic dance pose between two rows of uniformed sailors playing trombones in a scene from the 1936 film Born to Dance.
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