Jane Powell
Acting
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
2021 · Movie
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014 · Movie
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011 · Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Movie
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
2007 · Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000 · Movie
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997 · Movie
Private Screenings
1996 · Series
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992 · Movie
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991 · Series
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Movie
Growing Pains
1985 · Series
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
That's Dancing!
1985 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
Fantasy Island
1978 · Series
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1977 · Movie
Tubby the Tuba
1975 · Movie
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
The Letters
1973 · Movie
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
The Judy Garland Show
1963 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Feathertop
1961 · Movie
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Series
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959 · Movie
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Series
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Movie
Enchanted Island
1958 · Movie
The Girl Most Likely
1958 · Movie
The Female Animal
1958 · Movie
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Hit the Deck
1955 · Movie
Deep in My Heart
1954 · Movie
Athena
1954 · Movie
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Movie
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953 · Movie
Small Town Girl
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951 · Movie
Royal Wedding
1951 · Movie
Two Weeks with Love
1950 · Movie
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Luxury Liner
1948 · Movie
A Date with Judy
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Three Daring Daughters
1948 · Movie
Holiday in Mexico
1946 · Movie
Delightfully Dangerous
1945 · Movie
Song of the Open Road
1944 · Movie