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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bess Sherman
The Love Boat
Aunt Loretta
The Love Boat
Grace Bostwick
Murder, She Wrote
Rev. Mother Claire
The Steve Allen Show
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
Fantasy Island
Joan Wade
Alcoa Theatre
Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
Alcoa Theatre
Harriet Kennedy
Alcoa Theatre
Kathy Dorn
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lois Walters
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Oscars
Self
Growing Pains
Irma Seaver Overmier
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Dancer / Singer
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Singer
The Judy Garland Show
Self
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bride Milly Pontipee
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Delightfully Dangerous
Sherry Williams
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Royal Wedding
Ellen Bowen
Hit the Deck
Susan Smith
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
A Date with Judy
Judy Foster
The Female Animal
Penny Windsor
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Two Weeks with Love
Patti Robinson
That's Dancing!
Small Town Girl
Cindy Kimbell
Athena
Athena Mulvain
Song of the Open Road
Jane Powell
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Deep in My Heart
Performer in Maytime
The Girl Most Likely
Dodie
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Luxury Liner
Polly Bradford
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Kitty Douglass
Three Daring Daughters
Tess Morgan
Tubby the Tuba
Celeste (voice)
The Letters
Elaine Anderson
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
Rich, Young and Pretty
Elizabeth Rogers
Meet Me in St. Louis
Esther Smith
Nancy Goes to Rio
Nancy Barklay
Holiday in Mexico
Christine Evans
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Self
Three Sailors and a Girl
Penny Weston
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Kit Andre
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
Self
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
Herself
Enchanted Island
Fayaway
Feathertop
Julie Balfour
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Herself
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
Delia Ferguson
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
Host
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Private Screenings
Self
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Self