Actress Jane Powell Is Dead
Legendary Hollywood actress, Jane Powell is dead at the age of 92.
The actress known as one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, died of natural causes at the home she shared for many years with her husband, actor and publicist Dickie Moore, who died in 2015.
Susan Granger, a friend of Powell’s and a spokesperson for the family, confirmed to various outlets that the actress died peacefully at her home in Wilton, Connecticut on Thursday September 16.
Actress performed for virtually her whole life as she was marked as a singing prodigy on radio in Portland, Oregon when she was just 5 years old.
Powell made her first movie at 16 and graduated from teenage roles and co-starred in the lavish musical productions that were a staple of 20th-century Hollywood.
Powell was married five times. Her fifth marriage was to Dick Moore, who died in 2015.
The actress is survived by son Geary Anthony Steffen III, daughters Suzanne Steffen and Lindsay Cavalli, and two grandchildren.