Jane Powell
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Oct 11, 2026
CarolineHOST
Okay, listen,
SarahHOST
anything about Jane Powell, by the way,
CarolineHOST
and this is
SarahHOST
something that my favorite murder did a lot of is they'd have these like celebrity, like old Hollywood guests.
SarahHOST
Do you know about Jane Powell?
CarolineHOST
No,
SarahHOST
not at all.
SarahHOST
It was a great show, and she played Alan's mother, like the grandma, I think, because Alan was the dad, right? God, I can't remember.
Patrick RankinHOST
Zanuck gave her a small part in The Treasure of the Golden Condor, released in 1953.
Patrick RankinHOST
Then MGM called with Small Town Girl, a Jane Powell musical in which Wray played the mother.
Patrick RankinHOST
This was not the return of a leading lady.
Patrick RankinHOST
Wray had come back as a character actress, older, steadier, and ready to take the work that could support her family.
Brandon DavisHOST
I, I think it just, I don't think it was planned to be his last screen performance.
Brandon DavisHOST
He just ended up going into other things and doing other things in his life, and he would later marry Jane Powell and all of that kind of stuff, and he just passed away a few years ago in his 90s.
Brandon DavisHOST
But, uh, I just, I just thought that was just, just a, what an interesting way to end your career on screen by doing that role.
Peter MartinGUEST
Oh, uh, yeah.
Brandon DavisHOST
yeah it's it's fascinating just to see him to see him do that to see him just kind of go to that dark place but i'm sure it must have been i'm sure it must have been a maybe just a just you know a logical choice on fred zinneman or whoever decided to cast him in that role and you know of you know that's I think it just – I don't think it was planned to be his last screen performance.
Brandon DavisHOST
He just ended up going into other things and doing other things in his life, and he would later marry Jane Powell and all of that kind of stuff.
Brandon DavisHOST
And he just passed away a few years ago in his 90s.
Brandon DavisHOST
But I just thought that was just – what an interesting way to end your career on screen by doing that role.
Elliott CaddyHOST
Judy was next to sign to Royal Wedding with Fred Astaire, but her attendance problems continued.
Elliott CaddyHOST
In June 1950, the studio suspended her once again and replaced her with Jane Powell.
Elliott CaddyHOST
The news pushed Judy into a severe mental health crisis.
Elliott CaddyHOST
She went into the bathroom at her home and cut her throat with a broken piece of glass.