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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... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (46 titles)
2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Bess Sherman
Vulnerable (2002) … Bess Sherman
 
2000 The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (TV movie)
Delia Ferguson
 
1999 Picture This
 
1991 Burt Reynolds' Conversation With (TV series)
 
1988-1990 Growing Pains (TV series)
Irma Seaver Overmier
Divorce Story (1990) … Irma Seaver Overmier
The Looooove Boat: Part 2 (1989) … Irma Seaver Overmier
The Looooove Boat: Part 1 (1989) … Irma Seaver Overmier
Anniversary from Hell (1989) … Irma Seaver Overmier
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1988) … Irma Seaver Overmier
 
1987 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Rev. Mother Claire
Old Habits Die Hard (1987) … Rev. Mother Claire
 
1985-1986 Loving (TV series)
Rebecca Beecham
 
1985 Marie
Singer at Rally
 
1981-1982 The Love Boat (TV series)
Aunt Loretta / Grace Bostwick
April in Boston/Saving Grace/Breaks of Life (1982) … Grace Bostwick
 
1978-1982 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Eunice Picard / Joan Wade / Margaret Chase Wilkerson
Challenge, The/A Genie Named Joe (1982) … Eunice Picard
Loving Strangers/Something Borrowed, Something Blue... (1981) … Margaret Chase Wilkerson
Bet a Million/Mr. Irresistible (1978) … Joan Wade
 
1976 Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (TV movie)
Kitty Douglass
 
1975 Tubby the Tuba
Celeste (voice)
 
1973 Wheeler and Murdoch (TV movie)
Dorcie
 
1973 The Letters (TV movie)
Elaine Anderson (The Andersons Episode)
 
1970 The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode #1.5 (1970)
 
1963-1970 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Fairy Godmother / Mrs. Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater / Natasha / …
Fairy Tales for Old Children (1968) … Natasha / Mrs. Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater / Sleeping Beauty
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Alice Wood
View from the Eiffel Tower (1962) … Alice Wood
 
1961 Feathertop (TV movie)
Julie Balfour
 
1961 The Jane Powell Show (TV movie)
K.C. McCay Edwards
 
1960 Hooray for Love (TV movie)
 
1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Lois Walters
The Girl (1959) … Lois Walters
 
1959 Meet Me in St. Louis (TV movie)
Esther Smith
 
1958 Enchanted Island
Fayaway
 
1957-1958 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Hilde Frenz / Julie Kingstone / Kathy Dorn / …
Decoy Duck (1958) … Susan Martin
Cupid Wore a Badge (1957) … Kathy Dorn
Encounter on a Second-Class Coach (1957) … Julie Kingstone/Hilde Frenz
 
1957-1958 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Harriet Kennedy / Joan Lindsey / Laura Cabot / …
The Lady Takes the Stand (1958) … Marian Evers
Fix a Frame for Mourning (1958) … Laura Cabot
Music in the Night (1958) … Joan Lindsey
Hurricane (1957) … Harriet Kennedy
 
1958 The Girl Most Likely
Dodie
 
1958 The Female Animal
Penny Windsor
 
1957 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Clementine
Ruggles of Red Gap (1957) … Clementine
 
1956 As the World Turns (TV series)
Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi (1990s) (temporary substitute for Eileen Fulton)
 
1955 Hit the Deck
Susan Smith
 
1954 Deep in My Heart
Ottilie van Zandt in 'Maytime'
 
1954 Athena
Athena Mulvain
 
1953 Small Town Girl
Cindy Kimbell
 
1951 Rich, Young and Pretty
Elizabeth Rogers
 
1950 Two Weeks with Love
Patti Robinson
 
1950 Nancy Goes to Rio
Nancy Barklay
 
1948 Luxury Liner
Polly Bradford
 
1948 Three Daring Daughters
Tess Morgan
 
1946 Holiday in Mexico
Christine Evans
 
1945 Delightfully Dangerous
Sherry Williams
 
1944 Song of the Open Road
Jane Powell
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (27 titles)
1991 Great Performances (TV series)
The Fred Astaire Songbook (1991) (performer: "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life")
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary) (performer: "I Left My Hat in Haiti")
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "The Slipper and the Rose Waltz He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me")
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "It's a Most Unusual Day" 1948 - uncredited, "Hallelujah" 1927 - uncredited)
 
1969 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Jimmy Durante and Don Knotts Do Their Thing... Also! (1969) (performer: "Cycles")
 
1968 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Love Is a Funny Thing (1968) (performer: "Little Girl Blue", "Star!")
 
1968 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
Episode dated 27 February 1968 (1968) (performer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Episode #21.24 (1968) (performer: "Beautiful Things")
 
1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode #2.4 (1967) (performer: "After Today")
 
1966 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode dated 22 December 1966 (1966) (performer: "Walking Happy" - uncredited, "Young and Foolish" - uncredited)
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) (performer: "That's Entertainment" - uncredited, "I Could Have Danced All Night" - uncredited, "You Gotta Have Heart" - uncredited, "Mary Is a Grand Old Name" - uncredited, "Give Me Regards to Broadway" - uncredited)
 
1958 The Girl Most Likely (performer: "I Don't Know What I Want", "We Gotta Keep Up With the Joneses", "Travelogue", "Balboa", "Crazy Horse", "All the Colors of the Rainbow")
 
1956 The 28th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "I'll Never Stop Loving You")
 
1955 Hit the Deck (performer: "Lucky Bird" 1927 - uncredited, "Sometimes I'm Happy" 1927 - uncredited, "I Know That You Know" 1926 - uncredited, "Ciribiribin" 1898 - uncredited, "Why, Oh Why?" 1927 - uncredited, "Hallelujah" 1927 - uncredited)
 
1954 Deep in My Heart (performer: "Will You Remember Sweetheart")
 
1954 Athena (performer: "I Never Felt Better", "Chacun le sait")
 
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (performer: "Wonderful, Wonderful Day" - uncredited, "When You're in Love" - uncredited, "Goin' Co'tin'" - uncredited)
 
1953 Three Sailors and a Girl (performer: "Face to Face" - uncredited)
 
1951 Rich, Young and Pretty (performer: "Wonder Why", "Dark is the Night")
 
1951 Royal Wedding (performer: "TOO LATE NOW", "EV'RY NIGHT AT SEVEN", "OPEN YOUR EYES", "THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE", "I LEFT MY HAT IN HAITI", "HOW COULD YOU BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAID I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN A LIAR ALL MY LIFE")
 
1950 Two Weeks with Love (performer: "The Oceana Roll" - uncredited, "A Heart That's Free" - uncredited, "My Hero" - uncredited)
 
1950 Nancy Goes to Rio (performer: "Embraceable You" - uncredited, "Musetta's Waltz" - uncredited, "Love Is Like This" - uncredited)
 
1948 Luxury Liner (performer: "Spring Came Back to Vienna" - uncredited, "Alouette" - uncredited, "Obéissons quand leur voix appelle", "The Peanut Vendor" - uncredited, "Spring came back to Vienna" reprise - uncredited)
 
1948 A Date with Judy (performer: "Judaline", "Its a Most Unusual Day", "I'm Strictly on the Corny Side", "Love Is Where You Find It", "Smiling Through The Years", "Love Is Where You Find It Reprise", "Home Sweet Home", "Its a Most Unusual Day" Reprise #2 - Finale)
 
1948 Three Daring Daughters (performer: "THE DICKEY-BIRD-SONG" - uncredited, "ALMA MATER" - uncredited, "SPRINGTIDE" - uncredited, "ROUTE 66" - uncredited, "PASSEPIED" - uncredited, "JE VEUX VIVRE" - uncredited, "FLEURETTE" - uncredited, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" - uncredited)
 
1945 Delightfully Dangerous (performer: "Once Upon A Song", "Through Your Eyes ... To Your Heart", "In A Shower Of Stars")
 
1944 Song of the Open Road (performer: "Rollin' Down the Road" 1944 - uncredited, " I'm Havin' Fun in the Sun" 1944 - uncredited, "Carmena" 1901 - uncredited, "Here It Is Monday" 1944 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (51 titles)
2013 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary) (post-production)
Herself
 
2007 Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1996 Private Screenings (TV series)
Herself
Jane Powell (1996) … Herself
 
1992 The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1992 Nelson and Jeanette (TV documentary)
Host
 
1989 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner (1989) … Herself
 
1988 The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1986 Circus of the Stars #11 (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV movie)
Herself
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1981 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1979 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 29 May 1979 (1979) … Herself
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1976 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 20 February 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1970 This Is Tom Jones (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #2.25 (1970) … Herself
 
1969 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode dated 20 November 1969 (1969) … Herself - Guest
 
1969 The Jimmie Rodgers Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 July 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1969 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
 
1968 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
Episode #3.61 (1968) … Guest Appearance
 
1968 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 27 February 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1953-1968 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Singer / Dancer / …
Episode #21.24 (1968) … Singer
Episode #20.28 (1967) … Singer
Episode #19.13 (1965) … Herself - Singer
Episode #17.14 (1964) … Singer/Dancer
Episode #10.24 (1957) … Herself
 
1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.4 (1967) … Herself
 
1965-1966 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 December 1966 (1966) … Herself
Episode dated 28 October 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1964-1966 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself - Singer / Herself - Dancer / Singer
Episode #3.30 (1966) … Herself - Singer
Episode #2.13 (1964) … Herself - Singer
Episode #2.3 (1964) … Herself - Dancer/Singer
 
1960-1965 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Herself - Dancer / Herself - Hostess
The American Song (1965) … Herself - Hostess
A Measure of Music (1962) … Herself - Dancer
The Music of Romance (1960) … Herself - Dancer
 
1964 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 November 1964 (1964) … Herself
Episode dated 21 January 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1964 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.10 (1964) … Herself
 
1960-1963 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
Episode dated 22 May 1963 (1963) … Herself
Episode dated 26 October 1960 (1960) … Herself - Guest
 
1959-1963 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #5.26 (1963) … Herself
Episode #5.20 (1963) … Herself
Episode #4.31 (1962) … Herself
Episode #2.1 (1959) … Herself
Episode #1.22 (1959) … Herself
 
1959-1962 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 29 October 1962 (1962) … Herself
Episode dated 15 January 1962 (1962) … Herself
Episode dated 1 April 1959 (1959) … Herself
 
1962 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Herself - Panelist
Jane Powell vs. Red Buttons (1962) … Herself - Panelist
 
1962 At This Very Moment (TV movie)
Herself
 
1956-1962 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Mystery Guest #2
Episode dated 21 January 1962 (1962) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 20 April 1958 (1958) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 10 June 1956 (1956) … Herself - Mystery Guest #2
 
1961 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #8.18 (1961) … Herself
 
1957-1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Hostess
Episode #4.33 (1960) … Herself
Episode #4.16 (1960) … Herself - Hostess
Episode #3.19 (1959) … Herself
Episode #2.6 (1957) … Herself
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Herself - Performer
Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) … Herself - Performer
 
1958 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 30 September 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #3.32 (1958) … Herself - Singer
Episode #3.28 (1958) … Herself - Singer
 
1956 The 28th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1955 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2006 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Film Clip (uncredited)
 
1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Herself
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Herself (clip from "Royal Wedding")
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clip from 'A Date with Judy'
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Appeared in NBC production of Ruggles of Red Gap on TV in the early 60s. Two songs on 45 records from that production released on Verve label: 'Ride on a Rainbow' and 'I have you to Thank'. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 0½" (1.54 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I didn't quit movies. They quit me. See more »

Trivia:

Beside actress Elizabeth Taylor, other bridesmaids at her wedding to Geary Anthony Steffen Jr. included Roddy McDowall's sister Virginia McDowall, Ed Sullivan's daughter Betty Sullivan and Powell's good friend Margie Dillon. See more »

Trademark:

Her unique singing and dancing. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries