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