Jane Powell

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Portland, Oregon, USA, 1929-04-01

Died: 2021-09-16

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Song of the Open Road	Jane Powell	0
2	1945	Delightfully Dangerous	Sherry Williams	47
3	1946	Holiday in Mexico	Christine Evans	62
4	1948	Three Daring Daughters	Tess Morgan	57
5	1948	A Date with Judy	Judy Foster	61
6	1948	Luxury Liner	Polly Bradford	52
7	1950	Nancy Goes to Rio	Nancy Barklay	57
8	1950	Two Weeks with Love	Patti Robinson	61
9	1951	Royal Wedding	Ellen Bowen	65
10	1951	Rich, Young and Pretty	Elizabeth Rogers	54
11	1953	Small Town Girl	Cindy Kimbell	57
12	1953	Three Sailors and a Girl	Penny Weston	60
13	1954	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Bride Milly Pontipee	72
14	1954	Athena	Athena Mulvain	56
15	1954	Deep in My Heart	Performer in Maytime	68
16	1955	Hit the Deck	Susan Smith	48
17	1955	Billete para Tánger	Vicky	0
18	1958	The Female Animal	Penny Windsor	56
19	1958	The Girl Most Likely	Dodie	37
20	1958	Enchanted Island	Fayaway	45
21	1959	Meet Me in St. Louis	Esther Smith	50
22	1973	The Letters	Elaine Anderson	63
23	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage)	73
24	1975	Tubby the Tuba	Celeste (voice)	0
25	1977	Mayday at 40,000 Feet	Kitty Douglass	64
26	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
27	1985	That's Dancing!		70
28	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
29	1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	57
30	1992	Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts	Host	0
31	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	70
32	1997	Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'	Herself	75
33	2000	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder	Kit Andre	56
34	2000	The Sandy Bottom Orchestra	Delia Ferguson	58
35	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self	70
36	2007	Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane	Self	0
37	2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical	Self (archive)	0
38	2011	Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter	Herself	0
39	2014	Private Screenings: Robert Osborne	Self	73
40	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0
41		Feathertrop	Julie Balfour	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
3	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
4	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self	56
5	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Singer	56
6	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
7	1957	Alcoa Theatre	Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz	65
8	1957	Alcoa Theatre	Harriet Kennedy	65
9	1957	Alcoa Theatre	Kathy Dorn	65
10	1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self	73
11	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Lois Walters	63
12	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
13	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
14	1963	The Judy Garland Show	Self	80
15	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Dancer / Singer	45
16	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Singer	45
17	1977	The Love Boat	Aunt Loretta	63
18	1977	The Love Boat	Grace Bostwick	63
19	1978	Fantasy Island	Joan Wade	64
20	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Rev. Mother Claire	75
21	1985	Growing Pains	Irma Seaver Overmier	65
22	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bess Sherman	79
23		Private Screenings	Self	80
24	1991	Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...	Self	60

Jane Powell

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