Jane Powell

Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce; April 1, 1929) is an American singer, dancer and actress who rose to fame in the mid-1940s with roles in various Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals.

Powell was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, where she achieved local fame as a singer, touring the state as the Oregon Victory Girl selling victory bonds. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Powell's vocal, dancing, and acting talents were utilized for lead and supporting roles in musicals such as A Date with Judy (1948, with friend Elizabeth Taylor), Royal Wedding (1951, with Fred Astaire), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954, with Howard Keel) and Hit the Deck (1955).

By the late 1950s, her film career slowed, leading her to transition to theatre with performances in various touring shows as well as two Broadway productions. In 1985, Powell relocated with her fifth husband, former child star Dickie Moore (who died in 2015), to New York City and Wilton, Connecticut, where she is occasionally active in local theatre.

Short subjects

 * Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc. (1949)
 * 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955)

Stage work

 * Allegro (1951)
 * Oklahoma! (1958)
 * The Most Happy Fella (1962)
 * The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1963; 1966; 1981)
 * Carousel (1966)
 * The Boy Friend (1967)
 * The Sound of Music (1968; 1972)
 * My Fair Lady (1969; 1971)
 * I Do! I Do! (1970)
 * Meet Me in St. Louis (1972)
 * Brigadoon (1973)
 * Irene (1974; 1975–76)
 * Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1978)
 * South Pacific (1978)
 * The Marriage-Go-Round (1981)
 * Sweethearts (1983)
 * Cinderella (1995)
 * After-Play (1996)
 * Ancestral Voices (2000)
 * Avow (2000)
 * Nothing Like a Dame (2000)
 * 70, Girls, 70 (2000)
 * Bounce (2003; 2004)

Radio

 * 1944 - Powell played the title role in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Screen Guild Theatre on CBS.[33]
 * 1947 - Powell co-starred with Frank Sinatra in Songs by Sinatra.[34]
 * 1952 - Lux Radio Theatre (episode Royal Wedding)[35]

Recordings

 * 1949 - Romance - Columbia Masterworks LP (ML 2034)[36]
 * 1949 - A Date with Jane Powell - Columbia Masterworks LP (ML 2045)[36]
 * 1956 - Can't We Be Friends? - Verve Records LP (MGV 2023), re-released as a Limited Edition Japanese import CD in a mini-LP slip case in 2004.
 * 2000 - Hansel and Gretel/Alice in Wonderland - Collectables Records CD[36]
 * 2001 - Romance/A Date with Jane Powell - Collectables Records CD (COL-CD-6670 / Sony A-50271)