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Also known as Suzanne Burce

American actress, dancer, and singer (1929-2021)

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Origin
Brazil
Active from
1937-08-06
Active to
2000-09-26
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Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce; April 1, 1929) is an American singer, dancer and actress. After rising to fame as a singer in her home state of Oregon, Powell was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer while still in her teens. Once there, the studio utilized her vocal, dancing and acting talents, casting her in such musicals as Royal Wedding, with Fred Astaire, A Date with Judy, with friend Elizabeth Taylor and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, with Howard Keel. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu

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  • I don’t think about the past except now, when we’re talking about it, I never felt I was really there anyway. I always pictured myself as a fly who was up in the corner looking down at myself. I never feel I was there. I’m not very sentimental when it comes to the past, I don’t live there and I feel for people who do because it’s never going to be the same as you remember it.

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Born
Suzanne Lorraine Burce , ( 1929-04-01 ) April 1, 1929, Portland, Oregon , U.S.
Died
September 16, 2021 (2021-09-16) (aged 92), Wilton, Connecticut , U.S.
Occupations
Actress singer dancer
Years active
1941–2007
Known for
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers A Date with Judy Royal Wedding Hit the Deck

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Jane Powell 1952.jpg
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Jane Powell
birth name
Suzanne Lorraine Burce
start of work period
1944-00-00
date of death
2021-09-16
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Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce; April 1, 1929 – September 16, 2021) was an American actress, singer, and dancer who appeared in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals in the 1940s and 50s. With her soprano voice and girl-next-door image, Powell appeared in films, television and on the stage, performing in the musicals A Date with Judy (1948), Royal Wedding (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and Hit the Deck (1955).

In the 1950s Powell starred in the film noir The Female Animal (1958) and adventure film Enchanted Island (1958). She made appearances on stage in My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music, and television appearances in guest roles on The Love Boat (1981–1982) and the sitcom Growing Pains (1988–1992). She was a veteran of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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