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Pert, petite musical film star of the late 1940s and 50s who, after hosting her own radio show from the age of 11, began in films in 1944 and was soon at MGM as perky teens in "A Date With Judy" (1948) and "Nancy Goes to Rio" (1950). With her chirpy girl-next-door charm and operatic singing voice, Powell was in some ways a successor to the more serene Deanna Durbin, who retired in 1948. Although many of her films are routine, she hit her stride in the early 1950s in such musical classics as Stanley Donen's "Royal Wedding" (1951) (replacing the ailing Judy Garland) and as the lead in Donen's "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" (1954)....
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Filmography

Picture This (Albright Productions) - ( / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
MARIE: A True Story - ( Rally Singer / 1985 / Released / )
Girl Most Likely - ( Dodie / 1958 / Released / )
Girl Most Likely - ( Song Performer / 1958 / Released / )
The Female Animal - ( Penny Windsor / 1958 / Released / Universal-International )
Hit the Deck - ( Susan Smith / 1955 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Athena - ( Athena / 1954 / Released / )
Deep in My Heart - ( Guest Star / 1954 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers - ( Milly--A Bride / 1954 / Released / )
Small Town Girl - ( / 1953 / Released / )

TV Credits
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Reel Memories: Jane Powell ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Nelson & Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
Burt Reynolds' Conversations With... (08/29/91) ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
An Evening With Alan Jay Lerner ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Happy Birthday, Hollywood! ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
The Eleventh Annual Circus of the Stars ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
The Night of 100 Stars II ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Loving ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Mayday at 40,000 Feet! ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
The Letters ( 1973 / Released ): Actor
The Dick Powell Show ( 1961 / Released ): Actor
The June Allyson Show ( 1959 / Released ): Actor
Ruggles of Red Gap ( 1957 / Released ): Actor
Turn of Fate ( 1957 / Released ): Actor
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Actor

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Pert, petite musical film star of the late 1940s and 50s who, after hosting her own radio show from the age of 11, began in films in 1944 and was soon at MGM as perky teens in "A Date With Judy" (1948) and "Nancy Goes to Rio" (1950). With her chirpy girl-next-door charm and operatic singing voice, Powell was in some ways a successor to the more serene Deanna Durbin, who retired in 1948. Although many of her films are routine, she hit her stride in the early 1950s in such musical classics as Stanley Donen's "Royal Wedding" (1951) (replacing the ailing Judy Garland) and as the lead in Donen's "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" (1954).

Powell's last starring film to date was the dismal "Enchanted Island" (1958), but she made a comeback when she replaced Debbie Reynolds on Broadway in the 1973 revival of the musical "Irene" and became the commercial spokeswoman for Dry Dock Savings Bank in the 1970s. Looking wonderful in her later years, Powell was a relaxed guest on interview specials recalling the MGM of old and was most welcome hosting a series airing classic movie musicals on PBS. Married to public relations executive and former child star Dick (Dickie) Moore since 1988.


Profession(s):
Actor, singer, commercial spokeswoman
Sometimes Credited As:

Suzanne Burce
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Family
daughter:Lindsay Averill Nerney (born 1955; married Richard Cavelli October 20, 1990)
daughter:Suzanne Ileen Steffen (born 1952)
husband:James Fitzgerald (married June 27, 1965; divorced)
husband:Pat Nerney (married 1954, divorced 1963)
husband:David Parlour (married 1978; divorced)
husband:Dick Moore (married 1988)
husband:Geary Steffen (married 1949, divorced 1954)
son:Geary Steffen Jr (born 1951)
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2000 Appeared in a limited-run revival staging of the Kander & Ebb musical "70, Girls, 70"
2000 Returned to the NYC stage as co-star of the play "Avow"
2000 Had featured role in the Showtime movie "The Sandy Bottom Orchestra"
1996 Returned to New York stage in Anne Meara's play "After-Play"
1996 Again replaced an ailing Eileen Fulton as Lisa on "As the World Turns"
1991 Hosted a PBS series, "The Musicals", introducing classic Hollywood musicals (date approximate)
1990 Briefly appeared on the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" as Lisa, replacing an ailing Eileen Fulton
1985 Made a brief appearance in the feature, "Marie: A True Story", billed as a "rally singer"
1973 Broadway debut in revival of "Irene"; took lead role after Debbie Reynolds left the cast
1958 Last starring role in a feature film, "Enchanted Island"
1955 Last film at MGM, "Hit the Deck"
1946 Signed with MGM; first film there, "Holiday in Mexico"
1944 Film debut (as herself) in "Song of the Open Road"
Hosted own program on KOIN-Radio, Portland Oregon
Kept busy during the late 50s and early 60s on TV, including a remake of the Vincente Minnelli musical, "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1959), with Powell in the Judy Garland role
Served as a TV spokesperson for Dry Dock Savings Bank in the 1970s
Produced and appeared in exercise video for arthritis patients
Returned to feature films playing a ditsy art patron in the independent "Picture This" (lensed 1999)

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