Jane Powell was singing and dancing at an early ... Through the 1940s and 1950s, she had a successful career in movie musicals. However, in 1957, her career in films ended, as she had outgrown ...

The character’s name in “Song of the Open Road” was Jane Powell, and MGM decided that that would be her movie name. She played teens in such films as “Holiday in Mexico,” “Three Daring ...