Jane Powell
ActingJane 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.
Movies
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Self
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014
Herself
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011
Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Delia Ferguson
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000
Kit Andre
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000
Herself
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Host
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
That's Dancing!
1985
Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Kitty Douglass
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1977
Celeste (voice)
Tubby the Tuba
1975
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974
Elaine Anderson
The Letters
1973
Julie Balfour
Feathertop
1961
Esther Smith
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
TV Shows
Bess Sherman
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Self
Private Screenings
1996
Irma Seaver Overmier
Growing Pains
1985
Rev. Mother Claire
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Joan Wade
Fantasy Island
1978
Aunt Loretta
The Love Boat
1977
Grace Bostwick
The Love Boat
1977
Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964
Self
The Judy Garland Show
1963
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Lois Walters
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
Alcoa Theatre
1957
Harriet Kennedy
Alcoa Theatre
1957
Kathy Dorn
Alcoa Theatre
1957
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Self - Singer
The Steve Allen Show
1956
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