# Jeanette MacDonald on screen and stage

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 |
| 1929 | The Love Parade | Queen Louise of Sylvania | |
| 1930 | The Vagabond King | Katherine | |
| 1930 | Let's Go Native | Joan Wood | |
| 1930 | Monte Carlo | Countess Helena Mara | |
| 1930 | The Lottery Bride | Jenny | |
| 1930 | Oh, for a Man | Carlota Manson | |
| 1931 | Don't Bet on Women | Jeanne Drake | |
| 1931 | Annabelle's Affairs | Annabelle Leigh | Considered a Lost film |
| 1932 | Paramount on Parade | Herself | Song duet removed from final cut Also appeared in the Spanish-language releases singing a different song |
| 1932 | One Hour with You | Colette Bertier | Reprised role in French version |
| 1932 | Love Me Tonight | Princess Jeanette | |
| 1934 | The Cat and the Fiddle | Shirley Sheridan | |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow | Sonia | Renamed The Lady Dances in television airings after the 1952 remake |
| 1935 | La Veuve joyeuse | Missia | French version of The Merry Widow |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Princess Marietta de Namours de la Bonfain | |
| 1936 | Rose Marie | Marie de Flor | Retitled Indian Love Call for television airing after 1954 remake |
| 1936 | San Francisco | Mary Blake | |
| 1937 | Maytime | Marcia Mornay | |
| 1937 | The Firefly | Nina Maria Azara | |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Herself | |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Mary Robbins | |
| 1938 | Sweethearts | Gwen Marlowe | |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade | Mary Hale | |
| 1940 | The Miracle of Sound | Herself | |
| 1940 | New Moon | Marianne de Beaumanoir | |
| 1940 | Bitter Sweet | Sarah Millick | |
| 1941 | Smilin' Through | Kathleen Moonyean Clare | Dual roles |
| 1942 | I Married an Angel | Anna / Brigitta | |
| 1942 | Cairo | Marcia Warren | |
| 1944 | Follow the Boys | Herself | |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Louise Rayton Morgan | |
| 1949 | The Sun Comes Up | Helen Lorfield Winter | |

### Box Office Ranking

* 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 | Appearance | Title | Genre | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| First | Last | Title | Genre | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| February 19, 1909 | February 19, 1909 | Charity | Children's opera | Mother Hubbard | One performance | |
| 1913 | 1913 | Al White's Children's Carnival | Talent show | MacDonald performed three songs and participated in other children's acts | One performance | |
| October 24, 1919 | December 1919 | Ned Wayburn's Demi-Tasse Revue | "Movie-palace" prologue | Indian girl | — | |
| 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 | |
| August 1920 | December 1920 | Irene | Musical comedy | Eleanor Worth | Officially opened November 1919 | |
| September 1921 | April 1922 | Tangerine | Musical comedy | Kate Allen | Replaced Edna PierceUnderstudy for Julia Sanderson | |
| October 1922 | — | A Fantastic Fricassee | Revue | Performed three songs | Officially opened September 11, 1922 and ran for 124 performances | |
| 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 | |
| October 28, 1925 | — | Tip-Toes | Musical comedy | Sylvia Metcalf | 194 performances | |
| October 4, 1926 | Two weeks later | Bubbling Over | Musical comedy | Geraldine Gray | Had a one-week run | |
| October 3, 1927 | — | Yes, Yes, Yvette | Musical comedy | Yvette Ralston | Spin-off to No, No, Nanette | |
| November 14, 1927 | Two weeks later | The Studio Girl | Musical romance | Trilby | Show debuted in October; MacDonald replaced Florence Misgen | |
| February 8, 1928 | — | Sunny Days | Musical comedy | Ginette Bertin | 109 performances | |
| December 3, 1928 | — | Angela | Comedy, featuring musical numbers | Princess Alestine Victorine Angela | Based on A Royal Family by Captain Robert Marshall | |
| January 28, 1929 | March 30, 1929 | Boom-Boom | Musical comedy | Jean | 72 performances | |
| May 8, 1943 | July 10, 1945 | Roméo et Juliette | Opera (five acts) | Juliette | Tour: May 8–24, 1943Tour: November 9–11, 1944 | |
| November 15, 1944 | December 12, 1951 | Faust | Opera (five acts) | Marguerite | Tour: July 15–25, 1945Tour: October 27 – November 3, 1945 | |
| 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 | |
| July 19, 1954 | July 17, 1955 | Bitter Sweet | Operetta (Summer stock theatre) | Sarah MillickSari LindenMarchioness of Shayne | Tour:July 27-August 2, 1944Tour: August 9–14, 1954Tour: August 31-September 12, 1954Tour: July 4–17, 1955 | |
| August 20, 1956 | — | The King and I | Musical (Summer stock production) | Anna Leonowens | — | |
| August 11, 1959 | September 27, 1959 | Bitter Sweet | Operetta (Summer stock) | — | — | |