Jane Powell
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…
Known For
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bride Milly Pontipee
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
Royal Wedding
Ellen Bowen
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bess Sherman
Deep in My Heart
Performer in Maytime
A Date with Judy
Judy Foster
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Filmography
Acting (60)
Movies (41)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021as Self
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014as Self
Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter
2011as Herself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009as Self (archive)
Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane
2007as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003as Self
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra
2000as Delia Ferguson
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000as Kit Andre
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'
1997as Herself
That's Entertainment! III
1994as (archive footage)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992as Host
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987as Self
That's Dancing!
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985as Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982as Self
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
1977as Kitty Douglass
Tubby the Tuba
1975as Celeste (voice)
That's Entertainment!
1974as (archive footage)
The Letters
1973as Elaine Anderson
Feathertop
1961as Julie Balfour
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959as Esther Smith
The Girl Most Likely
1958as Dodie
Enchanted Island
1958as Fayaway
The Female Animal
1958as Penny Windsor
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958as Self
Hit the Deck
1955as Susan Smith
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954as Bride Milly Pontipee
Athena
1954as Athena Mulvain
Deep in My Heart
1954as Performer in Maytime
Small Town Girl
1953as Cindy Kimbell
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953as Penny Weston
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951as Elizabeth Rogers
Royal Wedding
1951as Ellen Bowen
Two Weeks with Love
1950as Patti Robinson
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950as Nancy Barklay
A Date with Judy
1948as Judy Foster
Three Daring Daughters
1948as Tess Morgan
Luxury Liner
1948as Polly Bradford
Holiday in Mexico
1946as Christine Evans
Delightfully Dangerous
1945as Sherry Williams
Song of the Open Road
1944as Jane Powell
Television (19)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Bess Sherman
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991as Self
Growing Pains
1985as Irma Seaver Overmier
Murder, She Wrote
1984as Rev. Mother Claire
Fantasy Island
1978as Joan Wade
The Love Boat
1977as Aunt Loretta
The Hollywood Palace
1964as Self
The Judy Garland Show
1963as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self - Co-Host
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959as Self
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959as Lois Walters
Alcoa Theatre
1957as Julie Kingstone / Hilde Frenz
The Steve Allen Show
1956as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956as Self
The Oscars
1953as Self
What's My Line?
1950as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
Private Screenings
as Self
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