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SoCalNative

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 04:57 PM Sep 2021

Jane Powell Dies: Hollywood Golden Age Actress & 'Royal Wedding' Star Was 92

Jane Powell, who made her screen debut with W.C. Fields, danced with Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding, was one of seven brides for seven brothers in the classic 1954 film musical, sang “Buttons and Bows” at President Harry S. Truman’s Inaugural Ball and was a bridesmaid at the first of Elizabeth Taylor’s weddings, died of natural causes today at her home in Wilton, Connecticut. She was 92.

Susan Granger, a friend of the actress and spokesperson for her family, told Deadline that Powell died peacefully at the house she shared for many years with her husband, the actor and publicist Dick Moore, who died in 2015.

Powell, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, continued to appear on stage well into the 21st Century, making her career among her generation’s sturdiest.

https://deadline.com/2021/09/jane-powell-dead-obituary-actress-royal-wedding-seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-was-92-1234838168/?fbclid=IwAR2wU7hjJ2bFOW3-QEMQm0qT47ZhkT3ETxez-1tKEO_bq9ts8bmkSEw7Xg0

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Jane Powell Dies: Hollywood Golden Age Actress & 'Royal Wedding' Star Was 92 (Original Post) SoCalNative Sep 2021 OP
:( RIP... 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2021 #1
She was beautiful. Mickju Sep 2021 #2
Royal Wedding MFM008 Sep 2021 #3
And of course she was such a contract to Churchill's wooden daughter More_Cowbell Sep 2021 #4
well in all fairness Churchills daughter MFM008 Sep 2021 #6
Jane Powell keeping up with Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding (1954), Staph Sep 2021 #5
quit stalling! MFM008 Sep 2021 #7

MFM008

(20,000 posts)
3. Royal Wedding
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 05:28 PM
Sep 2021

The scene with Fred Astaire.. 'why would you believe me when I said I loved you when you knew I was a liar all my life' was so great , she was such a great singer and Dancer to.

More_Cowbell

(2,204 posts)
4. And of course she was such a contract to Churchill's wooden daughter
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 05:38 PM
Sep 2021

The dancing on the ceiling scene is so great, too!

MFM008

(20,000 posts)
6. well in all fairness Churchills daughter
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 10:57 PM
Sep 2021

wasnt a singer
wasnt a dancer
and was barely an actress.....

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