Jane Powell
Biography
Jane Powell was singing and dancing at an early age. She sang on the radio and performed in theaters before her screen debut in 1944. Through the 1940s and 1950s, she had a successful career in movie musicals. However, in 1957, her career in films ended, as she had outgrown her innocent girl-next-door image. She has made brief returns to acting in front of the camera -- on television, in commercials, and in a workout video. She has had a variety of roles on stage since the end of her movie career, including the musicals "South Pacific," "The Sound of Music," "Oklahoma!," "My Fair Lady," "Carousel," and a one-woman show "The Girl Next Door and How She Grew," from which she took the title of her 1988 autobiography. From the 1980s to the 2010s, Powell lived with her fifth husband, former child star Dickie Moore, in New York City and Connecticut, active in television and theater through the 2000s. Moore passed away in 2015 and Powell moved full-time to Wilton, Connecticut after that. Jane Powell passed away on September 16, 2021, of natural causes, at the age of 92. Despite the same last name she is not related to actors William Powell, Dick Powell, or Eleanor Powell.
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Movies (34)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
as Self
2014
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
as Herself
2011
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
2009
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
as Self
2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
as Delia Ferguson
2000
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
as Kit Andre
2000
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
as Herself
1997
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
as Host
1992
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
That's Dancing!
1985
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Kitty Douglass
1977
Tubby the Tuba
as Celeste (voice)
1975
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1974
The Letters
as Elaine Anderson
1973
Feathertop
as Julie Balfour
1961
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Esther Smith
1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
Enchanted Island
as Fayaway
1958
The Girl Most Likely
as Dodie
1958
The Female Animal
as Penny Windsor
1958
Hit the Deck
as Susan Smith
1955
Deep in My Heart
as Performer in Maytime
1954
Athena
as Athena Mulvain
1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Bride Milly Pontipee
1954
Three Sailors and a Girl
as Penny Weston
1953
Small Town Girl
as Cindy Kimbell
1953
Rich, Young and Pretty
as Elizabeth Rogers
1951
Royal Wedding
as Ellen Bowen
1951
Two Weeks with Love
as Patti Robinson
1950
TV Shows (16)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Bess Sherman
1999
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self
1991
Growing Pains
as Irma Seaver Overmier
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Rev. Mother Claire
1984
Fantasy Island
as Joan Wade
1978
The Love Boat
as Aunt Loretta
1977
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
The Judy Garland Show
as Self
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Lois Walters
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
Alcoa Theatre
as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
The Oscars
as Self
1953