Jane Powell

Birth Name:

Suzanne Lorraine Burce

Birth Place:

Portland, Oregon, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Sang at the inauguration ball for President Harry S․ Truman in January 1949
Began taking dance lessons at the age of 2 and had her first role on the children's radio program "Stars of Tomorrow" when she was 5
Got her first role in "Song of the Open Road" after she sang an aria from "Carmen" for Norma Shearer
Made her screen acting debut in the film "Song of the Open Road" in 1944
Quote: "In all those MGM teenage musicals I used to just make up my own dialogue, and the scripts were so bad that nobody ever knew the difference, anyway․"
Quote: "(On her disillusionment with her MGM career): "My whole life seems to have happened to somebody else․ I just wish I could have been around to enjoy it․ None of it sunk in․ It was just a job and I was a fly on the wall watching it happen․""
Best known for her role as Ellen Bowen in "Royal Wedding" and as Milly in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers․"
Her stage name, Jane Powell, was taken from the character she played in her first film, "Song of the Open Road․"

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