Jeanette MacDonald on screen and stage

MacDonald in a promotional photo for The Merry Widow (1934).

The following features lists of the film, television and stage performances of actress and singer Jeanette MacDonald (1903 – 1965). She is 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), but she starred in 29 feature films between 1929 and 1950, from operas to dramas to romantic comedies.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1929	The Love Parade	Queen Louise of Sylvania		[1][2]
1930	The Vagabond King	Katherine		[2][3]
	Let's Go Native	Joan Wood		[4][5]
	Monte Carlo	Countess Helena Mara		[6][7]
	The Lottery Bride	Jenny		[4][8]
	Oh, for a Man	Carlota Manson		[7][9]
1931	Don't Bet on Women	Jeanne Drake		[10][11]
	Annabelle's Affairs	Annabelle Leigh	Considered a Lost film	[12][11]
1932	Paramount on Parade	Herself	Song duet removed from final cut[13] Also appeared in the Spanish-language releases singing a different song[7][14]	[15][4]
	One Hour with You	Colette Bertier	Reprised role in French version	[16][17]
	Love Me Tonight	Princess Jeanette		[17][18]
1934	The Cat and the Fiddle	Shirley Sheridan		[19][20]
	The Merry Widow	Sonia	Renamed The Lady Dances in television airings after the 1952 remake	[21][20]
1935	La Veuve joyeuse	Missia	French version of The Merry Widow	[22][23]
	Naughty Marietta	Princess Marietta de Namours de la Bonfain		[22][24]
1936	Rose Marie	Marie de Flor	Retitled Indian Love Call for television airing after 1954 remake	[25][26]
	San Francisco	Mary Blake		[27][28]
1937	Maytime	Marcia Mornay		[29][30]
	The Firefly	Nina Maria Azara		[31][32]
1938	Hollywood Goes to Town	Herself
	The Girl of the Golden West	Mary Robbins		[31][33]
	Sweethearts	Gwen Marlowe		[34][35]
1939	Broadway Serenade	Mary Hale		[36][37]
1940	The Miracle of Sound	Herself
	New Moon	Marianne de Beaumanoir		[38][39]
	Bitter Sweet	Sarah Millick		[38][40]
1941	Smilin' Through	Kathleen Moonyean Clare	Dual roles	[41][42]
1942	I Married an Angel	Anna / Brigitta		[43][44]
	Cairo	Marcia Warren		[43][45]
1944	Follow the Boys	Herself		[46][47]
1948	Three Daring Daughters	Louise Rayton Morgan		[46][48]
1949	The Sun Comes Up	Helen Lorfield Winter		[49][50]

Box Office Ranking

See also: Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll

• 1936 - 9th (US)
• 1937 - 13th (US), 7th (UK)
• 1938 - 14th (US), 2nd (UK)
• 1939 - 19th (US), 5th (UK)
• 1940 - 4th (UK)
• 1941 - 5th (UK)
• 1942 - 5th (UK)

Television

• Jeanette MacDonald in Performance: The Voice of Firestone Season 2 Episode 11 Nov 13, 1950
• Jeanette MacDonald – "The Ed Sullivan Show" Episodes 5.17 and 4.47 (1951)
• Jeanette MacDonald in "Toast of the Town" Season 3 Episode 47. August 5, 1951
• Jeanette MacDonald on "Toast of the Town" Season 4 Episode 17. Top Stars of 1951. December 30, 1951
• Jeanette MacDonald on "Texaco Star Theater" Season 4 Episode 37. May 27, 1952
• Jeanette MacDonald – "This Is Your Life" Ralph Edwards Productions Nov.12, 1952
• Jeanette MacDonald- "What's My Line" Season 4 Episode 16. December 21, 1952
• Jeanette MacDonald- "The Name's the Same" December 30, 1952
• Jeanette MacDonald- "I've Got a Secret" September 2, 1953
• Jeanette MacDonald- "The Jackie Gleason Show" Guest Vocalist. 1953
• Jeanette MacDonald as Martha. Prima Donna – "Screen Director's Playhouse" Season 1 Episode 17 February 1, 1956
• Jeanette MacDonald- "The Lux Video Theatre Hollywood Musical Holiday Revue" Season 7 Episode 13 December 20, 1956
• Jeanette MacDonald- Playhouse 90 Charley's Aunt Season 1 Episode 26. March 28, 1957
• Jeanette MacDonald on "The Big Record". Season 1 Episode 2. September 25, 1957
• Jeanette MacDonald on "Person to Person" Season 6 Episode 6. October 31, 1958
• Jeanette MacDonald on "The Jack Parr Show". Season 3 Episode 51. December 1, 1959

Selected stage work

Appearance		Title	Genre	Role	Notes	Ref.
First	Last
February 19, 1909		Charity	Children's opera	Mother Hubbard	One performance	[51]
1913		Al White's Children's Carnival	Talent show	MacDonald performed three songs and participated in other children's acts	One performance	[52]
October 24, 1919	December 1919[53]	Ned Wayburn's Demi-Tasse Revue	"Movie-palace" prologue	Indian girl	—	[52]
February 2, 1920	August 1920	The Night Boat	Musical comedy	Appeared as a dancer and singer in an ensemble	Also understudied Lousie Goody and Stella Hoban	[52]
August 1920	December 1920	Irene	Musical comedy	Eleanor Worth	Officially opened November 1919	[54]
September 1921	April 1922	Tangerine	Musical comedy	Kate Allen	Replaced Edna Pierce Understudy for Julia Sanderson	[54]
October 1922	—	A Fantastic Fricassee	Revue	Performed three songs	Officially opened September 11, 1922 and ran for 124 performances	[54]
October 1, 1923	May 26, 1925	The Magic Ring	Musical comedy	Iris Bellamy	MacDonald followed the performances on the road tour after it closed in New York	[55]
October 28, 1925	—	Tip-Toes	Musical comedy	Sylvia Metcalf	194 performances	[56]
October 4, 1926	Two weeks later	Bubbling Over	Musical comedy	Geraldine Gray	Had a one-week run	[56]
October 3, 1927	—	Yes, Yes, Yvette	Musical comedy	Yvette Ralston	Spin-off to No, No, Nanette	[56]
November 14, 1927	Two weeks later	The Studio Girl	Musical romance	Trilby	Show debuted in October; MacDonald replaced Florence Misgen	[57]
February 8, 1928	—	Sunny Days	Musical comedy	Ginette Bertin	109 performances	[57]
December 3, 1928	—	Angela	Comedy, featuring musical numbers	Princess Alestine Victorine Angela	Based on A Royal Family by Captain Robert Marshall	[57]
January 28, 1929	March 30, 1929	Boom-Boom	Musical comedy	Jean	72 performances	[58] [59]
May 8, 1943	July 10, 1945	Roméo et Juliette	Opera (five acts)	Juliette	Tour: May 8–24, 1943 Tour: November 9–11, 1944	[60]
November 15, 1944	December 12, 1951	Faust	Opera (five acts)	Marguerite	Tour: July 15–25, 1945 Tour: October 27 – November 3, 1945	[61]
January 25, 1951	June 2, 1951	The Guardsman	Comedy	Singer	MacDonald's original role was changed from Actress to Singer so that she could have a musical number[62]	[63]
July 19, 1954	July 17, 1955	Bitter Sweet	Operetta (Summer stock theatre)	Sarah Millick Sari Linden Marchioness of Shayne	Tour:July 27-August 2, 1944 Tour: August 9–14, 1954 Tour: August 31-September 12, 1954 Tour: July 4–17, 1955	[64]
August 20, 1956	—	The King and I	Musical (Summer stock production)	Anna Leonowens	—	[64]
August 11, 1959	September 27, 1959	Bitter Sweet	Operetta (Summer stock)	—	—	[64]

References

Further reading

• Turk, Edward Baron (1998). Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22253-3.

Citations

1. "AFI|Catalog - The Love Parade". American Film Institute Catalog. (premiered in November 1929, released January 1930)
2. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 356.
3. "AFI|Catalog - The Vagabond King". American Film Institute Catalog.
4. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 357.
5. "AFI|Catalog - Let's Go Native". American Film Institute Catalog.
6. "AFI|Catalog - Monte Carlo". American Film Institute Catalog.
7. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 358.
8. "AFI|Catalog - The Lottery Bride". American Film Institute Catalog.
9. "AFI|Catalog -". American Film Institute Catalog.
10. "AFI|Catalog - Don't Bet on Women". American Film Institute Catalog.
11. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 359.
12. "AFI|Catalog - Annabelle's Affairs". American Film Institute Catalog.
13. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 98-9.
14. "AFI|Catalog - Galas de la Paramount". American Film Institute Catalog.
15. "AFI|Catalog - Paramount on Parade". American Film Institute Catalog.
16. "AFI|Catalog - One Hour with You". American Film Institute Catalog.
17. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 360.
18. "AFI|Catalog - Love Me Tonight". American Film Institute Catalog.
19. "AFI|Catalog - The Cat and the Fiddle". American Film Institute Catalog.
20. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 361.
21. "AFI|Catalog - The Merry Widow". American Film Institute Catalog.
22. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 362.
23. "AFI|Catalog - La Veuve joyeuse". American Film Institute Catalog.
24. "AFI|Catalog - Naughty Marietta". American Film Institute Catalog.
25. "AFI|Catalog - Rose Marie". American Film Institute Catalog.
26. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 363.
27. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 364.
28. "AFI|Catalog - San Francisco". American Film Institute Catalog.
29. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 365.
30. "AFI|Catalog - Maytime". American Film Institute Catalog.
31. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 366.
32. "AFI|Catalog - The Firefly". American Film Institute Catalog.
33. "AFI|Catalog - The Girl of the Golden West". American Film Institute Catalog.
34. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 367.
35. "AFI|Catalog - Sweethearts". American Film Institute Catalog.
36. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 368.
37. "AFI|Catalog - Broadway Serenade". American Film Institute Catalog.
38. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 369.
39. "AFI|Catalog - New Moon". American Film Institute Catalog.
40. "AFI|Catalog - Bitter Sweet". American Film Institute Catalog.
41. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 370.
42. "AFI|Catalog - Smilin' Through". American Film Institute Catalog.
43. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 371.
44. "AFI|Catalog - I Married an Angel". American Film Institute Catalog.
45. "AFI|Catalog - Cairo". American Film Institute Catalog.
46. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 372.
47. "AFI|Catalog - Follow the Boys". American Film Institute Catalog.
48. "AFI|Catalog - Three Daring Daughters". American Film Institute Catalog.
49. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 373.
50. "AFI|Catalog - The Sun Comes Up". American Film Institute Catalog.
51. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 345.
52. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 346.
53. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 32.
54. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 347.
55. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 347-8.
56. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 348.
57. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 349.
58. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 350.
59. Miss Jeanette MacDonald [@MissMacDonalds] (January 28, 2018). "89 years ago #otd Jeanette opened in her final Broadway show, Boom Boom. The musical also starred Frank McIntyre (pictured below) and Cary Grant, who at the time still acted under his birth name, Archie Leach. Boom Boom closed on March 30, 1929 after only 72 performances" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
60. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 351-3.
61. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 352-3.
62. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 298.
63. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 353.
64. Hollywood Diva, 1998, p. 354.