Jane Powell
Born in Portland, Oregon, USA — Apr 01 1929• Died Sep 16 2021
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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 Mus…
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Jane Powell's Credits
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bess Sherman
Murder, She Wrote
Rev. Mother Claire
The Love Boat
Aunt Loretta
Fantasy Island
Joan Wade
What's My Line?
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
The Oscars
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Alcoa Theatre
Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lois Walters
Growing Pains
Irma Seaver Overmier
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
The Judy Garland Show
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bride Milly Pontipee
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Female Animal
Penny Windsor
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Athena
Athena Mulvain
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Small Town Girl
Cindy Kimbell
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Kit Andre
Hit the Deck
Susan Smith
Luxury Liner
Polly Bradford
Two Weeks with Love
Patti Robinson
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
A Date with Judy
Judy Foster
The Letters
Elaine Anderson
Royal Wedding
Ellen Bowen
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Kitty Douglass
Holiday in Mexico
Christine Evans
Delightfully Dangerous
Sherry Williams
Song of the Open Road
Jane Powell
Deep in My Heart
Performer in Maytime
Feathertop
Julie Balfour
Tubby the Tuba
Celeste (voice)
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Self
Enchanted Island
Fayaway
Nancy Goes to Rio
Nancy Barklay
Three Sailors and a Girl
Penny Weston
Three Daring Daughters
Tess Morgan
Meet Me in St. Louis
Esther Smith
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
The Girl Most Likely
Dodie
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
Herself
Rich, Young and Pretty
Elizabeth Rogers
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
Herself
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
Delia Ferguson
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
Self
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
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