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Jeanette MacDonald began her career at age 6, where she had small roles... more
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Ramon Novarro II: Best Films, Rex Ingram
(From Alternative Film Guide. 27 October 2009, 1:34 PM, PDT)
The Merry Widow d: Ernst Lubitsch
(From Alternative Film Guide. 14 April 2009, 10:45 PM, PDT)
(From Alternative Film Guide. 27 October 2009, 1:34 PM, PDT)
The Merry Widow d: Ernst Lubitsch
(From Alternative Film Guide. 14 April 2009, 10:45 PM, PDT)
Filmography
Soundtrack:
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) (performer: "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life")
- Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) (performer: "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life")
- "The Waltons" (1 episode, 1978)
- Spring Fever (1978) TV episode (performer: "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life") - That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (performer: "Lover, Come Back to Me", "For Ev'ry Lonely Heart")
- Hooray for Hollywood (1975) (performer: "Love Me Tonight")
- That's Entertainment! (1974) (performer: "Indian Love Call")
... aka That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (USA: alternative title) - Moments in Music (1950) (performer: "Wanting You")
- The Sun Comes Up (1949) (performer: "Un Bel Di" (uncredited), "Songs My Mother Taught Me" (uncredited), "Tes Jolies Yeux" (uncredited), "If You Were Mine" (uncredited), "Cousin Ebenezer" (uncredited)) ("Songs My Mother Taught Me" (uncredited))
- Three Daring Daughters (1948) (performer: "THE DICKEY-BIRD-SONG" (uncredited), "WHERE THERE'S LOVE" (uncredited), "SPRINGTIDE" (uncredited), "YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU" (uncredited), "HUNGARIAN FANTASY" (uncredited), "SWEETHEARTS" (uncredited)) ("SPRINGTIDE" (uncredited))
... aka The Birds and the Bees (UK) - Follow the Boys (1944) (performer: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (1930) (uncredited), "I'll See You in My Dreams" (1924) (uncredited))
- Cairo (1942) (performer: "Cairo" (1942), "Les Filles de Cadiz" (1885), "The Waltz is Over" (1942), "A Heart That's Free" (1936), "Il bacio (The Kiss)", "Chi mi frena (The Sextet)" (1835), "To a Wild Rose", No.1 from "Woodland Sketches, Op.51" (1896), "From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water" (1909), "Beautiful Ohio" (1918), "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" (1912), "Avalon" (1920), "There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)" (1823), "Keep the Light Burning Bright" (1942))
- I Married an Angel (1942) (performer: "I Married an Angel" (1938), "Spring Is Here" (1938), "Now You've Met The Angel" (1942), "But What Of Truth" (1942), "A Twinkle In Your Eye" (1938), "Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Gypsy song)" from the opera "Carmen" (1875), "Anges Purs" from the opera "Faust" (1859), "Aloha Oe" (1908)) ("I Married an Angel" (1938), "A Twinkle In Your Eye" (1938))
- Smilin' Through (1941) (performer: "Smilin' Through" (1918), "The Kerry Dance" (1875), "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" (1616), "A Little Love, a Little Kiss (Un peu d'amour)" (1912), "There's a Long, Long Trail" (1915), "Land of Hope and Glory" (1901)) ("Smilin' Through" (1918), "Ouvre ton Coeur")
- Bitter Sweet (1940) (performer: "I'll See You Again", "If You Could Only Come With Me", "What Is Love", "Kiss Me", "Love In Any Language", "Dear Little Cafe", "Ladies Of The Town", "Zigeuner (The Gypsy)") ("Dear Little Cafe")
- New Moon (1940) (performer: "PAREE", "THE WAY THEY DO IT IN PARIS", "LOVER, COME BACK TO ME", "ONE KISS", "WANTING YOU", "LA MARSEILLAISE")
... aka Lover Come Back - The Miracle of Sound (1940) (performer: "Dear Little Cafe")
... aka A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (USA: series title) - Broadway Serenade (1939) (performer: "For Ev'ry Lonely Heart" (1939), "Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay" (1908), "What You Goin' to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round? (Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown)" (1905), "Hearts Win, You Lose", "Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight)", "None But the Lonely Heart (Nur Wer die Sehnsucht Kennt)" (1880), "High Flyin'", "One Look at You" (1939), "No Time To Argue" (1939), "Time Changes Everything" (1939), "Un Bel Di" (1904), "Les Filles de Cadiz" (1885), "Italian Street Song" (1910), "Quando M'En Vo (Musetta's Waltz)" (1896)) ("For Ev'ry Lonely Heart" (1939), "A-Tisket A-Tasket" (1938), "(Here We Go 'Round) The Mulberry Bush", "None But the Lonely Heart (Nur Wer die Sehnsucht Kennt)" (1880), "High Flyin'", "One Look at You" (1939))
... aka Serenade - Sweethearts (1938) (performer: "WOODEN SHOES", "SUMMER SERENADE", "PRETTY AS A PICTURE", "GAME OF LOVE", "THE MESSAGE TO THE VIOLET", "KEEP IT DARK", "SWEETHEARTS", "LITTLE GRAY HOME IN THE WEST", "IN THE CONVENT THEY NEVER TAUGHT ME THAT", "HAPPY DAY")
- The Girl of the Golden West (1938) (performer: "The Wind In The Trees", "Liebestraum (Dream of Love)", "Ave Maria", "Mariache", "Who Are We To Say") ("Shadows On The Moon", "Señorita", "Who Are We To Say")
- The Firefly (1937) (performer: "LOVE IS LIKE A FIREFLY", "DANSE JEANETTE", "SYMPATHY", "He Who Loves And Runs Away", "WHEN A MAID COMES KNOCKING AT YOUR HEART", "I LOVE YOU DON DIEGO", "PARA LA SALUD", "THE DONKEY SERENADE", FINALE: "GIANNINA MIA") ("A WOMAN'S KISS")
- Maytime (1937) (performer: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (uncredited), "Santa Lucia" (uncredited), "Czaritza" (based on Symphony No. 5), "Will You Remember (Sweetheart)?", "Les filles de Cadix", "Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse", "Nobles seigneur, salut", Cavatine du Page "Une dame, noble et sage")
- San Francisco (1936) (performer: "San Francisco", "A Heart That's Free" (uncredited), "The Holy City" (uncredited), "Would You?", "Air des bijoux (The Jewel Song)" (uncredited), "Sempre Libera" (uncredited), "Nearer My God To Thee" (uncredited), "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (uncredited), "Love Me, and the World Is Mine" (uncredited))
- Rose-Marie (1936) (performer: "Excerpts from the opera 'Romeo et Juliette'" (uncredited), "Pardon Me Madame", "Dinah" (uncredited), "Some of These Days" (uncredited), "Indian Love Call", "Tosca" (Final Scene) (uncredited))
... aka Indian Love Call (USA: TV title)
... aka Rose Marie (USA: poster title) - Naughty Marietta (1935) (performer: "Chansonette", "Italian Street Song", "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life", "Prayer")
- The Merry Widow (1934) (performer: "Vilia", "Tonight Will Teach Me To Forget", "The Merry Widow Waltz", "If Widows are Rich", "Melody of Laughter")
- The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) (performer: "She Didn't Say Yes" (1931), "The Night Was Made for Love" (1931), "I Watched the Love Parade" (1931), "Poor Pierrot" (1931), "Try to Forget" (1931)) ("Impressions in a Harlem Flat" (1931), "A New Love is Old" (1931), "The Night Was Made for Love" (1931), "One Moment Alone" (1931))
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 (1932) (performer: "Love Me Tonight")
- Love Me Tonight (1932) (performer: "Isn't It Romantic", "Lover", "A Woman Needs Something Like That", "Love Me Tonight")
- One Hour with You (1932) (performer: "One Hour With You", "We Will Always Be Sweetheharts", "What a Little Thing Like a Wedding Can Do", "It Was Only a Dream Kiss")
- The Lottery Bride (1930) (performer: "YUBLA", "MY NORTHERN LIGHT")
- Monte Carlo (1930) (performer: "Beyond The Blue Horizon", "Give Me A Moment Please", "Always in All Ways", "She'll Love Me and Like It", "Whatever It Is, It's Grand")
- The Vagabond King (1930) (performer: "Some Day", "Only a Rose", "Finale: Only a Rose")
- The Love Parade (1929) (performer: "Dream Lover", "Anything To Please the Queen", "My Love Parade")
Actress:
- "Playhouse 90" .... Donna Lucia d'Alvadores (1 episode, 1957)
- Charley's Aunt (1957) TV episode .... Donna Lucia d'Alvadores - "Screen Directors Playhouse" .... Martha Blessing (1 episode, 1956)
- Prima Donna (1956) TV episode .... Martha Blessing - The Sun Comes Up (1949) .... Helen Lorfield Winter
- Three Daring Daughters (1948) .... Louise Rayton Morgan
... aka The Birds and the Bees (UK) - Cairo (1942) .... Marcia Warren
- I Married an Angel (1942) .... Anna/Brigitta
- Smilin' Through (1941) .... Kathleen/Moonyean Clare
- Bitter Sweet (1940) .... Sarah Millick
- New Moon (1940) .... Marianne de Beaumanoir
... aka Lover Come Back - Broadway Serenade (1939) .... Mary Hale
... aka Serenade - Sweethearts (1938) .... Gwen Marlowe
- The Girl of the Golden West (1938) .... Mary Robbins
- The Firefly (1937) .... Nina Maria Azara
- Maytime (1937) .... Marcia Mornay
- San Francisco (1936) .... Mary Blake
- Rose-Marie (1936) .... Marie de Flor
... aka Indian Love Call (USA: TV title)
... aka Rose Marie (USA: poster title) - Naughty Marietta (1935) .... Marietta
- The Merry Widow (1934) .... Madame Sonia/Fifi
- The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) .... Shirley Sheridan
- La veuve joyeuse (1934/I) .... Missia
- Love Me Tonight (1932) .... Princess Jeanette
- Une heure près de toi (1932) .... Colette Bertier
- One Hour with You (1932) .... Colette Bertier
- Annabelle's Affairs (1931) .... Annabelle Leigh
... aka Good Gracious Annabelle
... aka The Affairs of Annabelle
... aka Two Can Play - Don't Bet on Women (1931) .... Jeanne Drake
... aka More Than a Kiss - Oh, for a Man (1930) .... Carlotta Manson
- The Lottery Bride (1930) .... Jenny Swanson
- Monte Carlo (1930) .... Countess Helene Mara
- Let's Go Native (1930) .... Joan Wood
- The Vagabond King (1930) .... Katherine
- The Love Parade (1929) .... Queen Louise
Self:
- "The Big Record" .... Herself - Soprano Singer (1 episode, 1957)
- Episode dated 25 September 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - Soprano Singer - "Lux Video Theatre" .... Herself (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- Hollywood's Musical Holiday Revue (1956) TV episode .... Herself - "This Is Your Life" .... Jeanette MacDonald (1 episode, 1953)
- This Is Your Life, Jeanette MacDonald (1953) TV episode .... Jeanette MacDonald - "The Name's the Same" .... Contestant (1 episode, 1953)
- Episode dated 6 January 1953 (1953) TV episode .... Contestant - "What's My Line?" .... Herself (1 episode, 1952)
- Episode dated 21 December 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Herself - "Toast of the Town" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1951)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #5.17 (1951) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #4.47 (1951) TV episode .... Herself - Follow the Boys (1944) .... Herself - Guest Star
- The Miracle of Sound (1940) .... Herself
... aka A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (USA: series title) - Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (1938) .... Herself
- Hollywood Goes to Town (1938) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 (1936) .... Herself
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1933) .... Herself
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 (1932) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
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"Great Performances"
- The Great American Songbook (2003) TV episode - The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty (1999) (TV)
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) .... Herself (clips from "Naughty Marietta"/"Maytime")
- Nelson and Jeanette (1992) (TV) .... Herself
- America at the Movies (1976) .... Mary Blake
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) .... Clips from 'New Moon' & 'Broadway Serenade'
- Hooray for Hollywood (1975) .... Herself
- That's Entertainment! (1974) .... Clip from 'Rose Marie'
- The Love Goddesses (1965) .... Herself
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"Hollywood and the Stars"
- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) TV episode .... Herself
- The Fabulous Musicals (1963) TV episode .... Herself -
"MGM Parade"
- Episode #1.22 (1956) TV episode - Moments in Music (1950) (uncredited) .... Herself, film clip
- Land of Liberty (1939) .... Mary Blake (edited from: San Francisco)
Additional Details
Other Works:
Grand Opera: "Romeo and Juliet", in Montreal, Canada (1943)
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Publicity Listings:
2 Biographical Movies | 1 Portrayal | 7 Print Biographies | 3 Pictorials
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