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Jane Powell was singing and dancing at an early age. She sang on the radio... more
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With the decline of movie musicals in the late 1950s, Jane left MGM before... more
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Filmography
- "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Bess Sherman (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)
- Vulnerable (2002) TV episode .... Bess Sherman - The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (2000) (TV) .... Delia Ferguson
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000) (TV) .... Dance Instructor
- "Growing Pains" .... Irma Seaver Overmier (5 episodes, 1988-1990)
- Divorce Story (1990) TV episode .... Irma Seaver Overmier
- The Looooove Boat: Part 2 (1989) TV episode .... Irma Seaver Overmier
- The Looooove Boat: Part 1 (1989) TV episode .... Irma Seaver Overmier
- Anniversary from Hell (1989) TV episode .... Irma Seaver Overmier
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1988) TV episode .... Irma Seaver Overmier
- "Murder, She Wrote" .... Rev. Mother Claire (1 episode, 1987)
- Old Habits Die Hard (1987) TV episode .... Rev. Mother Claire - "Loving" (1983) TV series .... Rebecca Beecham (unknown episodes, 1985-1986)
- "The Love Boat" .... Aunt Loretta / ... (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
- April in Boston/Saving Grace/Breaks of Life (1982) TV episode .... Grace Bostwick
- Maid for Each Other/Lost and Found/Then There Were Two (1981) TV episode .... Aunt Loretta - "Fantasy Island" .... Eunice Picard / ... (3 episodes, 1978-1982)
- Challenge, The/A Genie Named Joe (1982) TV episode .... Eunice Picard
- Loving Strangers/Something Borrowed, Something Blue... (1981) TV episode .... Margaret Chase Wilkerson
- Bet a Million/Mr. Irresistible (1978) TV episode .... Joan Wade
- Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976) (TV) .... Kitty Douglas
- Wheeler and Murdoch (1973) (TV) .... Dorcie
- The Letters (1973) (TV) .... Elaine Anderson (The Andersons Episode)
- "The Red Skelton Show" .... Fairy Godmother / ... (4 episodes, 1963-1970)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- Charity Begins at Home, But Nowadays, Who Can Afford a Home? (1970) TV episode .... Penelope Farnsworth
- Love Is a Funny Thing (1968) TV episode .... Fairy Godmother
- Fairy Tales for Old Children (1968) TV episode .... Sleeping Beauty
- Don't Sit Under the Tombstone with Anybody Else But Me (1963) TV episode .... Guest
- "The Dick Powell Show" .... Alice Wood (1 episode, 1962)
... aka The Dick Powell Theatre (USA: new title)
- View from the Eiffel Tower (1962) TV episode .... Alice Wood - Feathertop (1961) (TV)
- Hooray for Love (1960) (TV)
- "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" .... Lois Walters (1 episode, 1959)
... aka The June Allyson Show
- The Girl (1959) TV episode .... Lois Walters - Meet Me in St. Louis (1959) (TV) .... Esther Smith
- "Alcoa Theatre" .... Hilde Frenz / ... (3 episodes, 1957-1958)
- Decoy Duck (1958) TV episode .... Susan Martin
- Cupid Wore a Badge (1957) TV episode .... Kathy Dorn
- Encounter on a Second-Class Coach (1957) TV episode .... Julie Kingstone/Hilde Frenz - "Goodyear Theatre" .... Harriet Kennedy / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
... aka Award Theatre (USA: syndication title)
... aka Golden Years of Television (USA: cable TV title)
- The Lady Takes the Stand (1958) TV episode .... Marian Evers
- Fix a Frame for Mourning (1958) TV episode .... Laura Cabot
- Music in the Night (1958) TV episode .... Joan Lindsey
- Hurricane (1957) TV episode .... Harriet Kennedy - "Producers' Showcase" .... Clementine (1 episode, 1957)
- Ruggles of Red Gap (1957) TV episode .... Clementine - "As the World Turns" (1956) TV series .... Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi (1990s) (temporary substitute for Eileen Fulton) (unknown episodes)
- "Great Performances" (1 episode, 1991)
- The Fred Astaire Songbook (1991) TV episode (performer: "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life")
- That's Dancing! (1985) (performer: "I Left My Hat in Haiti")
- The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) (TV) (performer: "The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me)")
- That's Entertainment! (1974) (performer: "Hallelujah") ("It's a Most Unusual Day")
... aka That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (USA: alternative title)
- "The Kraft Music Hall" (1 episode, 1969)
- Jimmy Durante and Don Knotts Do Their Thing... Also! (1969) TV episode (performer: "Cycles") - "The Red Skelton Show" (1 episode, 1968)
... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
- Love Is a Funny Thing (1968) TV episode (performer: "Little Girl Blue", "Star!") - "The Jerry Lewis Show" (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode dated 27 February 1968 (1968) TV episode (performer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (uncredited)) - "Toast of the Town" (1 episode, 1968)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #21.24 (1968) TV episode (performer: "Beautiful Things") - "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode #2.4 (1967) TV episode (performer: "After Today") - "The Dean Martin Show" (1 episode, 1966)
... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 22 December 1966 (1966) TV episode (performer: "Walking Happy" (uncredited), "Young and Foolish" (uncredited))
- "Sunday Showcase" (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Breck Sunday Showcase (USA: promotional title)
... aka NBC Sunday Showcase (USA: complete title)
- Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) TV episode (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)) - The Girl Most Likely (1958) (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")
- The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956) (TV) (performer: "I'll Never Stop Loving You")
- Hit the Deck (1955) (performer: "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Hallelujah")
- Deep in My Heart (1954) (performer: "Will You Remember (Sweetheart)")
- Athena (1954) (performer: "I Never Felt Better", "Chacun le sait")
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) (performer: "Wonderful, Wonderful Day", "When You're in Love", "Goin' Co'tin'")
- Three Sailors and a Girl (1953) (performer: "Face to Face")
... aka 3 Sailors and a Girl (USA: poster title) - Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) (performer: "Wonder Why", "Dark is the Night")
- Royal Wedding (1951) (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")
... aka Wedding Bells (UK) - Two Weeks with Love (1950) (performer: "The Oceana Roll" (uncredited), "A Heart That's Free" (uncredited), "My Hero" (uncredited))
- Nancy Goes to Rio (1950) (performer: "Embraceable You" (uncredited), "Musetta's Waltz" (uncredited))
- Luxury Liner (1948) (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))
- A Date with Judy (1948) (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))
- Three Daring Daughters (1948) (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))
... aka The Birds and the Bees (UK) - Delightfully Dangerous (1945) (performer: "Once Upon A Song", "Through Your Eyes ... To Your Heart", "In A Shower Of Stars")
- Song of the Open Road (1944) (performer: "ROLLIN' DOWN THE ROAD", "(I'M HAVIN') FUN IN THE SUN", "CARMENA", "HERE IT IS MONDAY")
- Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) (TV) .... Herself
- "Biography" .... Herself (1 episode, 1998)
- Roddy McDowall: Hollywood's Best Friend (1998) TV episode .... Herself - Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (1997) (TV) .... Herself
- "Private Screenings" .... Herself (1 episode, 1995)
- Jane Powell (1995) TV episode .... Herself - Nelson and Jeanette (1992) (TV) .... Host
... aka Nelson and Jeanette, America's Singing Sweethearts
- "Great Performances" .... Herself (1 episode, 1989)
- An Evening with Alan Jay Lerner (1989) TV episode .... Herself - Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) (TV) .... Herself
- Circus of the Stars #11 (1986) (TV) .... Herself
- The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) (TV) .... Herself
- The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) .... Herself
- The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire (1981) (TV) .... Herself
- The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
- "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1976)
- Episode dated 20 February 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Herself - The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
- "This Is Tom Jones" (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode #2.25 (1970) TV episode
- "The Jimmie Rodgers Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1969)
... aka Carol Burnett Presents the Jimmie Rodgers Show
- Episode dated 14 July 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself - "The Kraft Music Hall" .... Herself (1 episode, 1969)
- Jimmy Durante and Don Knotts Do Their Thing... Also! (1969) TV episode .... Herself - "The Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode dated 25 November 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Guest Appearance - "The Jerry Lewis Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode dated 27 February 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Herself - "Toast of the Town" .... Herself / ... (8 episodes, 1953-1968)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #21.24 (1968) TV episode .... Singer
- Episode #20.28 (1967) TV episode .... Singer
- Episode #19.13 (1965) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #17.14 (1964) TV episode .... Singer/Dancer
- Episode #10.24 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
(3 more) - "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode #2.4 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "The Dean Martin Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 22 December 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 28 October 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Herself - "The Hollywood Palace" .... Herself - Singer / ... (3 episodes, 1964-1966)
- Episode #3.30 (1966) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #2.13 (1964) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #2.3 (1964) TV episode .... Herself - Dancer/Singer - "The Bell Telephone Hour" .... Herself - Dancer / ... (3 episodes, 1960-1965)
... aka The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
- The American Song (1965) TV episode .... Herself - Hostess
- A Measure of Music (1962) TV episode .... Herself - Dancer
- The Music of Romance (1960) TV episode .... Herself - Dancer - "The Andy Williams Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1964)
- Episode dated 23 November 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 21 January 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself - "The Judy Garland Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1964)
- Episode #1.10 (1964) TV episode .... Herself - "The Perry Como Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
- Episode dated 22 May 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Herself - "The Garry Moore Show" .... Herself (5 episodes, 1959-1963)
- Episode #5.26 (1963) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #5.20 (1963) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #4.31 (1962) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #2.1 (1959) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #1.22 (1959) TV episode .... Herself - "I've Got a Secret" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1959-1962)
- Episode dated 29 October 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 15 January 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 1 April 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Herself - "Password" .... Panelist (1 episode, 1962)
... aka Password All-Stars (USA: new title)
- Jane Powell vs. Red Buttons (1962) TV episode .... Panelist - At This Very Moment (1962) (TV) .... Herself
- "What's My Line?" .... Guest Panelist / ... (3 episodes, 1956-1962)
- Episode dated 21 January 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
- Episode dated 20 April 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 10 June 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Mystery Guest #2 - "Person to Person" .... Herself (1 episode, 1961)
- Episode #8.18 (1961) TV episode .... Herself - "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" .... Herself / ... (4 episodes, 1957-1960)
... aka The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
- Episode #4.33 (1960) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #4.16 (1960) TV episode .... Herself - Hostess
- Episode #3.19 (1959) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #2.6 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
- "Sunday Showcase" .... Herself - Performer (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Breck Sunday Showcase (USA: promotional title)
... aka NBC Sunday Showcase (USA: complete title)
- Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) TV episode .... Herself - Performer - "The Steve Allen Show" .... Herself - Singer (2 episodes, 1958)
... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #3.32 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
- Episode #3.28 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - Singer - The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
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