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Jane Powell

Actor
Born April 1, 1929Died September 16, 2021 (92 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Growing Pains
  • Royal Wedding
  • The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
  • The Tim Conway Comedy Hour

Known For

  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • Royal Wedding
  • Two Weeks with Love
  • Hit the Deck
  • Small Town Girl
  • A Date with Judy
  • Athena
  • Rich, Young and Pretty
  • Three Sailors and a Girl
  • Delightfully Dangerous
  • Nancy Goes to Rio
  • Three Daring Daughters
  • Holiday in Mexico
  • The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
  • Tubby the Tuba

Filmography

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2000
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Bess Sherman
1994
That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage)
1994
The Our Gang Story · as Judy Foster
1985
Marie · as Singer At Rally
1985
Growing Pains (TV Series) · as Irma Seaver Overmier
1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Rev. Mother Claire
1983
Loving (TV Series) · as Rebeka Beecham
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Grace Bostwick
1977
Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Joan Wade
1976
Mayday at 40, 000 Feet! · as Kitty Douglass
1975
Tubby the Tuba · as Celeste (voice)
1974
That's Entertainment! · as (archive Footage)
1973
The Letters · as Elaine Anderson
1970
The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Various
1961
The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Alice Wood
1959
The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Lois Walters
1959
Meet Me in St. Louis · as Esther Smith
1958
Enchanted Island · as Fayaway
1958
The Female Animal · as Penny Windsor
1957
1957
Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Harriet Kennedy
1957
Goodyear Theatre (TV Series) · as 'marian'
1956
As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Lisa Miller Grimaldi
1955
Hit the Deck · as Susan Smith
1954
Deep in My Heart · as Performer In Maytime
1954
Athena · as Athena Mulvain
1954
Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Clementine
1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · as Bride Milly Pontipee
1953
Three Sailors and a Girl · as Penny Weston
1953
Small Town Girl · as Cindy Kimbell
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Cast
1951
The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Bubbles Takeoffski
1951
Rich, Young and Pretty · as Elizabeth Rogers
1951
Royal Wedding · as Ellen Bowen
1951
1950
Two Weeks with Love · as Patti Robinson
1950
Nancy Goes to Rio · as Nancy Barklay
1948
Luxury Liner · as Polly Bradford
1948
A Date with Judy · as Judy Foster
1948
Three Daring Daughters · as Tess Morgan
1946
Holiday in Mexico · as Christine Evans
1945
Delightfully Dangerous · as Sherry Williams

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