Jane Powell
Birthday
1929/04/01
Day of death
2021/09/16 (92 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Also know 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 caree...Read more
Acting
(1950) Two Weeks with Love
as Patti Robinson
(1954) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
as Bride Milly Pontipee
(1951) Royal Wedding
as Ellen Bowen
(1948) A Date with Judy
as Judy Foster
(1948) Luxury Liner
as Polly Bradford
(2003) Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
(1954) Athena
as Athena Mulvain
(1948) Three Daring Daughters
as Tess Morgan
(1953) Small Town Girl
as Cindy Kimbell
(1958) The Girl Most Likely
as Dodie
(1951) Rich, Young and Pretty
as Elizabeth Rogers
(1955) Hit the Deck
as Susan Smith
(1946) Holiday in Mexico
as Christine Evans
(1950) Nancy Goes to Rio
as Nancy Barklay
(1945) Delightfully Dangerous
as Sherry Williams
(1953) Three Sailors and a Girl
as Penny Weston
(1958) Enchanted Island
as Fayaway
(1944) Song of the Open Road
as Jane Powell
(1958) The Female Animal
as Penny Windsor
(2011) Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
as Herself
(2000) Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
as Kit Andre
(2007) Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
as Self
(1975) Tubby the Tuba
as Celeste (voice)
(1973) The Letters
as Elaine Anderson
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1954) Deep in My Heart
as Performer in Maytime
(1959) Meet Me in St. Louis
as Esther Smith
(2000) The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
as Delia Ferguson
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1997) Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
as Herself
(1985) That's Dancing!
as ---
(1977) Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Kitty Douglass
(1992) Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
as Host
(2014) Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
as Self
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(2021) Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
(2009) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)
(1955) Billete para Tánger
as Vicky
(1985) Growing Pains
as Irma Seaver Overmier
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Bess Sherman
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Private Screenings
as Self
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Dancer / Singer
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1957) Alcoa Theatre
as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self
(1957) Alcoa Theatre
as Harriet Kennedy
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Lois Walters
(1957) Alcoa Theatre
as Kathy Dorn
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1963) The Judy Garland Show
as Self
(1991) Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Rev. Mother Claire
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
(1977) The Love Boat
as Aunt Loretta
(1977) The Love Boat
as Grace Bostwick
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1978) Fantasy Island
as Joan Wade