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

What's My Line?

All Movies (41)

• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
• Private Screenings: Robert Osborne2014 · as Self
• Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter2011 · as Herself
• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical2009 · as Self (archive)
• Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane2007 · as Self
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
• The Sandy Bottom Orchestra2000 · as Delia Ferguson
• Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder2000 · as Kit Andre
• Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'1997 · as Herself
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts1992 · as Host
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · as Self
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• That's Dancing!1985
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Mayday at 40,000 Feet1977 · as Kitty Douglass
• Tubby the Tuba1975 · as Celeste (voice)
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Letters1973 · as Elaine Anderson
• Feathertop1961 · as Julie Balfour
• Meet Me in St. Louis1959 · as Esther Smith
• The All-Star Christmas Show1958 · as Self
• Enchanted Island1958 · as Fayaway
• The Girl Most Likely1958 · as Dodie
• The Female Animal1958 · as Penny Windsor
• Hit the Deck1955 · as Susan Smith
• Deep in My Heart1954 · as Performer in Maytime
• Athena1954 · as Athena
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers1954 · as Bride Milly Pontipee
• Three Sailors and a Girl1953 · as Penny Weston
• Small Town Girl1953 · as Cindy Kimbell
• Rich, Young and Pretty1951 · as Elizabeth Rogers
• Royal Wedding1951 · as Ellen Bowen
• Two Weeks with Love1950 · as Patti Robinson
• Nancy Goes to Rio1950 · as Nancy Barklay
• Luxury Liner1948 · as Polly Bradford
• A Date with Judy1948 · as Judy Foster
• Three Daring Daughters1948 · as Tess Morgan
• Holiday in Mexico1946 · as Christine Evans
• Delightfully Dangerous1945 · as Sherry Williams
• Song of the Open Road1944 · as Jane Powell

All TV Shows (24)

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Bess Sherman
• Private Screenings1996 · as Self
• Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...1991 · as Self
• Growing Pains1985 · as Irma Seaver Overmier
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Rev. Mother Claire
• Fantasy Island1978 · as Joan Wade
• The Love Boat1977 · as Aunt Loretta
• The Love Boat1977 · as Grace Bostwick
• The Hollywood Palace1964 · as Self
• The Judy Garland Show1963 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as Lois Walters
• The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Self
• Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
• Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Harriet Kennedy
• Alcoa Theatre1957 · as Kathy Dorn
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Singer
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self