Dita Parlo

. Powell lives in Connecticut, USA, with her fifth husband, Dick Moore, and still performs today. She appeared in only three films during the last thirty years of her life making her final film appearance in 1965. Her stage roles include "South Pacific", "The Sound of Music", "Oklahoma!", "My Fair Lady", "Carousel", "The Girl Next Door and How She Grew", and "Irene". With the outbreak of World War II, Parlo returned to Germany. Since then Powell has continued to work in television, radio, and live performances. She was scheduled to appear in the Orson Welles production of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness but this did not eventuate. By the end of the 1950s, Hollywood musicals began to lose popularity, and her film career ended.

She attempted to establish a career in American films but despite a couple of roles in Hollywood films, was unable to extend her European success. Her other films include: Rich, Young and Pretty (1951), Small Town Girl (1953), Three Sailors and a Girl (1953), Athena (1954), Deep in My Heart (1954), Hit the Deck (1955), and The Girl Most Likely (1957). During the 1930s she moved easily between German and French language films, achieving success in such films as L'Atalante (1934) and La Grande Illusion (The Grand Illusion) (1937). Her best know film is probably Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), which gave her the opportunity to play a more mature character than previous films. Born Grethe Gerda Kornstädt in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) Parlo made her first film appearance in 1928 and quickly became a popular actress in Germany. Powell got the chance to sing and dance with Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding (1951), when she was brought in as a replacement for both June Allyson and Judy Garland. Dita Parlo (September 4, 1906 - December 13, 1971) was a film actress. Her first MGM musical was Holiday in Mexico (1946), which brought her to the public's attention, and she was later billed as the co-star in several films including A Date With Judy (1948), and Nancy Goes to Rio (1950).

". She appeared in her first film, Song of the Open Road (1944), at age 15. Its title track commences with the line "My name is Dita, I'll be your mistress tonight.. Born Suzanne Burce in Portland, Oregon, USA, she sang on the radio as a child, and performed in theater before her film career began in 1944. Madonna, said to have been fascinated by Parlo, took her name for the character she created for her Sex book and Erotica album. She was the petite blonde with an operatic singing voice in many MGM musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. Jane Powell (born April 1, 1928) is an American actress.