Jeanette MacDonald

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1903-06-18 (62 years old)

Deathday

1965-01-14

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Jeanette MacDonald

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeanette MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow) and Nelson Eddy (Naughty Marietta, Rose-Marie, and Maytime). During the 1930s and 1940s she starred in 29 feature films, four nominated for Best Picture Oscars (The Love Parade, One Hour with You, Naughty Marietta and San Francisco), and recorded extensively, earning three gold records. She later appeared in grand opera, concerts, radio, and television. MacDonald was one of the most influential sopranos of the...

Acting

1932

Love Me Tonight

as Princess Jeanette

1944

Follow the Boys

as Jeanette MacDonald

1932

One Hour with You

as Colette Bertier

1942

Cairo

as Marcia Warren

1940

New Moon

as Marianne de Beaumanoir

1938

Sweethearts

as Gwen Marlowe

1938

1937

Maytime

as Marcia Mornay

1937

The Firefly

as Nina Maria

1934

The Merry Widow

as Madame Sonia / Fifi

1936

Rose Marie

as Marie de Flor

1936

San Francisco

as Mary Blake

1935

Naughty Marietta

as Marietta

1930

The Love Parade

as Queen Louise

1934

The Cat and the Fiddle

as Shirley Sheridan

1940

Bitter Sweet

as Sarah Millick

1930

Monte Carlo

as Countess Helene Mara

1948

Three Daring Daughters

as Louise Rayton Morgan

1949

The Sun Comes Up

as Helen Lorfield Winter

1939

Broadway Serenade

as Mary Hale

1941

Smilin' Through

as Kathleen / Moonyean Clare

1930

Let's Go Native

as Joan Wood

1930

1930

The Vagabond King

as Katherine

1931

Don't Bet on Women

as Jeanne Drake

1931

Annabelle's Affairs

as Annabelle Leigh

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1942

I Married an Angel

as Anna / Brigitta

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1937

The Romance of Celluloid

as Self (archive footage)

1930

Oh, for a Man!

as Carlotta Manson

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1990

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1956

Prima Donna

as Martha Blessing

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