Jane Powell
Known for Acting · 60 credits
- Born
- 1929-04-01
- Died
- 2021-09-16
- Place of birth
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Also known as
- Suzanne Lorraine Burce
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.
Known For
TV Shows (19)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Bess Sherman
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Rev. Mother Claire
The Love Boat
1977
as Aunt Loretta / Grace Bostwick
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Fantasy Island
1978
as Joan Wade
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self / Self - Singer
Growing Pains
1985
as Irma Seaver Overmier
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz / Harriet Kennedy / Kathy Dorn
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Lois Walters
The Judy Garland Show
1963
as Self
Private Screenings
as Self
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
as Self
Movies (41)
Royal Wedding
1951
as Ellen Bowen
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
as Bride Milly Pontipee
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Song of the Open Road
1944
as Jane Powell
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
The Letters
1973
as Elaine Anderson
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000
as Kit Andre
Athena
1954
as Athena
That's Dancing!
1985
Two Weeks with Love
1950
as Patti Robinson
A Date with Judy
1948
as Judy Foster
Hit the Deck
1955
as Susan Smith
Three Daring Daughters
1948
as Tess Morgan
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953
as Penny Weston
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014
as Self
Small Town Girl
1953
as Cindy Kimbell
Luxury Liner
1948
as Polly Bradford
The Female Animal
1958
as Penny Windsor
Deep in My Heart
1954
as Performer in Maytime
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
as Esther Smith
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1977
as Kitty Douglass
Delightfully Dangerous
1945
as Sherry Williams
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950
as Nancy Barklay
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
Feathertop
1961
as Julie Balfour
The Girl Most Likely
1958
as Dodie
Enchanted Island
1958
as Fayaway
Holiday in Mexico
1946
as Christine Evans
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000
as Delia Ferguson
Tubby the Tuba
1975
as Celeste (voice)
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951
as Elizabeth Rogers
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997
as Herself
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
2007
as Self
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011
as Herself
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992
as Host
About Jane Powell
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 S… With 60 credits spanning from 1944 to 2021, Jane Powell has appeared in 41 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jane Powell Movies
- Royal Wedding (1951) — as Ellen Bowen
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) — as Bride Milly Pontipee
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) — as Self
- Song of the Open Road (1944) — as Jane Powell
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