Actor
Jeanette MacDonald
June 18, 1903 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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 20th century, introducing grand opera to movie-going audiences and inspiring a generation of singers.
Often works with
Nelson Eddy
7 titles together
That's Entertainment, Part II, Naughty Marietta, Rose Marie
Maurice Chevalier
5 titles together
Love Me Tonight, One Hour with You, That's Entertainment!
Herman Bing
5 titles together
The Merry Widow, Rose Marie, Sweethearts
Charles Judels
4 titles together
San Francisco, One Hour with You, Maytime
Charles Butterworth
3 titles together
Love Me Tonight, Follow the Boys, The Cat and the Fiddle
Tyler Brooke
3 titles together
Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow, Monte Carlo
Full filmography · 35
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
19947.1
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1990
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
19767
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
19747.4
Where's Charley?
as Donna Lucia d'Alvadores
1957
Prima Donna
as Martha Blessing
1956
The Sun Comes Up
as Helen Lorfield Winter
1949
Three Daring Daughters
as Louise Rayton Morgan
1948
Follow the Boys
as Jeanette MacDonald
1944
Cairo
as Marcia Warren
1942
I Married an Angel
as Anna / Brigitta
1942
Smilin' Through
as Kathleen / Moonyean Clare
1941