- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 1, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Died
- September 16, 2021
Jane Powell
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…
Filmography
movieBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Self
moviePrivate Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014 · Self
movieDon Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011 · Herself
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Self (archive)
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
2007 · Self
movieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
movieThe Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000 · Delia Ferguson
moviePerfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000 · Kit Andre
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Bess Sherman
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997 · Herself
tvPrivate Screenings
1996 · Self
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieNelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992 · Host
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991 · Self
movieHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
tvGrowing Pains
1985 · Irma Seaver Overmier
movieNight of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
movieThat's Dancing!
1985
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Rev. Mother Claire
movieNight of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
tvFantasy Island
1978 · Joan Wade
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Aunt Loretta, Grace Bostwick
movieMayday at 40,000 Feet
1977 · Kitty Douglass
movieTubby the Tuba
1975 · Celeste (voice)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Letters
1973 · Elaine Anderson
tvThe Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
tvThe Judy Garland Show
1963 · Self
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host
movieFeathertop
1961 · Julie Balfour
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Lois Walters
movieMeet Me in St. Louis
1959 · Esther Smith
tvThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self
movieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
movieEnchanted Island
1958 · Fayaway
movieThe Girl Most Likely
1958 · Dodie
movieThe Female Animal
1958 · Penny Windsor
tvAlcoa Theatre
1957 · Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz, Harriet Kennedy, Kathy Dorn
tvThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self, Self - Singer
movieHit the Deck
1955 · Susan Smith
movieDeep in My Heart
1954 · Performer in Maytime
movieAthena
1954 · Athena
movieSeven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Bride Milly Pontipee
movieThree Sailors and a Girl
1953 · Penny Weston
movieSmall Town Girl
1953 · Cindy Kimbell
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieRich, Young and Pretty
1951 · Elizabeth Rogers
movieRoyal Wedding
1951 · Ellen Bowen
movieTwo Weeks with Love
1950 · Patti Robinson
movieNancy Goes to Rio
1950 · Nancy Barklay
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieLuxury Liner
1948 · Polly Bradford
movieA Date with Judy
1948 · Judy Foster
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieThree Daring Daughters
1948 · Tess Morgan
movieHoliday in Mexico
1946 · Christine Evans
movieDelightfully Dangerous
1945 · Sherry Williams
movieSong of the Open Road
1944 · Jane Powell