Jane Powell

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 girlnextdoor 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 onewoman 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 fulltime 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