Acting

Jeanette MacDonald

Born 1903-06-18 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 1965-01-14

Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American soprano and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (The Love Parade, Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow and One Hour with You) 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 opera, concerts, radio, and television. MacDonald was one of the most influential sopranos of the 20th century, introducing opera to film-going audiences and inspiring a generation of singers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeanette MacDonald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Credits

Newest first

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
2009
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1995
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
as Self (archive footage)
1992
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1990
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
1986
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Where's Charley?
as Donna Lucia d'Alvadores
1957
Prima Donna
as Martha Blessing
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Martha
1955
MGM Parade
as Self
1955
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
Lux Video Theatre
as Self
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
The Sun Comes Up
as Helen Lorfield Winter
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
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
Bitter Sweet
as Sarah Millick
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
New Moon
as Marianne de Beaumanoir
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1940
Broadway Serenade
as Mary Hale
1939
Sweethearts
as Gwen Marlowe
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
The Girl of the Golden West
as Mary Robbins
1938
The Firefly
as Nina Maria
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
1937
Maytime
as Marcia Mornay
1937
San Francisco
as Mary Blake
1936
Rose Marie
as Marie de Flor
1936
Naughty Marietta
as Marietta
1935
The Merry Widow
as Madame Sonia / Fifi
1934
The Cat and the Fiddle
as Shirley Sheridan
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
as Self
1932
Love Me Tonight
as Princess Jeanette
1932
One Hour with You
as Colette Bertier
1932
Annabelle's Affairs
as Annabelle Leigh
1931
Don't Bet on Women
as Jeanne Drake
1931
Oh, for a Man!
as Carlotta Manson
1930
The Lottery Bride
as Jenny
1930
Monte Carlo
as Countess Helene Mara
1930
Let's Go Native
as Joan Wood
1930
The Vagabond King
as Katherine
1930
The Love Parade
as Queen Louise
1929