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Singer, Theater Dancer and Motion Picture Actress. Began
a singing career on a radio show (K-OIN) at the young
age of seven and would later be hired to sing on the Charlie
McCarthy Show. Later would enter Motion Pictures and dance
in a few of them with such notables as Ricardo Montalban
and Fred Astaire. Powell does a spectacular dance sequence
at the end of "Nancy Goes to Rio" to the music
of "Love is Like This". She also did a really
great dance with a chinese child "Why So Gloomy"
for "Holiday in Mexico" which was unfortunately
cut
from the final release but has been played on TCM.
Jane
also did magazine ads for Lustre Cream Shampoo, Sunkist
lemons and Lux Soap. Powell had four children
