Jane Powell
Acting
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.
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)
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
Self
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
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
Herself
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
Host
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
That's Dancing!
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Kitty Douglass
Tubby the Tuba
Celeste (voice)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
The Letters
Elaine Anderson
Feathertop
Julie Balfour
Meet Me in St. Louis
Esther Smith
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Enchanted Island
Fayaway
The Girl Most Likely
Dodie
The Female Animal
Penny Windsor
Hit the Deck
Susan Smith
Deep in My Heart
Performer in Maytime
Athena
Athena Mulvain
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bride Milly Pontipee
Three Sailors and a Girl
Penny Weston
Small Town Girl
Cindy Kimbell
Rich, Young and Pretty
Elizabeth Rogers
Royal Wedding
Ellen Bowen
Two Weeks with Love
Patti Robinson
Nancy Goes to Rio
Nancy Barklay
Luxury Liner
Polly Bradford
A Date with Judy
Judy Foster
Three Daring Daughters
Tess Morgan
Holiday in Mexico
Christine Evans
Delightfully Dangerous
Sherry Williams
Song of the Open Road
Jane Powell