Jane Powell
Known for: Acting
Born: April 1, 1929
Died: September 16, 2021
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
41 movies · 19 TV shows, newest first
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
7.3
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014
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Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009NR
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
2007
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
6.6
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000
5.7
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
8.0
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997
8.5
Private Screenings
1996
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
10.0
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
19927.0
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
6.5
Growing Pains
1985
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
6.9
That's Dancing!
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.5
Fantasy Island
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.4
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1977
8.0
Tubby the Tuba
1975
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
6.8
The Letters
1973
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
8.2
The Judy Garland Show
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
9.0
Feathertop
1961
6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
6.0
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
8.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
4.9
Enchanted Island
1958
3.3
The Girl Most Likely
1958
6.0
The Female Animal
1958
7.0
Alcoa Theatre
1957
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
5.0
Hit the Deck
1955
6.7
Deep in My Heart
1954
5.8
Athena
1954
7.1
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
7.0
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953
5.6
Small Town Girl
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
5.6
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951
6.4
Royal Wedding
1951
6.4
Two Weeks with Love
1950
6.0
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
5.8
Luxury Liner
1948
6.1
A Date with Judy
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
5.9
Three Daring Daughters
1948
6.7
Holiday in Mexico
1946
5.3
Delightfully Dangerous
1945
8.0
Song of the Open Road
1944