Jane Powell
Actor
Born April 1, 1929 in 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.
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Self
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Herself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
Delia Ferguson
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Kit Andre
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bess Sherman
Private Screenings
Self
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
Host
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Growing Pains
Irma Seaver Overmier
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
That's Dancing!
Murder, She Wrote
Rev. Mother Claire
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Fantasy Island
Joan Wade
The Love Boat
Aunt Loretta
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Kitty Douglass
Tubby the Tuba
Celeste (voice)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Letters
Elaine Anderson
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Judy Garland Show
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Feathertop
Julie Balfour
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lois Walters
Meet Me in St. Louis
Esther Smith
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Enchanted Island
Fayaway
The Girl Most Likely
Dodie
The Female Animal
Penny Windsor
Alcoa Theatre
Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
Hit the Deck
Susan Smith
Deep in My Heart
Performer (segment "Maytime")
Athena
Athena
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bride Milly Pontipee
Three Sailors and a Girl
Penny Weston
Small Town Girl
Cindy Kimbell
The Oscars
Self
Rich, Young and Pretty
Elizabeth Rogers
Royal Wedding
Ellen Bowen
Two Weeks with Love
Patti Robinson
Nancy Goes to Rio
Nancy Barklay
What's My Line?
Self
Luxury Liner
Polly Bradford
A Date with Judy
Judy Foster
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Three Daring Daughters
Tess Morgan
Holiday in Mexico
Christine Evans
Delightfully Dangerous
Sherry Williams
Song of the Open Road
Jane Powell