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Jane Powell

Jane Powell

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

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.

Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 • Self
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne poster
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014 • Self
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter poster
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011 • Herself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical poster
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 • Self (archive)
No Image
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
2007 • Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 • Self
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra poster
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000 • Delia Ferguson
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder poster
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000 • Kit Andre
No Image
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997 • Herself
That's Entertainment! III poster
That's Entertainment! III
1994 • (archive footage)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts poster
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992 • Host
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 • Self
Night of 100 Stars II poster
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 • Self
That's Dancing! poster
That's Dancing!
1985
Night of 100 Stars poster
Night of 100 Stars
1982 • Self
Mayday at 40,000 Feet poster
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1977 • Kitty Douglass
Tubby the Tuba poster
Tubby the Tuba
1975 • Celeste (voice)
That's Entertainment! poster
That's Entertainment!
1974 • (archive footage)
The Letters poster
The Letters
1973 • Elaine Anderson
Feathertop poster
Feathertop
1961 • Julie Balfour
Meet Me in St. Louis poster
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959 • Esther Smith
The All-Star Christmas Show poster
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 • Self
Enchanted Island poster
Enchanted Island
1958 • Fayaway
The Girl Most Likely poster
The Girl Most Likely
1958 • Dodie
The Female Animal poster
The Female Animal
1958 • Penny Windsor
Hit the Deck poster
Hit the Deck
1955 • Susan Smith
Deep in My Heart poster
Deep in My Heart
1954 • Performer in Maytime
Athena poster
Athena
1954 • Athena Mulvain
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers poster
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 • Bride Milly Pontipee
Three Sailors and a Girl poster
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953 • Penny Weston
Small Town Girl poster
Small Town Girl
1953 • Cindy Kimbell
Rich, Young and Pretty poster
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951 • Elizabeth Rogers
Royal Wedding poster
Royal Wedding
1951 • Ellen Bowen
Two Weeks with Love poster
Two Weeks with Love
1950 • Patti Robinson
Nancy Goes to Rio poster
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950 • Nancy Barklay
Luxury Liner poster
Luxury Liner
1948 • Polly Bradford
A Date with Judy poster
A Date with Judy
1948 • Judy Foster
Three Daring Daughters poster
Three Daring Daughters
1948 • Tess Morgan
Holiday in Mexico poster
Holiday in Mexico
1946 • Christine Evans
Delightfully Dangerous poster
Delightfully Dangerous
1945 • Sherry Williams
Song of the Open Road poster
Song of the Open Road
1944 • Jane Powell