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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.

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
as Self

Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
as Herself

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
as Self

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self

The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
as Delia Ferguson

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
as Kit Andre

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Bess Sherman
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
as Herself

Private Screenings
as Self

That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)

Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
as Host
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self

Growing Pains
as Irma Seaver Overmier

Night of 100 Stars II
as Self

That's Dancing!

Murder, She Wrote
as Rev. Mother Claire

Night of 100 Stars
as Self

Fantasy Island
as Joan Wade

The Love Boat
as Aunt Loretta

Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Kitty Douglass

Tubby the Tuba
as Celeste (voice)

That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Letters
as Elaine Anderson

The Hollywood Palace
as Self

The Judy Garland Show
as Self

The Merv Griffin Show
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host

Feathertop
as Julie Balfour

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Lois Walters

Meet Me in St. Louis
as Esther Smith

The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self

The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self

Enchanted Island
as Fayaway

The Girl Most Likely
as Dodie

The Female Animal
as Penny Windsor

Alcoa Theatre
as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self

The Steve Allen Show
as Self

Hit the Deck
as Susan Smith

Deep in My Heart
as Performer in Maytime

Athena
as Athena

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Bride Milly Pontipee

Three Sailors and a Girl
as Penny Weston

Small Town Girl
as Cindy Kimbell

The Oscars
as Self

Rich, Young and Pretty
as Elizabeth Rogers

Royal Wedding
as Ellen Bowen

Two Weeks with Love
as Patti Robinson

Nancy Goes to Rio
as Nancy Barklay

What's My Line?
as Self

Luxury Liner
as Polly Bradford

A Date with Judy
as Judy Foster

The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self

Three Daring Daughters
as Tess Morgan

Holiday in Mexico
as Christine Evans

Delightfully Dangerous
as Sherry Williams

Song of the Open Road
as Jane Powell