Eleanor Holm
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1913 – 2004
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Who was Eleanor Holm?
Eleanor G. Holm was an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. She is best known for having been suspended from the 1936 Summer Olympics team after she attended a cocktail party on the transatlantic cruise ship taking her to Germany. She went on to have a high-profile celebrity career as actress and singer, socialite and interior designer, and co-starred as Jane in a Hollywood Tarzan movie.
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- Born
- Dec 6, 1913
Brooklyn - Also known as
- Eleanor Holm Whalen
- Eleanor G. Holm
- Eleanor Holm Jarrett
- Eleanor Holm Whelan
- Spouses
- Art Jarrett
(1933/09/02 - 1938/06/14) - Billy Rose
(1939/11/14 - 1954/02/27) - Thomas J Whalen
(1974/11/14 - 1986/06/05)
- Art Jarrett
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Erasmus Hall High School
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Jan 31, 2004
Miami, Florida
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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