Musicals star Jane Powell dies at 92

By Lynn Elber
Updated September 17 2021 - 9:15am, first published 9:09am
Jane Powell performed virtually her whole life, starting about age five on radio.
Jane Powell performed virtually her whole life, starting about age five on radio.

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 at 92.