Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Movie
as Self
Jane Powell
1929-04-01
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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.
Filmography
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014 · Movie
as Self
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011 · Movie
as Herself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive)
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Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
2007 · Movie
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
as Self
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000 · Movie
as Kit Andre
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000 · Movie
as Delia Ferguson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Bess Sherman
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997 · Movie
as Herself
Private Screenings
1996 · TV Show
as Self
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992 · Movie
as Host
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Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991 · TV Show
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Movie
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
as Self
That's Dancing!
1985 · Movie
Growing Pains
1985 · TV Show
as Irma Seaver Overmier
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
as Rev. Mother Claire
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
as Self
Fantasy Island
1978 · TV Show
as Joan Wade
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1977 · Movie
as Kitty Douglass
The Love Boat
1977 · TV Show
as Aunt Loretta, Grace Bostwick
Tubby the Tuba
1975 · Movie
as Celeste (voice)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Letters
1973 · Movie
as Elaine Anderson
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · TV Show
as Self
The Judy Garland Show
1963 · TV Show
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
as Self
Feathertop
1961 · Movie
as Julie Balfour
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self - Co-Host, Self
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959 · Movie
as Esther Smith
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · TV Show
as Lois Walters
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · TV Show
as Self
The Girl Most Likely
1958 · Movie
as Dodie
Enchanted Island
1958 · Movie
as Fayaway
The Female Animal
1958 · Movie
as Penny Windsor
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Movie
as Self
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · TV Show
as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz, Harriet Kennedy, Kathy Dorn
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · TV Show
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Singer
Hit the Deck
1955 · Movie
as Susan Smith
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Movie
as Bride Milly Pontipee
Athena
1954 · Movie
as Athena
Deep in My Heart
1954 · Movie
as Performer (segment "Maytime")
Small Town Girl
1953 · Movie
as Cindy Kimbell
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953 · Movie
as Penny Weston
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Royal Wedding
1951 · Movie
as Ellen Bowen
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951 · Movie
as Elizabeth Rogers
Two Weeks with Love
1950 · Movie
as Patti Robinson
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950 · Movie
as Nancy Barklay
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self
A Date with Judy
1948 · Movie
as Judy Foster
Luxury Liner
1948 · Movie
as Polly Bradford
Three Daring Daughters
1948 · Movie
as Tess Morgan
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
as Self
Holiday in Mexico
1946 · Movie
as Christine Evans
Delightfully Dangerous
1945 · Movie
as Sherry Williams
Song of the Open Road
1944 · Movie
as Jane Powell
