We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.

Powell won the competition and soon auditioned with Louis B. She also appeared on March 9 2008 with Pink Martini at Avery FiJane Powellr Hall in New York City; Jane Powell sang a duet of "Aba Daba Honeymoon" with lead singer China Forbes. She also appeared as a guest panelist on What's My Line? and on the ABC musical quiz program Jukebox Jury.

Once there the studio utilized her vocal dancing and acting talents casting her in such musicals as Royal Wedding with Fred Astaire A Date with Judy with friend Elizabeth Taylor and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers with Howard Keel. As of 2010 Powell lives with her fifth husband former child star Dickie Moore in New York City and Connecticut and is still active in television and theater. In the late 1950s her film career slowed only to be replaced with a busy theater and television career.