Biography for
Eleanore Whitney More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

12 April 1917, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Date of Death

November 1983, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Eleanor Wittenberg

Trivia

When she was ten years old she met Bill Robinson backstage at the Palace Theatre in Cleveland. He was so taken by her dancing that he took to giving her lessons whenever he was in the city. Later he offered to teach her each day during a two month stay in New York and was instrumental in the start of her career.

In a 1937 edition of Modern Screen magazine it was reported that she broke the World Record for the fastest tap-dancing: 60 taps in four seconds.

Prior to her brief motion picture career, she appeared in vaudeville with Jack Benny and Rudy Vallee. In 1946, she played Lucille Jourdain in 'The Would-be Gentleman' on Broadway. She was married in 1939 to former U.S. assistant Attorney, Frederick Backer.