"What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God."
Eleanor Powell
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For those of you too young to remember her on the late show, the above video will serve as a reminder. Eleanor Powell And Fred Astaire, Begin The Beguine, Broadway Melody Of 1940
She is the mother of Peter Ford and was married to Glenn Ford from 1942 to 1959.
In 1954, following a period of retirement, she was asked to host The Faith of Our Children (1953), a non-denominational religious program which featured appearances from film and sports stars. The show lasted three seasons and Eleanor received a regional Emmy Award for children's programming.
Having been spotted playfully performing acrobatics on the beach while on vacation at Atlantic City, her first professional dancing job was at age 12 at the Ambassador Hotel in a Gus Edwards summer vaudeville revue. She was reportedly paid a total of $21 (in 1924) for performing three times a week. That was 1 ounce of gold plus one silver dollar.