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Jeanette MacDonald Biography

Birth Name:
Jeanette Anna McDonald
Birth Place:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Actor, singer

Fast Facts

  • Was a soprano singer
  • Made her Broadway debut as a chorus girl in a 1921 production of The Night Boat
  • Performed a series of concerts in Europe in 1931 to dispel a rumor that she had been killed by the jealous wife of a prince, with whom she was supposedly having an affair
  • Made her opera debut in Montreal in a 1943 production of Romeo and Juliet
  • Made eight popular musical films with actor Nelson Eddy

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