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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 1, 1929
Died
September 16, 2021
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Also Known As
- Suzanne Lorraine Burce
Jane Powell
0.5 Popularity
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
0.0
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
7.3
Self
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014
🎬
0.0
Herself
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011
0.0
Self (archive)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
🎬
0.0
Self
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
2007
7.0
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
5.8
Delia Ferguson
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000
5.6
Kit Andre
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000
7.9
Bess Sherman
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
🎬
7.5
Herself
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997
Credits
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
0.0
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
as Self
2014
7.3
🎬
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
as Herself
2011
0.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
2009
0.0
🎬
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
as Self
2007
0.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
as Delia Ferguson
2000
5.8
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
as Kit Andre
2000
5.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Bess Sherman
1999
7.9
🎬
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
as Herself
1997
7.5
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
as Host
1992
0.0
🎬
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self
1991
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Growing Pains
as Irma Seaver Overmier
1985
6.5
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
That's Dancing!
1985
7.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Rev. Mother Claire
1984
7.5
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Fantasy Island
as Joan Wade
1978
6.4
The Love Boat
as Aunt Loretta
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Grace Bostwick
1977
6.3
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Kitty Douglass
1977
6.7
Tubby the Tuba
as Celeste (voice)
1975
0.0
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1974
7.4
The Letters
as Elaine Anderson
1973
6.2
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
The Judy Garland Show
as Self
1963
8.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Feathertop
as Julie Balfour
1961
0.0
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Lois Walters
1959
6.3
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Esther Smith
1959
5.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
6.0
Enchanted Island
as Fayaway
1958
4.5
The Girl Most Likely
as Dodie
1958
2.6
The Female Animal
as Penny Windsor
1958
5.8
Alcoa Theatre
as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
1957
6.5
Alcoa Theatre
as Harriet Kennedy
1957
6.5
Alcoa Theatre
as Kathy Dorn
1957
6.5
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
5.6
Hit the Deck
as Susan Smith
1955
4.6
Deep in My Heart
as Performer in Maytime
1954
6.8
Athena
as Athena Mulvain
1954
5.6
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Bride Milly Pontipee
1954
7.1
Three Sailors and a Girl
as Penny Weston
1953
6.0
Small Town Girl
as Cindy Kimbell
1953
5.4
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Rich, Young and Pretty
as Elizabeth Rogers
1951
5.4
Royal Wedding
as Ellen Bowen
1951
6.4
Two Weeks with Love
as Patti Robinson
1950
6.2
Nancy Goes to Rio
as Nancy Barklay
1950
5.7
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Luxury Liner
as Polly Bradford
1948
5.2
A Date with Judy
as Judy Foster
1948
5.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Three Daring Daughters
as Tess Morgan
1948
5.7
Holiday in Mexico
as Christine Evans
1946
6.2
Delightfully Dangerous
as Sherry Williams
1945
4.7
Song of the Open Road
as Jane Powell
1944
0.0
Private Screenings
as Self
N/A
8.0