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Springfield Massachusetts
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Eleanor studied ballet and acrobatics at age 7.
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Gus Edwards noticed Eleanor dancing on the beach and offered a job at a nightclub performing three nights a week.
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Eleanor headed to New York City. She met and danced with Bill Robinson at nightclubs and private parties
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Rejected for lack of tap skills
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Attended Jack Donahue's dance school. Studied under Johnny Boyle. He made her wear a sandbag belt to keep her feet near the floor.
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First Broadway show.
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First movie appearance uncredited
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Appeared in Fine and Dandy (1930), and Ziegfeld's Hot-Cha! (1932).
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MGM film. Recognized for tap dancing skills. Offered a long term contract with MGM.
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MGM film. Stars as Nora Paige.
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MGM film. Stars as Sally Lee who is to be the leading lady in a broadway show, but first must win a horse race to provide money to produce it. (This is a show within a show).
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MGM film.
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MGM film. Performed with Fred Astaire. The two were thought to be paired for other films, but they never happened.
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Returned to solo performance work in this film.
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Eleanor married Glenn Ford.
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Minor role in the film
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Final film before retiring to raise her son.
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Eleanor's son, Peter Ford, was born. He was her only child.
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Very last performance on the screen.
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Her marriage with Glenn Ford ended.
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After her divorce, Eleanor began to dance at nightclubs again.
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Eleanor devoted her later years to charities and religious work.
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Eleanor received an award from the National Film Ceremony in her name.
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Eleanor died of cancer in Beverly Hills, CA. Her ashes reside at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
