LOS ANGELES -- Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood's golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and danced with Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding,” has died. She performed virtually her whole life, starting about age 5 as a singing prodigy on radio in Portland, Oregon. Jane Powell was next in line. Audiences were overwhelmed by the lusty singing of Keel and Powell and especially by the gymnastic choreography of Michael Kidd. The character’s name in “Song of the Open Road” was Jane Powell, and MGM decided that that would be her movie name.

Source: ABC News September 16, 2021 22:47 UTC