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Jane Powell
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 succes…
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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.
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2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie Self
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2011
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Movie Herself
- 2009
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2007
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
Movie Self
- 2003
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2000
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
Movie Delia Ferguson
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2000
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Movie Kit Andre
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Bess Sherman
- 1997
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1996
Private Screenings
TV show Self
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992
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1991
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
TV show Self
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1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie Self
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1985
Growing Pains
TV show Irma Seaver Overmier
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1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie Self
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1985
That's Dancing!
Movie
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Rev. Mother Claire
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1982
Night of 100 Stars
Movie Self
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1978
Fantasy Island
TV show Joan Wade
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Aunt Loretta
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1977
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Movie Kitty Douglass
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1975
Tubby the Tuba
Movie Celeste (voice)
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1974
That's Entertainment!
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1973
The Letters
Movie Elaine Anderson
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1964
The Hollywood Palace
TV show Self
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1963
The Judy Garland Show
TV show Self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self - Co-Host
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1961
Feathertop
Movie Julie Balfour
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1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV show Lois Walters
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1959
Meet Me in St. Louis
Movie Esther Smith
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1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV show Self
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1958
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie Self
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1958
Enchanted Island
Movie Fayaway
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1958
The Girl Most Likely
Movie Dodie
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1958
The Female Animal
Movie Penny Windsor
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1957
Alcoa Theatre
TV show Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
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1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV show Self
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1956
The Steve Allen Show
TV show Self
