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Date of Birth:

18 June 1903, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA more

Date of Death:

14 January 1965, Houston, Texas, USA more

Mini Biography:

She was the third daughter of Daniel and Anne MacDonald, younger sister... more

Trivia:

Still has a large fan club, The Jeanette MacDonald International Fan Club. more

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1 win 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)

Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	That's Entertainment! III (1994)	(performer: "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life")	1994	-	7.7 (543)

2.	Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)	(performer: "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life")	1990	-	6.6 (1,251)

3.	"The Waltons" (1972)	(1 episode, 1978)	1978	-	7.5 (725)
	1 TV episode: "The Waltons: Spring Fever (#6.15)" (performer: "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life")
4.	That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)	(performer: "Lover, Come Back to Me", "For Ev'ry Lonely Heart")	1976	-	7.3 (870)

5.	Hooray for Hollywood (1975)	(performer: "Love Me Tonight")	1975	-	6.2 (20)

6.	That's Entertainment! (1974)	(performer: "Indian Love Call")	1974	-	7.6 (2,525)
	AKAs: That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (USA: alternative title)
7.	Moments in Music (1950)	(performer: "Wanting You")	1950	-	6.9 (32)

8.	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))	1949	-	6.7 (95)

9.	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))	1948	-	6.0 (152)
	AKAs: The Birds and the Bees (UK)
10.	Follow the Boys (1944)	(performer: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (1930) (uncredited), "I'll See You in My Dreams" (1924) (uncredited))	1944	-	6.4 (116)

11.	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))	1942	-	6.1 (76)

12.	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))	1942	-	5.8 (170)

13.	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")	1941	-	6.6 (99)

14.	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")	1940	-	6.4 (155)

15.	New Moon (1940)	(performer: "PAREE", "THE WAY THEY DO IT IN PARIS", "LOVER, COME BACK TO ME", "ONE KISS", "WANTING YOU", "LA MARSEILLAISE")	1940	-	7.2 (195)
	AKAs: Lover Come Back
16.	The Miracle of Sound (1940)	(performer: "Dear Little Cafe")	1940	-	5.8 (44)
	AKAs: A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (USA: series title)
17.	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))	1939	-	5.7 (59)
	AKAs: Serenade
18.	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")	1938	-	6.6 (218)

19.	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")	1938	-	6.5 (148)

20.	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")	1937	-	6.6 (128)

21.	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")	1937	-	7.3 (347)

22.	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))	1936	-	7.4 (1,831)

23.	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))	1936	-	6.9 (448)
	AKAs: Indian Love Call (USA: TV title) Rose Marie (USA: poster title)
24.	Naughty Marietta (1935)	(performer: "Chansonette", "Italian Street Song", "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life", "Prayer")	1935	-	7.0 (386)

25.	The Merry Widow (1934)	(performer: "Vilia", "Tonight Will Teach Me To Forget", "The Merry Widow Waltz", "If Widows are Rich", "Melody of Laughter")	1934	-	7.7 (909)

26.	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))	1934	-	6.9 (118)

27.	Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 (1932)	(performer: "Love Me Tonight")	1932	-	-

28.	Love Me Tonight (1932)	(performer: "Isn't It Romantic", "Lover", "A Woman Needs Something Like That", "Love Me Tonight")	1932	-	7.9 (1,124)

29.	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")	1932	-	7.7 (518)

30.	The Lottery Bride (1930)	(performer: "YUBLA", "MY NORTHERN LIGHT")	1930	-	5.6 (48)

31.	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")	1930	-	7.1 (309)

32.	The Vagabond King (1930)	(performer: "Some Day", "Only a Rose", "Finale: Only a Rose")	1930	-	5.9 (28)

33.	The Love Parade (1929)	(performer: "Dream Lover", "Anything To Please the Queen", "My Love Parade")	1929	-	7.6 (416)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"Playhouse 90" (1956)	Donna Lucia d'Alvadores (1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	8.5 (67)
	1 TV episode: "Playhouse 90: Charley's Aunt (#1.26)" Donna Lucia d'Alvadores
2.	"Screen Directors Playhouse" (1955)	Martha Blessing (1 episode, 1956)	1956	-	6.5 (14)
	1 TV episode: "Screen Directors Playhouse: Prima Donna (#1.17)" Martha Blessing
3.	The Sun Comes Up (1949)	Helen Lorfield Winter	1949	-	6.7 (95)

4.	Three Daring Daughters (1948)	Louise Rayton Morgan	1948	-	6.0 (152)
	AKAs: The Birds and the Bees (UK)
5.	Cairo (1942)	Marcia Warren	1942	-	6.1 (76)

6.	I Married an Angel (1942)	Anna/Brigitta	1942	-	5.8 (170)

7.	Smilin' Through (1941)	Kathleen/Moonyean Clare	1941	-	6.6 (99)

8.	Bitter Sweet (1940)	Sarah Millick	1940	-	6.4 (155)

9.	New Moon (1940)	Marianne de Beaumanoir	1940	-	7.2 (195)
	AKAs: Lover Come Back
10.	Broadway Serenade (1939)	Mary Hale	1939	-	5.7 (59)
	AKAs: Serenade
11.	Sweethearts (1938)	Gwen Marlowe	1938	-	6.6 (218)

12.	The Girl of the Golden West (1938)	Mary Robbins	1938	-	6.5 (148)

13.	The Firefly (1937)	Nina Maria Azara	1937	-	6.6 (128)

14.	Maytime (1937)	Marcia Mornay	1937	-	7.3 (347)

15.	San Francisco (1936)	Mary Blake	1936	-	7.4 (1,831)

16.	Rose-Marie (1936)	Marie de Flor	1936	-	6.9 (448)
	AKAs: Indian Love Call (USA: TV title) Rose Marie (USA: poster title)
17.	Naughty Marietta (1935)	Marietta	1935	-	7.0 (386)

18.	The Merry Widow (1934)	Madame Sonia/Fifi	1934	-	7.7 (909)

19.	The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)	Shirley Sheridan	1934	-	6.9 (118)

20.	La veuve joyeuse (1934/I)	Missia	1934	-	8.0 (30)

21.	Love Me Tonight (1932)	Princess Jeanette	1932	-	7.9 (1,124)

22.	Une heure près de toi (1932)	Colette Bertier	1932	-	8.1 (23)

23.	One Hour with You (1932)	Colette Bertier	1932	-	7.7 (518)

24.	Annabelle's Affairs (1931)	Annabelle Leigh	1931	-	-
	AKAs: Good Gracious Annabelle The Affairs of Annabelle Two Can Play
25.	Don't Bet on Women (1931)	Jeanne Drake	1931	-	6.3 (9)
	AKAs: More Than a Kiss
26.	Oh, for a Man (1930)	Carlotta Manson	1930	-	5.6 (15)

27.	The Lottery Bride (1930)	Jenny Swanson	1930	-	5.6 (48)

28.	Monte Carlo (1930)	Countess Helene Mara	1930	-	7.1 (309)

29.	Let's Go Native (1930)	Joan Wood	1930	-	8.0 (47)

30.	The Vagabond King (1930)	Katherine	1930	-	5.9 (28)

31.	The Love Parade (1929)	Queen Louise	1929	-	7.6 (416)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"The Big Record" (1957)	Herself - Soprano Singer (1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	-
	1 TV episode: "The Big Record: (1957-09-25)" Herself - Soprano Singer
2.	"Lux Video Theatre" (1950)	Herself (1 episode, 1956)	1956	-	6.4 (31)
	AKAs: Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title) 1 TV episode: "Lux Video Theatre: Hollywood's Musical Holiday Revue (#7.13)" Herself
3.	"This Is Your Life" (1952)	Jeanette MacDonald (1 episode, 1953)	1953	-	7.0 (41)
	1 TV episode: "This Is Your Life: This Is Your Life, Jeanette MacDonald" Jeanette MacDonald
4.	"The Name's the Same" (1951)	Contestant (1 episode, 1953)	1953	-	7.4 (33)
	1 TV episode: "The Name's the Same: (1953-01-06)" Contestant
5.	"What's My Line?" (1950)	Herself (1 episode, 1952)	1952	-	8.9 (268)
	1 TV episode: "What's My Line?: (1952-12-21)" Herself
6.	"Toast of the Town" (1948)	Herself (2 episodes, 1951)	1951	-	8.4 (100)
	AKAs: The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title) 2 TV episodes: "Toast of the Town: (#5.17)" Herself "Toast of the Town: (#4.47)" Herself
7.	Follow the Boys (1944)	Herself - Guest Star	1944	-	6.4 (116)

8.	The Miracle of Sound (1940)	Herself	1940	-	5.8 (44)
	AKAs: A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (USA: series title)
9.	Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (1938)	Herself	1938	-	-

10.	Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)	Herself	1938	-	6.2 (38)

11.	Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 (1936)	Herself	1936	-	-

12.	Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1933)	Herself	1933	-	6.9 (12)

13.	Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 (1932)	Herself	1932	-	-


1.	"Great Performances"
	1 TV episode: The Great American Songbook (2003)
2.	The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty (1999) (TV)

3.	That's Entertainment! III (1994)	Herself (clips from "Naughty Marietta"/"Maytime")

4.	Nelson and Jeanette (1992) (TV)	Herself

5.	America at the Movies (1976)	Mary Blake

6.	That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)	Clips from 'New Moon' & 'Broadway Serenade'

7.	Hooray for Hollywood (1975)	Herself

8.	That's Entertainment! (1974)	Clip from 'Rose Marie'

9.	The Love Goddesses (1965)	Herself

10.	"Hollywood and the Stars"
	2 TV episodes: Hollywood Goes to War (1964) Herself The Fabulous Musicals (1963) Herself
11.	Moments in Music (1950)	(uncredited) Herself, film clip

12.	Land of Liberty (1939)	Mary Blake (edited from: San Francisco)

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Other Works:

Grand Opera: "Romeo and Juliet", in Montreal, Canada (1943) more

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2 Biographical Movies | 1 Portrayal | 7 Print Biographies | 3 Pictorials more

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Musical | Romance | Comedy | Drama more

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Singer | Based On Play | Operetta | Song more

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