1. Jane Powell made appearances on stage in My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music, and television appearances in guest roles on The Love Boat and the sitcom Growing Pains.
40 Facts About Jane Powell
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Jane Powell was a veteran of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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Jane Powell starred in off-Broadway productions of Avow and Bounce in 2000.
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Jane Powell appeared in local theatre productions in Wilton, Connecticut before her death.
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Jane Powell was born Suzanne Lorraine Burce, the only child of Paul Emerson Burce and Eileen Baker Burce, on April 1,1929, in Portland, Oregon.
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Jane Powell began dance lessons when she was 2 years old.
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Jane Powell took dance lessons at the Agnes Peters School of Dance, where the Burce family met a talent scout and dance instructor who persuaded the family to move to Oakland, California, to attract Hollywood talent agents.
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When Jane Powell was 12 years old, a talent promoter helped her get selected as the Oregon Victory Girl.
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Jane Powell began singing on Portland radio station KOIN and traveled Oregon for two years, singing and selling victory bonds.
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Jane Powell wanted to go back to high school and to university, but her mother forbade this as she was the only one in the family making good money.
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In 1945, Jane Powell sang "Because" at the wedding of Esther Williams and Ben Gage.
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Jane Powell lamented that, at the age of 25 and with children of her own, she found herself typecast in teenage roles, but she accepted the roles because she needed to support her family.
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In 1949, Powell sang at Harry S Truman's inaugural ball, and she sang for five US presidents and the queen of England.
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In 1951, Jane Powell co-starred in the musical comedy Royal Wedding with Fred Astaire as performing siblings.
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Jane Powell appeared that year in Rich, Young and Pretty.
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Jane Powell starred in Small Town Girl and Three Sailors and a Girl in 1953.
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Jane Powell starred in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers in 1954.
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Jane Powell starred in Athena and Deep in My Heart in 1954.
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In 1955, Jane Powell starred opposite Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, and Russ Tamblyn in Hit the Deck, which was a commercial failure, underperforming at the box office.
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Also in 1956, Jane Powell performed the song "I'll Never Stop Loving You" at the 28th Academy Awards.
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Jane Powell starred in a stage production of The Most Happy Fella.
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In 1962, Jane Powell made her debut appearance on the television series The Red Skelton Show, in which she appeared in numerous episodes until 1972.
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In 1964, Jane Powell starred as Eliza Doolittle in a production of My Fair Lady at Los Angeles' Valley West Theatre, which established a record gross for West Coast-based productions of the play.
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Jane Powell had the title role in The Unsinkable Molly Brown in 1966, as well as the female lead in an Atlanta-based production of Carousel, followed by The Boy Friend at the Carousel Theater in Los Angeles in 1967.
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In 1972, Jane Powell appeared in a Cincinnati-based stage production of Meet Me In St Louis.
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Between 1981 and 1982, Jane Powell had guest-starring role on The Love Boat and Fantasy Island.
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In 1988, Jane Powell was cast in a recurring guest role on the popular sitcom Growing Pains, in which she played Irma Seaver, the mother of Dr Jason Roland Seaver.
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Jane Powell performed the role of the Queen in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at New York City Opera.
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In 2000, Jane Powell appeared in the Off-Broadway production Avow, in which she portrayed a devout Catholic woman whose gay son wishes to marry his partner in the church.
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On New Year's Eve 2007, Jane Powell returned to her hometown of Portland, Oregon, to narrate Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with the Portland-based musical group Pink Martini.
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Jane Powell appeared on March 9,2008, with Pink Martini at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, singing a duet of "Aba Daba Honeymoon" with lead singer China Forbes.
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Jane Powell performed again with Pink Martini at the Hollywood Bowl on September 10,2010.
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On November 5,1949, Jane Powell married former figure skater Gearhardt Anthony Steffen.
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In 1953, Jane Powell began an affair with Gene Nelson, her married co-star in Three Sailors and a Girl.
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In 1965, Jane Powell married Hollywood publicist and manager Jim Fitzgerald, who managed her career.
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Jane Powell married David Stellar Parlour in 1978 and divorced him in 1981.
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Jane Powell was referred to as one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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Jane Powell secured her place in history with her performance in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
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In 1960, Jane Powell was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Jane Powell played main roles as guest star in 4 musicals with Gordon McRae in a series of musicals on radio in 1949.