1929-04-01 ( 96 years old ) in 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.
Movies
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014-01-06
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011-04-09
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009-03-10
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
2007-07-24
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000-08-27
That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987-05-18
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
That's Dancing!
1985-01-18
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1977-04-29
Tubby the Tuba
1975-04-30
That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
The Letters
1973-03-03
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959-04-26
Enchanted Island
1958-11-08
The Girl Most Likely
1958-02-05
The Female Animal
1958-01-22
Billete para Tánger
1955-07-25
Hit the Deck
1955-02-24
Deep in My Heart
1954-12-09
Athena
1954-11-04
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954-07-22
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953-11-23
Small Town Girl
1953-04-10
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951-07-09
Royal Wedding
1951-03-08
Two Weeks with Love
1950-11-10
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950-03-10
Luxury Liner
1948-11-09
A Date with Judy
1948-07-29
Three Daring Daughters
1948-02-12
Holiday in Mexico
1946-08-15
Delightfully Dangerous
1945-03-31
Song of the Open Road
1944-06-21
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