Jane Powell
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Female
Birthday
1929-04-01
Day of death
2021-09-16 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Jane Powell
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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Murder, She Wrote
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
The Merv Griffin Show
Fantasy Island
What's My Line?
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Growing Pains
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Alcoa Theatre
Alcoa Theatre
Alcoa Theatre
Enchanted Island
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Luxury Liner
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
The Hollywood Palace
Feathertop
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
The Bell Telephone Hour
Athena
Three Daring Daughters
Holiday in Mexico
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
The Judy Garland Show
That's Dancing!
Night of 100 Stars
Two Weeks with Love
Small Town Girl
Royal Wedding
That's Entertainment!
A Date with Judy
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Tubby the Tuba
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
The Female Animal
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
The Girl Most Likely
That's Entertainment! III
Meet Me in St. Louis
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Hit the Deck
Rich, Young and Pretty
Song of the Open Road
Deep in My Heart
Nancy Goes to Rio
Private Screenings
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
Night of 100 Stars II
Three Sailors and a Girl
Delightfully Dangerous
The Letters
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
The All-Star Christmas Show
