Guest Author - Sandy Mullins

Jeannette Anna MacDonald was born June 18, 1903 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and was a star on Broadway before she got her first big break in 1929 with Maurice Chevalier in The Love Parade directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Jeannette MacDonald starred in over 32 movies during 1920-1940s. One of the best movies was with Spencer Tracy, Clark Gablein the movie San Francisco. She and Nelson Eddy paired up in several movies and became known as a famous singing duo of the era. She stopped acting in movies in 1949 with her last movie The Sun Comes Up . She graced us with a couple of TV appearances before retiring on shows such as Playhouse 90 and Screen Directors Playhouse during the mid 1950s. She retired and lived until her death with her actor husband Gene Raymond on January 14, 1965.

Jeannette MacDonald Movies on TCM for February:
Cairo (1942) Starring Robert Young, Ethel Waters and Directed by W.S. Van Dyke II
Firefly, The (1937) Starring Allan Jones, Warren William and Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Girl of the Golden West, The (1938) Staring Nelson Eddy, Buddy Ebsen and Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
I Married An Angel (1942)Nelson Eddy, Edward Everett Horton and Directed by W.S. Van Dyke II

For more information on Jeannette MacDonald and her movies use the following links:

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (offsite link)

Internet Movie Data Base (offsite link)