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Jane Powell

Apr 01, 1929 - Sep 16, 2021 (92 years old) in Portland, Oregon, USA

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

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bess Sherman
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The Love Boat
Aunt Loretta
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Murder, She Wrote
Rev. Mother Claire
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What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
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The Steve Allen Show
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The Bell Telephone Hour
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lois Walters
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Growing Pains
Irma Seaver Overmier
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The Oscars
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