---
name: "Jeanette MacDonald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeanette-macdonald"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 June 1903"
died: "14 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-19T23:14:27.723027+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jeanette MacDonald

Actor. Born 18 June 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 14 January 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 June 1903, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 14 January 1965
- **Active:** 1929–1936
- **Also known as:** Jeannette Anna McDonald, Jeanette Anna MacDonald, Jeanette Mac Donald
- **Frequently works with:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://film.one/person/ernst-lubitsch.md), [Maurice Chevalier](https://film.one/person/maurice-chevalier.md), [W. S. Van Dyke](https://film.one/person/w-s-van-dyke.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 76 (1), 1930s 71 (3)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 4 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Romance 4, Comedy 2, Music 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_MacDonald, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531776/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98462

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Love Parade*](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md) (76)

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## Biography

Jeanette MacDonald was an American actress and singer. She was born Jeannette Anna McDonald on 18 June 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died on 14 January 1965 in Houston, Texas.

MacDonald made her film debut as Queen Louise in the 1929 musical *The Love Parade*. She starred in 29 feature films during the 1930s and 1940s, including *Love Me Tonight* (1932), *One Hour with You* (1932), *The Merry Widow* (1934) and *San Francisco* (1936). She appeared frequently with Maurice Chevalier and Nelson Eddy. Four of her films received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture.

She also performed in opera, concerts, radio and television, and recorded extensively.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *San Francisco* (1936), Fi1m 71, as Mary Blake — [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)
- *Naughty Marietta* (1935), Fi1m 64, as Marietta — [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md)
- *One Hour with You* (1932), Fi1m 77, as Colette Bertier — [page](https://film.one/film/one-hour-with-you.md)
- *The Love Parade* (1929), Fi1m 76, as Queen Louise — [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *That's Entertainment! III* (1994), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To* (1990), as (archive footage)
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), as (archive footage)
- *That's Entertainment!* (1974), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Where's Charley?* (1957), as Donna Lucia d'Alvadores
- *Prima Donna* (1956), as Martha Blessing
- *Screen Director's Playhouse* (1955), series, as Martha
- *The Sun Comes Up* (1949), as Helen Lorfield Winter
- *Three Daring Daughters* (1948), as Louise Rayton Morgan
- *Follow the Boys* (1944), as Jeanette MacDonald
- *Cairo* (1942), as Marcia Warren
- *I Married an Angel* (1942), as Anna / Brigitta
- *Smilin' Through* (1941), as Kathleen / Moonyean Clare
- *Bitter Sweet* (1940), as Sarah Millick
- *New Moon* (1940), as Marianne de Beaumanoir
- *Broadway Serenade* (1939), as Mary Hale
- *Sweethearts* (1938), as Gwen Marlowe
- *The Girl of the Golden West* (1938), as Mary Robbins
- *The Firefly* (1937), as Nina Maria
- *Maytime* (1937), as Marcia Mornay
- *San Francisco* (1936), as Mary Blake — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/san-francisco.md)
- *Rose Marie* (1936), as Marie de Flor
- *Naughty Marietta* (1935), as Marietta — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/naughty-marietta.md)
- *The Merry Widow* (1934), as Madame Sonia / Fifi
- *The Cat and the Fiddle* (1934), as Shirley Sheridan
- *Love Me Tonight* (1932), as Princess Jeanette
- *One Hour with You* (1932), as Colette Bertier — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/one-hour-with-you.md)
- *Annabelle's Affairs* (1931), as Annabelle Leigh
- *Don't Bet on Women* (1931), as Jeanne Drake
- *Oh, for a Man!* (1930), as Carlotta Manson
- *The Lottery Bride* (1930), as Jenny
- *Monte Carlo* (1930), as Countess Helene Mara
- *Let's Go Native* (1930), as Joan Wood
- *The Vagabond King* (1930), as Katherine
- *The Love Parade* (1929), as Queen Louise — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md)

## Gallery

- ![Sujet : MacDonald, Jeanette (1903-1965) -- Portraits Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : BNUStr003 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : BNUStras1 Appartien (1933)](https://film.one/media/person/1224874/gallery-9a11dcca590d.jpg) Sujet : MacDonald, Jeanette (1903-1965) -- Portraits Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : BNUStr003 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : BNUStras1 Appartien (1933) — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Janette_MacDonald_-_Buste%2C_profil_3-4_%C3%A0_g._-_Soprano_et_actrice_am%C3%A9ricaine_-_btv1b102195479.jpg/1280px-Janette_MacDonald_-_Buste%2C_profil_3-4_%C3%A0_g._-_Soprano_et_actrice_am%C3%A9ricaine_-_btv1b102195479.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![lírica (1979)](https://film.one/media/person/1224874/gallery-712297028e7b.jpg) lírica (1979) — vania toledo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Jeanette_mac_donalduck.jpg/1280px-Jeanette_mac_donalduck.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Behind the scenes photo of actress Jeanette MacDonald and actor Armand Tokatyan in Montreal, 1943 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/1224874/gallery-0dc818bd8c2e.jpg) Behind the scenes photo of actress Jeanette MacDonald and actor Armand Tokatyan in Montreal, 1943 (2019) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Jeanette_macdonald_and_armand_tokatyan_in_1943%27s_romeo_et_juliette.jpg/1280px-Jeanette_macdonald_and_armand_tokatyan_in_1943%27s_romeo_et_juliette.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jeanette MacDonald](https://film.one/media/person/1224874/gallery-cbde90b0580b.jpg) Jeanette MacDonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeanette MacDonald](https://film.one/media/person/1224874/gallery-dc6d43e01db1.jpg) Jeanette MacDonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeanette MacDonald](https://film.one/media/person/1224874/gallery-26be117ecc67.jpg) Jeanette MacDonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeanette MacDonald](https://film.one/media/person/1224874/gallery-5956962d42de.jpg) Jeanette MacDonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeanette MacDonald](https://film.one/media/person/1224874/gallery-7e4fa0e111cf.jpg) Jeanette MacDonald — Image via TMDB
- ![Jeanette MacDonald](https://film.one/media/person/1224874/gallery-af57b61f5a5f.jpg) Jeanette MacDonald — Image via TMDB

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