Jane Powell

Known for ActingBorn 1929-04-01Died 2021-09-16Portland, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts

Feathertop

Private Screenings

Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Night of 100 Stars II

The Judy Garland Show

Tubby the Tuba

The Bell Telephone Hour

Song of the Open Road

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

Murder, She Wrote

That's Entertainment!

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

That's Entertainment! III

That's Dancing!

Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

The Sandy Bottom Orchestra

Night of 100 Stars

Alcoa Theatre

What's My Line?

Three Sailors and a Girl

The Letters

The Oscars

Growing Pains

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The Ed Sullivan Show

Fantasy Island

Deep in My Heart

The Merv Griffin Show

Mayday at 40,000 Feet

Holiday in Mexico

The Love Boat

Royal Wedding

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Two Weeks with Love

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

The Steve Allen Show

The Female Animal

Meet Me in St. Louis

A Date with Judy

The All-Star Christmas Show

Nancy Goes to Rio

The Mike Douglas Show

Athena

Three Daring Daughters