Jeanette MacDonald Net Worth
Jeanette MacDonald Net Worth is
$1.1 Million
Jeanette MacDonald Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jeanette Anna 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 (The Love Parade, Love Me Tonight, The Merry Widow and One Hour With You) 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 opera, concerts, radio, and television. MacDonald was one of the most influential sopranos of the 20th century, introducing opera to movie-going audiences and inspiring a generation of singers. Full Name | Jeanette MacDonald |
Date Of Birth | June 18, 1903 |
Died | 1965-01-14 |
Place Of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Height | 5' 4" (1.63 m) |
Profession | Soundtrack, Actress |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Gene Raymond |
Parents | Anne MacDonald, Daniel MacDonald |
Siblings | Blossom Rock, Elsie MacDonald |
Awards | Grammy Hall of Fame |
Movies | Rose-Marie, Maytime, Naughty Marietta, Sweethearts, New Moon, The Girl of the Golden West, The Merry Widow, The Love Parade, San Francisco, The Firefly, I Married an Angel, One Hour with You, Love Me Tonight, The Sun Comes Up, Three Daring Daughters, Smilin' Through, The Cat and the Fiddle, Bitter S... |
Star Sign | Gemini |
Title | Salary |
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The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) | $4,000 /week |
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1 | [on being introduced to Nelson Eddy] He was a big, awkward hunk of a man, very shy. He made me feel uncomfortable because all he did was look at me. |
2 | [when asked by friend Samuel Griffin in the 1950s why she married Gene Raymond instead of Nelson Eddy] I must have had rocks in my head. |
3 | [1943] I can't believe how blessed I am! I'm married to the most wonderful man, Gene Raymond, whom I'm deeply in love with, and, my career is right where I want it to be. I can live like this forever! |
4 | I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good show. |
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1 | She was tested by Paramount for the leading lady role in the 1929 feature "Nothing But the Truth" but not used. |
2 | She was a staunch Republican and conservative. |
3 | Sister-in-law of Clarence Rock. |
4 | She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6157 Hollywood Boulevard and for Recording at 1628 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. |
5 | Always considered her older sister, Marie Blake, to be the more talented of the two, and was happy for her when she finally attained some measure of recognition, late in life, as Grandmama Addams (under her married name, Blossom Rock) on the popular The Addams Family (1964) TV show. According to biographer Sharon Rich, Ms. MacDonald never missed watching the show each week for that reason. |
6 | Her wedding gown was designed by costume designer Adrian. It was a gown of flesh-pink organza over matching taffeta with leg-of-mutton sleeves and a high-neck collar trimmed with lace and a tiny spray of roses. As she walked down the candlelit aisle alone, she carried a single rose and a pink satin prayer book. |
7 | In 1939 Jeanette was crowned "Queen of Hollywood" by a nationwide poll while the reigning King that year was Tyrone Power. |
8 | In May 1943 she made her Grand Opera Debut at His Majesty's Theater in Montreal, Canada singing the role of Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet.". |
9 | 1941: Her salary was $300,000. |
10 | Her duets with Nelson Eddy are lampooned in the musical "A Day In Hollywood/A Night In The Ukraine." In the show, a movie star named Jeanette sings the song, "Oh, Nelson, What You're Putting Me Through" -- an operatic lament about her boring co-star -- while standing with a mannequin dressed in a Canadian Mounties uniform. |
11 | Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Heritage. |
12 | In many of Judy Garland's concerts, she featured "San Francisco," a song that MacDonald sang in San Francisco (1936) with Clark Gable. When Garland sang it, she sometimes added to the beginning, "I never will forget Jeanette MacDonald. Just to think of her, it gives my heart a pang. I never will forget just how that brave Jeanette just stood there, in the ruins, and sang. And sang." And then Judy would sing it. Jeanette was approached about it, and she said, "Oh, I don't mind... As long as it's Judy!". |
13 | 4/12/34: She was immortalized in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood. |
14 | 1937: Screen Actors Guild awarded Jeanette the Best Performance Award, for Maytime (1937). |
15 | 1939: She was crowned Queen of the Movies by 22 million filmgoers in a New York Daily News survey. |
16 | 5/30/53: She was given a honorary degree, Doctor of Music from Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. |
17 | Still has a large fan club, The Jeanette MacDonald International Fan Club. |
18 | Favorite film was Maytime (1937). |
19 | Made one movie with husband Gene Raymond - Smilin' Through (1941). |
20 | Born at 6:58am-EST. |
21 | Younger sister of actress Marie Blake. |
22 | Originally wanted to marry Gene Raymond on the 17th as it was the anniversary of their first date, but the church was unavailable and so they opted for the 16th. |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | 2009 | Video documentary performer: "Isn't It Romantic?" - uncredited | |
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing | 2009 | Video documentary performer: "Sweethearts" - uncredited | |
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical | 2008 | Video documentary performer: "My Love Parade", "Love Me Tonight" - uncredited | |
California's Gold | 1996 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
That's Entertainment! III | 1994 | Documentary performer: "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" 1910 - uncredited | |
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | 1990 | performer: "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" | |
The Waltons | 1978 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary performer: "Lover, Come Back to Me" 1928, "For Ev'ry Lonely Heart" 1939 - uncredited | |
Hooray for Hollywood | 1975 | Documentary performer: "Love Me Tonight" | |
That's Entertainment! | 1974 | performer: "Indian Love Call" 1924 - uncredited | |
The Love Goddesses | 1965 | Documentary performer: "Lover" uncredited, "A Woman Needs Something Like That" | |
The Big Record | 1957 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
MGM Parade | 1955-1956 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
Moments in Music | 1950 | Documentary short performer: "Wanting You" | |
The Sun Comes Up | 1949 | performer: "Un Bel Di", "Songs My Mother Taught Me", "Tes Jolies Yeux", "If You Were Mine", "Cousin Ebenezer" - uncredited | |
Three Daring Daughters | 1948 | performer: "THE DICKEY-BIRD-SONG", "WHERE THERE'S LOVE", "SPRINGTIDE Der Frühling, Op. 33, No. 2", "YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU", "HUNGARIAN FANTASY", "SWEETHEARTS" - uncredited | |
Follow the Boys | 1944 | performer: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" 1930, "I'll See You in My Dreams" 1924 - uncredited | |
Cairo | 1942 | 1942, 1885, 1942, 1936, The Kiss, The Sextet, 1835, 1896, 1909, 1918, 1912, 1920, Home, Sweet Home, 1823, performer: "Cairo", "Les Filles de Cadix", "The Waltz is Over", "A Heart That's Free", "Il bacio" , "Chi mi frena", "To a Wild Rose", No.1 from "Woodland Sketches, Op.51", "From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water", "Beautiful Ohio", "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee", "Avalon", "There's No Place Like Home", uncredited | |
I Married an Angel | 1942 | "I Married an Angel" 1938, "A Twinkle In Your Eye" 1938 / 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 | |
Smilin' Through | 1941 | "Smilin' Through" 1918, uncredited / performer: "Smilin' Through" 1918 uncredited, "The Kerry Dance" 1875 uncredited, "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" 1616 uncredited, "A Little Love, a Little Kiss Un peu d'amour" 1912, "Ouvre ton Coeur" uncredited, "There's a Long, Long Trail" 1915 uncredited, "Land of Hope and Glory" 1901 uncredited | |
The Miracle of Sound | 1940 | Documentary short performer: "Dear Little Cafe" - uncredited | |
Bitter Sweet | 1940 | "Dear Little Cafe" 1929, uncredited / performer: "I'll See You Again" 1929, "If You Could Only Come With Me" 1929, "What Is Love" 1929, "Kiss Me" 1929, "Love In Any Language" 1929, "Dear Little Cafe" 1929, "Ladies Of The Town" 1929, "Zigeuner The Gypsy" 1929 - uncredited | |
New Moon | 1940 | performer: "Paree Stranger in Paris" 1940, "The Way They Do It in Paris" 1940, "One Kiss" 1928, "Wanting You" 1928, "Lover, Come Back to Me" 1928, "Ombra Mai Fú" 1738, "Marianne" 1928, "La Marseillaises" 1792 - uncredited | |
Broadway Serenade | 1939 | "For Ev'ry Lonely Heart" 1939, "High Flyin'", "One Look at You" 1939, uncredited / performer: "For Ev'ry Lonely Heart" 1939 uncredited, "Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay" 1908 uncredited, "What You Goin' to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round? Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown" 1905 uncredited, "Hearts Win, You Lose" uncredited, "Love's Old Sweet Song Just a Song at Twilight" 1884 uncredited, "A-Tisket A-Tasket" 1938 uncredited, "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush" uncredited, "None But the Lonely Heart Nur Wer die Sehnsuch | |
Sweethearts | 1938 | "Every Lover Must Meet His Fate" 1938, uncredited / performer: "Sweethearts" 1938, "Wooden Shoes" 1938, "Auld Lang Syne" 1788, "Pretty as a Picture" 1938, "Game of Love" 1938, "Message of the Violet" 1903, "Keep It Dark" 1903, "Summer Serenade" 1938, "Little Gray Home in the West" 1911, "In the Convent They Never Taught Me That" 1913, "Madamoiselle" 1938 - uncredited | |
The Girl of the Golden West | 1938 | "Shadows On The Moon" 1938, "Señorita" 1938, "Who Are We To Say" 1938, uncredited / performer: "The Wind In The Trees" 1938, "Liebestraum Dream of Love" 1850, "Ave Maria" 1853, "Mariache" 1938, "Who Are We To Say" 1938 - uncredited | |
The Firefly | 1937 | "A Woman's Kiss", uncredited / 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", "Giannina Mia: Finale" - uncredited | |
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" 1936, "Would You" 1936, "Love Me and the World Is Mine" 1906 uncredited, "A Heart That's Free" 1910 uncredited, "The Holy City" 1892 uncredited, "Faust: Air des bijoux The Jewel Song" 1859 uncredited, "Faust: Il se fait tard" 1859 uncredited, "Faust: Anges purs" 1859 uncredited, "La Traviata: Sempre Libera" 1853 uncredited, "Nearer My God to Thee" 1856 uncredited, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" circa 1856 uncredited | |
Rose-Marie | 1936 | performer: "Roméo et Juliette" 1867, "Pardon Me Madame" 1936, "Dinah" 1925, "Some of These Days" 1910, "Indian Love Call" 1924, "Three Blind Mice", "Tosca" 1900 - uncredited | |
Naughty Marietta | 1935 | performer: "Chansonette" 1910, "Italian Street Song" 1910, "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" 1910, "Prayer" 1910 - uncredited | |
The Merry Widow | 1934 | performer: "Vilia" 1905, "Tonight Will Teach Me to Forget" 1905, "The Merry Widow Waltz" 1905, "If Widows Are Rich" 1905, "Melody of Laughter" 1905 - uncredited | |
The Cat and the Fiddle | 1934 | "A New Love is Old" 1931, "The Night Was Made for Love" 1931, "One Moment Alone" 1931, uncredited / performer: "Impressions in a Harlem Flat" 1931, "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 - uncredited | |
Hollywood on Parade No. A-7 | 1933 | Short performer: "Love Me Tonight" | |
Love Me Tonight | 1932 | performer: "Isn't It Romantic?" 1932, "Lover" 1932, "A Woman Needs Something Like That" 1932, "Love Me Tonight" 1932 - uncredited | |
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" 1930, "MY NORTHERN LIGHT" 1930 - uncredited | |
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" - uncredited | |
The Vagabond King | 1930 | performer: "Some Day", "Only a Rose", "Finale: Only a Rose" - uncredited | |
The Love Parade | 1929 | performer: "Dream Lover" 1929, "Anything to Please the Queen" 1929, "My Love Parade" 1929, "March of the Grenadiers" 1929 - uncredited |
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Donna Lucia d'Alvadores |
Screen Directors Playhouse | 1956 | TV Series | Martha Blessing |
The Sun Comes Up | 1949 | Helen Lorfield Winter | |
Three Daring Daughters | 1948 | Louise Rayton Morgan | |
Follow the Boys | 1944 | Jeanette MacDonald | |
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 | |
Broadway Serenade | 1939 | Mary Hale | |
Sweethearts | 1938 | Gwen Marlowe | |
The Girl of the Golden West | 1938 | Mary Robbins | |
The Firefly | 1937 | Nina Maria | |
Maytime | 1937 | Marcia Mornay | |
San Francisco | 1936 | Mary Blake | |
Rose-Marie | 1936 | Marie de Flor | |
Naughty Marietta | 1935 | Marietta | |
La veuve joyeuse | 1935 | Missia | |
The Merry Widow | 1934 | Sonia | |
The Cat and the Fiddle | 1934 | Shirley | |
Love Me Tonight | 1932 | Princess Jeanette (as Jeanette Mac Donald) | |
Une heure près de toi | 1932 | Colette Bertier | |
One Hour with You | 1932 | Colette Bertier | |
Annabelle's Affairs | 1931 | Annabelle Leigh | |
Don't Bet on Women | 1931 | Jeanne Drake | |
Oh, for a Man! | 1930 | Carlotta Manson | |
The Lottery Bride | 1930 | Jenny (as Jeanette Mac Donald) | |
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
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
Person to Person | 1958 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Big Record | 1957 | TV Series | Herself |
Lux Video Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Herself |
This Is Your Life | 1953 | TV Series | Jeanette MacDonald |
I've Got a Secret | 1953 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Jackie Gleason Show | 1953 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Vocalist |
The Name's the Same | 1953 | TV Series | Contestant |
What's My Line? | 1952 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest |
Texaco Star Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Herself - Actress / Singer |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1951 | TV Series | Herself |
The Voice of Firestone | 1950 | TV Series | Herself |
The Miracle of Sound | 1940 | Documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 | 1938 | Documentary short | Herself |
Hollywood Goes to Town | 1938 | Short documentary | Herself |
The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention | 1937 | Documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 | 1936 | Documentary short | Herself |
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | 1934 | Short | Herself (uncredited) |
Hollywood on Parade No. A-7 | 1933 | Short | Herself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | 2009 | Video documentary | Herself |
Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Katherine de Vaucelles |
Great Performances | 1999-2003 | TV Series | Herself |
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
That's Entertainment! III | 1994 | Documentary | Performer in Clips from 'Naughty Marietta' / 'Maytime' (uncredited) |
Nelson and Jeanette | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
America at the Movies | 1976 | Documentary | Mary Blake |
That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary | Clips from 'New Moon' & 'Broadway Serenade' |
Hooray for Hollywood | 1975 | Documentary | Herself |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary | Herself |
Just One More Time | 1974 | Short | Herself (uncredited) |
That's Entertainment! | 1974 | Clip from 'Rose Marie' | |
The All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing Show | 1973 | TV Movie | Sonia |
The Love Goddesses | 1965 | Documentary | Herself |
Hollywood and the Stars | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Herself |
MGM Parade | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Marcia Mornay |
Moments in Music | 1950 | Documentary short | Herself, film clip (uncredited) |
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership | 1949 | Documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
Some of the Best | 1943 | Documentary | Marietta in Naughty Marietta / Mary Blake in San Francisco (uncredited) |
Hollywood: Style Center of the World | 1940 | Documentary short | Herself |
Land of Liberty | 1939 | Mary Blake (edited from: San Francisco) | |
The Romance of Celluloid | 1937 | Short | Nina Maria |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6157 Hollywood Blvd. |
1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Recording | On 8 February 1960. At 1628 Vine Street. |