Eleanor G. Holm (December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) 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.
Was introduced to President Bill Clinton at a White House reception in 1999.
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Was given a sterling-silver swastika Hermann Goring and had a diamond Star of David put in the middle.
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 255-256. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
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She was set to repeat in the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936, but she ran afoul of officials because of her behavior on the boat trip to Germany. Apparently, women athletes weren't allowed to drink, shoot craps, or sing in cabarets. Ms. Holm paid for the double standard and was kicked off the team.
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Won the 1932 Olympic gold medal in swimming, 100-meter backstroke.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tarzan's Revenge
1938
Eleanor Reed
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Medicus Film of New York World's Fair
1940
Documentary
Herself
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 9
1935
Documentary short
Herself
Sport Slants
1934/I
Documentary short
Herself (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9
1933
Short
Herself
The 42nd. Street Special
1933
Documentary short
Herself (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Naked Archaeologist
2008
TV Series documentary
Eleanor Reed
Haunts of the Black Masseur
2004
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Swim Parade
1949
Documentary short
Herself / Swimmer
Known for movies
Tarzan's Revenge (1938) as Eleanor Reed
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933) as Herself
Medicus Film of New York World's Fair (1940) as Herself
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 9 (1935) as Herself
$1.4 Million
