Want to know the best Jeanette MacDonald movies? How about the worst Jeanette MacDonald movies? Curious about Jeanette MacDonald box office grosses or which Jeanette MacDonald movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Jeanette MacDonald movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) was an American actress and singer. MacDonald is best remembered for her musical movies with Maurice Chevalier and Nelson Eddy. Jeanette MacDonald’s IMDb page shows 32 acting credits from 1929-1957. This page will rank 28 Jeanette MacDonald movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her television appearances and movies not released in North American theaters) were not included in the rankings.
Drivel Part: Recently we have been getting numerous requests for a Victor Mature page. As we were doing some preliminary research on Mr. Mature….some information on Jeanette MacDonald caught our eye. When we realized we already had most of her movies in our database….she bumped Mr. Mature. But for those still waiting patiently….it was close…..as MacDonald is pretty close alphabetically to Mature.
Jeanette MacDonald Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Jeanette MacDonald Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Jeanette MacDonald movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Jeanette MacDonald movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Jeanette MacDonald movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Jeanette MacDonald movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Jeanette MacDonald movie received.
- Sort Jeanette MacDonald movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR)Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jeanette MacDonald
1. Jeanette Anna MacDonald was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1903.
2. Jeanette MacDonald’s singing voice brought her to Broadway at the age of 16. In 1920 she was the second lead in the play Irene. The first lead was Irene Dunne.
3. Film director Ernst Lubitsch was looking through old screen tests of Broadway performers and spotted Jeanette MacDonald. He cast her as the leading lady in his first sound film, 1929’s The Love Parade.
4. Jeanette MacDonald’s co-star in 1929’s The Love Parade was Maurice Chevalier. They would appear in three more movies together.
5. In 1935 Jeanette MacDonald was cast opposite Nelson Eddy for the first time. Starting with Naughty Marietta and ending with 1942’s I Married An Angel they would appear in a total of 8 movies together.
6. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy became known as “America’s Singing Sweethearts“.
7. Jeanette MacDonald was married one time. She was married to actor Gene Raymond from 1937 to her death in 1965. They did not have any children.
8. In 1939 Jeanette MacDonald was crowned “Queen of Hollywood” by a nationwide poll while the reigning King that year was Tyrone Power.
9. Jeanette MacDonald’s movies earned $3.28 billion when looking at adjusted domestic box office.
10. Check out Jeanette MacDonald‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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UMR Score takes box office grosses, reviews and awards and jams them altogether….our average UMR Score is 40.00.
The high water mark is 1936’s San Francisco. Ok….we are done now.
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It’s so unjust that the great Jeanette MacDonald never received an Oscar nomination. The Oscar voters nominated 4 of her movies for a Best Picture Oscar, but never for her. She should have gotten a nomination for San Francisco. Her song after the quake is one of the great movie moments. She was awesome impressive in Maytime. At least you have given her a nice tribute job well done!
Hey Norma W……good observations on her and her lack of Oscar nominations. Sadly I have not seen many of her movies….but I agree she was pretty impressive in San Francisco. I will have to check out Maytime…thanks for the visit and the comment….both are greatly appreciated.
Somehow I put the comment meant for this page on another page. Hopefully you can edit that.
Hey Helakoski….I will see what I can do….I have gotten really far behind in my comments…but I am sure I will figure it out.
Hi Bruce, another actress I knew little about and thanks to your fact filled tribute I now know a little bit more.
Looking at the chart I’ve seen just one of her films, any guesses? Here’s a clue – Gable, Tracy and a great big earthquake.
I’m happy to see San Francisco tops all the charts. I’ve seen clips of some of those musicals in the superb MGM compilation That’s Entertainment! and it’s sequel.
8 films with Nelson Eddy, whoa! Vote Up!
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Hey Steve…..well….we are tied at 1…..and it is the same 1….lol. I have not even seen the clips of her movies…..I will have to check out one of her musicals. Actually…..hold on…..I just realized I have seen The Love Parade…..so I actually double your output….doing the happy dance. Granted I did not enjoy The Love Parade at all…..but for one of the first musicals it was good to see. As always….I appreciate your comment and visit.
Nice. I like the new graphs.
Thank you Stein….so far you are the first person to mention the graphs. Thanks for noticing.
One of my mom’s favorites. I have attached this to the Jeanette/Nelson fan page I am a proud member of. Love this work. Though I question some of the placements of the movie.
Hey Tami….thanks for sharing the link over there. And thanks for the comment and the very nice words…all of your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Been really breaking down these numbers. Some of her box office grosses are sensational. Sad to see I married an angel so low. I have always liked their last movie together. Once again thanks for putting this together.
Hey Tami….I agree many of her box office grosses are very sensational. Sorry that I Married An Angel is so low…..but it was the final Eddy movie….so I can see that the box office totals would be low compared to their other movies. I am sure if I Married An Angel was a hit….there would have been 9 Jeanette/Eddy movies. Thanks for the return visit.