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Jeanette MacDonald - Vox Populi
 
 
 

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Videos

Naughty Marietta

New Moon

Rose Marie

I Married an Angel

The Girl of the Golden West

Bitter Sweet

Sweethearts

Maytime

The Firefly

Cairo
 

 


Divas - The Site appreciates your votes and comments. Here are some of the little gems you chose to share with us.

 

Sandy (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"No one has ever surpassed her talent and fame as an operetta diva in film. She and Nelson Eddy were a team which has never been matched."

Lee (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Jeanette MacDonald was the biggest singing movie in the world in 1938. Jeanette was a beautiful person inside and out and her fans were very important to her. Jeanette was top of the top. Jeanette also did alot for humanity. There are no stars today like Jeanette MacDonald."

Myrna (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Perfect!"

Catharine (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Outstanding talent, poise and beauty."

Richard (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"... because of her great beauty, artistry and charm! Jeanette MacDonald... aaahhhh... such glorious sounds! Such irredescent beauty.. .a voice filled with such life, depth and purity that brings (always) the biggest lump in my throat... she is the timeless reminder... as is the great Nelson Eddy that the eternal Spirit of love and beyond is all there is!"

Bernadette (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"She was the first crossover artist in music allowing the movie going public some introduction to opera. Also, her voice was lilting and sweet Miss MacDonald and Nelson Eddy were truly one of the first pairs of super stars."

Paul (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Her beauty and talent are legendary. Anyone who has ever seen or heard her surely knows they are in the presence of a once in a lifetime star. She can do it all - sing, dance, act in drama and comedy and she is ageless."

James (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"She has the voice and face of an angel and is my very favorite actress of all time."

Melissa (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Jeanette's voice is about the most beautiful voice I have ever heard and she is truly a unique and deserving diva."

Eleanor (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Mistress of the melting glance."

Yvonne (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"She is classic, funny, sweet and real! Jeanette is a classic talented and unique actress and pleasant singer as well."

Darryl (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Her acting, voice and beauty. A vibrant performer."

Ollie (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"... because I loved her looks and voice ever since I can remember.  And because she and Nelson Eddy were by far the best singers in my time and always will be. They will never be replaced by anyone in my lifetime."

Mike (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Greatest singer!"

Sean (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"From 1929 through 1948, Jeanette MacDonald's amazing voice, radiant beauty, and graceful dignity brought about a sense of hope and escape to audiences wearied by war and depression. As an American-trained soprano, she gave the Europeans a true run for their money. She was best friends with many political dignitaries and foreign heads of state. She raised record amounts of money to support our troops during the War.  Her recordings are constantly being reissued. Her fan clubs remain active throughout the world. Her voice will last forever."

James (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Perfection of song dance, dance and acting skills in a single person. Qualified, she is really Dr. Jeanette MacDonald, Utica College, NY, honorary."

Fran (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"She had the greatest singing voice in movies. She was a gracious lady and someone to look up to. She was a true professional. I have been a fan of hers since I was around 10 years old."

Kristie (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"She is so beautiful. I really love her voice. I really want a voice like hers and I was to look like her. To bad she is gone."

Janice (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"In her career, she strove to achieve her goals despite facing critics and her own physical limitations. She choose how she wanted to be represented to the public rather the remaining the sex kitten character studios initially preferred. Finally and most importantly, her lovely voice resonates in my mind for days after watching one of her films as I did yesterday. It was her birthday and TCM ran a daylong tribute of her films. I am profoundly grateful that the films survive to bring me joy."

Ionia (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"She always portrayed good decent women. Nothing sleazy.  Also, she was beautiful and seemed to be the ideal woman."

Ken (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Her voice was incomparable. I think she got short changed--it is clearly of operatic quality. She also was a good actress with Clark Gable in San Francisco. Her actress talents and singing talents make her an immortal."

Kayla (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"... because Jeanette defined class and sophistication, yet she was a real person who respected others, and was someone who I wouldn't be ashamed to look up to because of scandals and such."

Natália (Brazil) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Jeanette's voice is really magnificent. Her performance in movies such as "One Hour With You" is amazing."

Sylvia (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"I love her voice and songs."

Melvyn (UK) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Her voice will live forever as the most exhilarating and spine tingling, effective tear jerker of all time."

Michel (Belgium) on Jeanette MacDonald
"She has a beautiful voice. I really like her movies."

Mireille (Canada) on Jeanette MacDonald
"... because she was so talented.  Also her own woman. She has been badmouthed over the years and I think she deserves a better treatment. I discovered her when I was 12 when I saw "Naughty Marietta" and have admired her and Nelson Eddy ever since."

Carolyn (Australia) on Jeanette MacDonald
"She had the beauty, glamour, and style of a diva, plus a well-trained voice, and the charm to put over any song. Plus the tragedy of her love affair with Nelson Eddy. Together, they're immortal."

K.F. (Canada) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Good actress, a beauty, wonderful singer, comedienne, inspirational."

Vicki (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Jeanette MacDonald represents everything good and pure in America. Her acting was not acting but very natural and she had the voice of an angel."

William (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Charming, witty, sexy!"

Jenny (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"Miss MacDonald had a great voice, she was beautiful and had a great sense of humor. She has been my favorite star since I was about ten years old."

Phyllis (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"I've never seen or heard anyone who could sing and act so charmingly while pulling off the campiest of roles.  She's one of a kind.  They'll never be another like her."

Renee (USA) on Jeanette MacDonald
"The most gorgeous voice with great range and purity! She most clearly is one of the most beautiful women on screen and a good actress with the right co-star! Class personified. Her and Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo and Irene Dunne are the epitome of taste, talent and glamour!  Truly Jeanette is  the singing siren of the golden age of Hollywood!"


 

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Books

Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette Macdonald by Edward Baron Turk

The Jeanette MacDonald Story by James Robert. Parish

Jeanette MacDonald by Lee Edward Stern

Jeanette MacDonald: The Irving Stone Letters by Sharon Rich

Jeanette MacDonald Autobiography: The Lost Manuscript

Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy: Paper Dolls in Full Color by Tom Tierney

Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair-On-Screen and Off-Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy by Sharon Rich, Jon Eddy (Introduction)

The Complete Films of Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy by Philip Castanza, Philip Castanz, Eleanor Powell (Designer)

The Rosary by FLorence L. Barclay
 


 
CDs

San Francisco And Other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites

Darling Diva

Cocktail Hour: Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald

Dream Lovers

Indian Love Call

Duets