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.

Фільмографія

• 2000Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder — Kit Andre
• 2000The Sandy Bottom Orchestra — Delia Ferguson
• Закон і порядок: Спеціальний корпус — Bess Sherman
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1992Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts — Host
• Growing Pains — Irma Seaver Overmier
• 1985That's Dancing!
• Вона написала вбивство — Rev. Mother Claire
• Острів фантазій — Joan Wade
• 1977Mayday at 40,000 Feet — Kitty Douglass
• The Love Boat — Aunt Loretta, Grace Bostwick
• 1975Tubby the Tuba — Celeste (voice)
• 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1973The Letters — Elaine Anderson
• 1961Feathertop — Julie Balfour
• 1959Meet Me in St. Louis — Esther Smith
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Lois Walters
• 1958Enchanted Island — Fayaway
• 1958The Female Animal — Penny Windsor
• 1958The Girl Most Likely — Dodie
• Alcoa Theatre — Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz, Harriet Kennedy, Kathy Dorn
• 1955Hit the Deck — Susan Smith
• 1954Athena — Athena
• 1954Deep in My Heart — Performer (segment "Maytime")
• 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Bride Milly Pontipee
• 1953Small Town Girl — Cindy Kimbell
• 1953Three Sailors and a Girl — Penny Weston
• 1951Rich, Young and Pretty — Elizabeth Rogers
• 1951Royal Wedding — Ellen Bowen
• 1950Nancy Goes to Rio — Nancy Barklay
• 1950Two Weeks with Love — Patti Robinson
• 1948A Date with Judy — Judy Foster
• 1948Luxury Liner — Polly Bradford
• 1948Three Daring Daughters — Tess Morgan
• 1946Holiday in Mexico — Christine Evans
• 1945Delightfully Dangerous — Sherry Williams
• 1944Song of the Open Road — Jane Powell

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (22)

• 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self
• 2011Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter — Herself
• 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical — Self (archive)
• 2007Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane — Self
• 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
• 1997Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' — Herself
• Private Screenings — Self
• Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• The Hollywood Palace — Self
• The Judy Garland Show — Self
• Шоу Мерва Ґріффіна — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host
• The Bell Telephone Hour — Self
• 1958The All-Star Christmas Show — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self, Self - Singer
• Оскар — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self