Jane Powell
Acting
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.
Born: April 1, 1929
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Delia Ferguson
as Bess Sherman
as (archive footage)
as Irma Seaver Overmier
as Self
as Rev. Mother Claire
as Self
as Joan Wade
as Aunt Loretta
as Grace Bostwick
as Kitty Douglass
as Celeste (voice)
as (archive footage)
as Elaine Anderson
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Julie Balfour
as Lois Walters
as Esther Smith
as Self
as Self
as Fayaway
as Dodie
as Penny Windsor
as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
as Harriet Kennedy
as Kathy Dorn
as Self
as Self
as Self - Singer
as Susan Smith
as Performer in Maytime
as Athena Mulvain
as Bride Milly Pontipee
as Penny Weston
as Cindy Kimbell
as Self
as Elizabeth Rogers
as Ellen Bowen
as Patti Robinson
as Nancy Barklay
as Self
as Polly Bradford
as Judy Foster
as Self
as Tess Morgan
as Christine Evans
as Sherry Williams
as Jane Powell
as Self