Jane Powell
Acting • Born 1929-04-01 – Died 2021-09-16
Biography
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
65 credits
Two Weeks with Love
Movie • 1950
Patti Robinson
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Movie • 1954
Bride Milly Pontipee
Royal Wedding
Movie • 1951
Ellen Bowen
A Date with Judy
Movie • 1948
Judy Foster
Luxury Liner
Movie • 1948
Polly Bradford
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self
Athena
Movie • 1954
Athena Mulvain
Three Daring Daughters
Movie • 1948
Tess Morgan
Small Town Girl
Movie • 1953
Cindy Kimbell
The Girl Most Likely
Movie • 1958
Dodie
Hit the Deck
Movie • 1955
Susan Smith
Rich, Young and Pretty
Movie • 1951
Elizabeth Rogers
Holiday in Mexico
Movie • 1946
Christine Evans
Nancy Goes to Rio
Movie • 1950
Nancy Barklay
Delightfully Dangerous
Movie • 1945
Sherry Williams
Three Sailors and a Girl
Movie • 1953
Penny Weston
Enchanted Island
Movie • 1958
Fayaway
Song of the Open Road
Movie • 1944
Jane Powell
The Female Animal
Movie • 1958
Penny Windsor
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Movie • 2011
Herself
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Movie • 2000
Kit Andre
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
Movie • 2007
Self
Tubby the Tuba
Movie • 1975
Celeste (voice)
The Letters
Movie • 1973
Elaine Anderson
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Deep in My Heart
Movie • 1954
Performer in Maytime
Meet Me in St. Louis
Movie • 1959
Esther Smith
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
Movie • 2000
Delia Ferguson
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
Movie • 1997
Herself
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Movie • 1977
Kitty Douglass
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
Movie • 1992
Host
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Movie • 2014
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Movie • 2009
Self (archive)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
Feathertop
Movie • 1961
Julie Balfour
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie • 1958
Self
Growing Pains
TV • 1985
Irma Seaver Overmier
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Bess Sherman
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Private Screenings
TV
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Harriet Kennedy
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Lois Walters
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Kathy Dorn
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Judy Garland Show
TV • 1963
Self
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
TV • 1991
Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Rev. Mother Claire
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Singer
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Aunt Loretta
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Grace Bostwick
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Fantasy Island
TV • 1978
Joan Wade
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self