MacDonald, Jeanette

Jeanette MacDonald Popular soprano and film star Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1901; Houston, Texas, January 14, 1965. MacDonald took singing and dancing lessons as a child and understudied the lead in a Broadway musical as a teenager. She had her first starring role on Broadway in 1927 and continued there until late 1929, when she went to Hollywood. There she made eight films with baritone Nelson Eddy, which made stars of them both. She and Eddy had a million-seller, “Indian Love Call”…