TCM to honor late, great Hollywood icon Jane Powell with programming tribute

(Jane Powell with Fred Astaire in ‘Royal Wedding.’ Image credit: Twitter)

Actress and singer Jane Powell died peacefully from natural causes at her Wilton, Connecticut, home on September 16. She was 92. Considered one of the megastars from the golden age of Hollywood, Powell is best known for her appearances in the golden age of Hollywood musicals like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and dancing along with another golden age megastar, Fred Astaire, in the 1951 film Royal Wedding.

Powell was only 22 when she danced opposite Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding. She was only 25 when she starred in the 1954 extravaganza Seven Brides for Seven Brothers with Howard Keel in a musical film named as one of the greatest American musicals of all time by the American Film Institute.

She was a great friend of the late Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Host Robert Osborne and was with Osborne in Times Square when TCM was launched as a network in 1994.

R.I.P. American actress, singer and dancer Jane Powell, she was 92 years old. Milly Pontipee in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954. pic.twitter.com/2yPdnIGfOE
— Masquerade (@Masquerade2376) September 16, 2021

On Sunday, October 16, TCM will celebrate the life and career of the iconic actress with a programming tribute dedicated to the beloved star of stage and screen. The following is the complete schedule for TCM’s on-air tribute to Jane Powell:

TCM Remembers Jane Powell – Saturday, October 16

12:00 p.m. Luxury Liner (1948) – The daughter of a ship’s captain becomes a sea-going cupid.
2:00 p.m. Small Town Girl (1953) – A sheriff’s daughter falls for a playboy arrested for speeding.
4:00 p.m. Royal Wedding (1951) – A brother-and-sister musical team find romance when they tour to London for Elizabeth II’s wedding.
6:00 p.m. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) – When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it’s time to go courting for themselves.

(All times are Eastern Standard)

In her later years, Powell toured with productions of musicals including My Fair Lady and Carousel, and she starred on Broadway in the 1974 revival of “Irene.” On television, she had a recurring role on “Growing Pains” as well as guest spots on shows including “The Love Boat,” “Murder, She Wrote,” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

Farewell to the wonderful star of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Jane Powell, who passed away at 92. Ms. Powell was one of the very few stars left from the enchanted era long gone. R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/9JmrBaNayG
— Dame Angela Lansbury News 😷 (@_AngelaLansbury) September 17, 2021

Powell is survived by her children Geary Anthony Steffen III, Suzanne Steffen, and Lindsay Cavalli and granddaughters Skye Cavalli and Tia Cavalli. Her fifth husband, publicist Dick Moore, died in 2015. Moore was a child actor who appeared in the Our Gang film shorts.