Jane Powell
Known For
Acting
Born
1929-04-01 in Portland, Oregon, USA
Died
2021-09-16
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Bess Sherman
The Love Boat
as Aunt Loretta
The Love Boat
as Grace Bostwick
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
as Rev. Mother Claire
What's My Line?
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
Fantasy Island
as Joan Wade
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Alcoa Theatre
as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
Alcoa Theatre
as Harriet Kennedy
Alcoa Theatre
as Kathy Dorn
Growing Pains
as Irma Seaver Overmier
Athena
as Athena Mulvain
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Lois Walters