Jane Powell
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bess Sherman
1999
Series
The Love Boat
Aunt Loretta
1977
Series
The Love Boat
Grace Bostwick
1977
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Rev. Mother Claire
1984
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Fantasy Island
Joan Wade
1978
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
1956
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Growing Pains
Irma Seaver Overmier
1985
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
1957
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Harriet Kennedy
1957
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Kathy Dorn
1957
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lois Walters
1959
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Series
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
Film
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Kitty Douglass
1977
Series
The Judy Garland Show
Self
1963
Film
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bride Milly Pontipee
1954
Series
Private Screenings
Self
1996
Film
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Film
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Film
Royal Wedding
Ellen Bowen
1951
Film
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Film
Athena
Athena
1954
Film
That's Dancing!
1985
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Self
1991
Film
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Self
2014
Film
Rich, Young and Pretty
Elizabeth Rogers
1951
Film
Song of the Open Road
Jane Powell
1944
Film
Hit the Deck
Susan Smith
1955
Film
The Female Animal
Penny Windsor
1958
Film
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Film
Deep in My Heart
Performer (segment "Maytime")
1954
Film
A Date with Judy
Judy Foster
1948
Film
Tubby the Tuba
Celeste (voice)
1975
Film
Small Town Girl
Cindy Kimbell
1953
Film
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
1958
Film
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Kit Andre
2000
Film
Three Sailors and a Girl
Penny Weston
1953
Film
Two Weeks with Love
Patti Robinson
1950
Film
The Letters
Elaine Anderson
1973
Film
Nancy Goes to Rio
Nancy Barklay
1950
Film
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
Delia Ferguson
2000
Film
Luxury Liner
Polly Bradford
1948
Film
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Herself
2011
Film
The Girl Most Likely
Dodie
1958
Film
Holiday in Mexico
Christine Evans
1946
Film
Three Daring Daughters
Tess Morgan
1948
Film
Delightfully Dangerous
Sherry Williams
1945
Film
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
2009
Film
Meet Me in St. Louis
Esther Smith
1959
Film
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
Herself
1997
Film
Enchanted Island
Fayaway
1958
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
Self
2007
Film
Feathertop
Julie Balfour
1961
Film
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
Host
1992