Eleanor Holm
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American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (1913–2004)
Film & TV
New York, New York
From Wikipedia... Born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a fireman,[2] Holm learned to swim while very young. Winning her first national swimming title at age 13, she was selected to compete in the 1928 Summer Olympics, where she finished fifth in her specialty, the 100-meter backstroke.[3][4] She was talented in several other strokes as well, winning several American titles in the 300-yard…
Known for
- Tarzan's Revenge — Eleanor Reed1938
- The 42nd Street Special — Self (uncredited)1933
- Sport Slants #2 — Self1931
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Holm
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Miami
- Spouse
- Billy Rose
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Country for sport
- United States
- Image
- Eleanor Holm 1932 crop.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1913-12-06
- date of death
- 2004-01-31
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- birth name
- Eleanor G. Holm
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Eleanor Holm
- writing language
- English language
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