Jane Powell
Acting
Born: 1929-04-01 in Portland, Oregon, USA
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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bess Sherman
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bride Milly Pontipee
Murder, She Wrote
Rev. Mother Claire
The Love Boat
Aunt Loretta
The Love Boat
Grace Bostwick
Growing Pains
Irma Seaver Overmier
Fantasy Island
Joan Wade
Royal Wedding
Ellen Bowen
The Oscars
Self
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
What's My Line?
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
That's Dancing!
A Date with Judy
Judy Foster
Deep in My Heart
Performer (segment "Maytime")
Hit the Deck
Susan Smith
The Female Animal
Penny Windsor
Two Weeks with Love
Patti Robinson
Small Town Girl
Cindy Kimbell
Enchanted Island
Fayaway
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Kit Andre
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Rich, Young and Pretty
Elizabeth Rogers
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Kitty Douglass
Athena
Athena
Delightfully Dangerous
Sherry Williams
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Three Daring Daughters
Tess Morgan
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Alcoa Theatre
Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
Alcoa Theatre
Harriet Kennedy
Alcoa Theatre
Kathy Dorn
Luxury Liner
Polly Bradford
The Girl Most Likely
Dodie
Holiday in Mexico
Christine Evans
The Steve Allen Show
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer