Jane Powell

Powell lives in Connecticut, USA, with her fifth husband, Dick Moore, and still performs today. In 1994, the government of France placed her image on a postage stamp. Her stage roles include "South Pacific", "The Sound of Music", "Oklahoma!", "My Fair Lady", "Carousel", "The Girl Next Door and How She Grew", and "Irene". Yvonne Printemps died in the Paris suburb of Neuilly on January 19, 1977. Since then Powell has continued to work in television, radio, and live performances. She continued to perform on stage until she was well into her sixties and remained active with Pierre Fresnay, co-directing the Théâtre de la Michodière in Paris with him until his death in 1975. By the end of the 1950s, Hollywood musicals began to lose popularity, and her film career ended. Personifying the grand diva, she made a great spectacle wherever she went with her pet poodles on a leash.

Her other films include: Rich, Young and Pretty (1951), Small Town Girl (1953), Three Sailors and a Girl (1953), Athena (1954), Deep in My Heart (1954), Hit the Deck (1955), and The Girl Most Likely (1957). Loving the spotlight, she would be seen draped with jewels and wearing enormous hats. Her best know film is probably Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), which gave her the opportunity to play a more mature character than previous films. Following her divorce from Sacha Guitry, she fell in love with French film star Pierre Fresnay with whom she remained for life. Powell got the chance to sing and dance with Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding (1951), when she was brought in as a replacement for both June Allyson and Judy Garland. She appeared in nine motion pictures, including the starring role in both the stage and screen versions of "Le Trois Valses.". Her first MGM musical was Holiday in Mexico (1946), which brought her to the public's attention, and she was later billed as the co-star in several films including A Date With Judy (1948), and Nancy Goes to Rio (1950). In 1934 she received international acclaim for her performance in the Noel Coward play, "Conversation Piece." She performed in Paris and at London's West End before going to the United States to star on Broadway.

She appeared in her first film, Song of the Open Road (1944), at age 15. Together they performed in a number of his plays bringing the extremely popular 1925 production of "Mozart" to cities in North America, including New York City, Montreal, Quebec and Boston, Massachusetts. Born Suzanne Burce in Portland, Oregon, USA, she sang on the radio as a child, and performed in theater before her film career began in 1944. In 1919, she married actor-playwright Sacha Guitry. She was the petite blonde with an operatic singing voice in many MGM musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. Her voice and stage presence made her a great star at a young age, appearing as a teenager with the greatest stars of the day, Maurice Chevalier and Mistinguett. Jane Powell (born April 1, 1928) is an American actress. Nicknamed Printemps (springtime) by her fellow chorus members because of her sunny disposition, she started in operetta, appearing in such works as "Les Contes de Perrault" (1913) and "Le Poilu" (1916).

Born Yvonne Wignolle, she was dancing in revues at the Folies Bergère in Paris at age 13. Yvonne Printemps, born July 25, 1895 in Ermont, Île-de-France, France - died January 19, 1977 in Paris, France, was a singer and actress.