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Portrait of Jeanette MacDonald

Acting

Jeanette MacDonald

Career

Active from 1929 to 1956, busiest in 1930 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
29
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Maytime
Maytime
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jeanette MacDonald Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.4, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.5, average 4.8
  • Crime
    1.3, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Romance 4
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 4
  • Musical 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Classic Musical 3
  • Operetta 2
  • Romantic 2
  • Wholesome Entertainment 2
  • Sentimental 2
  • Witty Dialogue 2
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

2 titles · average score 83
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
GoodWatch score 87

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
GoodWatch score 79

as (archive footage)

1970s

2 titles · average score 76
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
GoodWatch score 83

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

3 titles · average score 70
Where's Charley?
Where's Charley? (1957)

as Donna Lucia d'Alvadores

Prima Donna
Prima Donna (1956)

as Martha Blessing

Screen Director's Playhouse
Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Martha

1940s

8 titles · average score 56
The Sun Comes Up
The Sun Comes Up (1949)
GoodWatch score 64

as Helen Lorfield Winter

Three Daring Daughters
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
GoodWatch score 53

as Louise Rayton Morgan

Follow the Boys
Follow the Boys (1944)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jeanette MacDonald

I Married an Angel
I Married an Angel (1942)
GoodWatch score 46

as Anna / Brigitta

Cairo
Cairo (1942)
GoodWatch score 56

as Marcia Warren

Smilin' Through
Smilin' Through (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kathleen / Moonyean Clare

Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet (1940)
GoodWatch score 51

as Sarah Millick

New Moon
New Moon (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

as Marianne de Beaumanoir

1930s

20 titles · average score 67
The Girl of the Golden West
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mary Robbins

Sweethearts
Sweethearts (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

as Gwen Marlowe

Maytime
Maytime (1937)
GoodWatch score 87

as Marcia Mornay

San Francisco
San Francisco (1936)
GoodWatch score 80

as Mary Blake

Rose Marie
Rose Marie (1936)
GoodWatch score 83

as Marie de Flor

Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta (1935)
GoodWatch score 60

as Marietta

La Veuve joyeuse
La Veuve joyeuse (1935)

as Missia

The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow (1934)
GoodWatch score 80

as Madame Sonia / Fifi

Love Me Tonight
Love Me Tonight (1932)
GoodWatch score 87

as Princess Jeanette

One Hour with You
One Hour with You (1932)
GoodWatch score 78

as Colette Bertier

The Vagabond King
The Vagabond King (1930)
GoodWatch score 55

as Katherine

Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo (1930)
GoodWatch score 66

as Countess Helene Mara

1920s

1 title · average score 85
The Love Parade
The Love Parade (1929)
GoodWatch score 85

as Queen Louise