Jeanette MacDonald

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Jeanette MacDonald

Acting June 18, 1903

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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…

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What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.8 1948 TV Show
This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

6.5 1952 TV Show
Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight

6.6 1932 Movie
San Francisco

San Francisco

6.6 1936 Movie
Screen Director's Playhouse

Screen Director's Playhouse

7.0 1955 TV Show
MGM Parade

MGM Parade

7.5 1955 TV Show
One Hour with You

One Hour with You

6.4 1932 Movie
That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

7.4 1974 Movie
The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

6.7 1934 Movie
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

7.1 1994 Movie
The Love Parade

The Love Parade

6.6 1929 Movie

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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 20th century, introducing grand opera to movie-going audiences and inspiring a generation of singers.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2009
    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1995
    The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1994
    That's Entertainment! III

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  4. 1992
    Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 1990
    Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

    Movie (archive footage)

  6. 1987
    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 1986
    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 1976
    That's Entertainment, Part II

    Movie (archive footage)

  9. 1975
    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 1974
    That's Entertainment!

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  11. 1957
    Where's Charley?

    Movie Donna Lucia d'Alvadores

  12. 1956
    Prima Donna

    Movie Martha Blessing

  13. 1955
    Screen Director's Playhouse

    TV show Martha

  14. 1955
    MGM Parade

    TV show Self

  15. 1952
    This Is Your Life

    TV show Self

  16. 1950
    Lux Video Theatre

    TV show Self

More credits
  1. 1950
    What's My Line?

    TV show Self

  2. 1949
    The Sun Comes Up

    Movie Helen Lorfield Winter

  3. 1948
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    TV show Self

  4. 1948
    Three Daring Daughters

    Movie Louise Rayton Morgan

  5. 1944
    Follow the Boys

    Movie Jeanette MacDonald

  6. 1942
    Cairo

    Movie Marcia Warren

  7. 1942
    I Married an Angel

    Movie Anna / Brigitta

  8. 1941
    Smilin' Through

    Movie Kathleen / Moonyean Clare

  9. 1940
    Bitter Sweet

    Movie Sarah Millick

  10. 1940
    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    Movie Self

  11. 1940
    New Moon

    Movie Marianne de Beaumanoir

  12. 1940
    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Movie Self

  13. 1939
    Broadway Serenade

    Movie Mary Hale

  14. 1938
    Sweethearts

    Movie Gwen Marlowe

  15. 1938
    Hollywood Goes to Town

    Movie Self

  16. 1938
    The Girl of the Golden West

    Movie Mary Robbins

  17. 1937
    The Firefly

    Movie Nina Maria

  18. 1937
    The Romance of Celluloid

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  19. 1937
    Maytime

    Movie Marcia Mornay

  20. 1936
    San Francisco

    Movie Mary Blake

  21. 1936
    Rose Marie

    Movie Marie de Flor

  22. 1935
    Naughty Marietta

    Movie Marietta

  23. 1934
    The Merry Widow

    Movie Madame Sonia / Fifi

  24. 1934
    The Cat and the Fiddle

    Movie Shirley Sheridan