Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965) and Nelson Eddy (1901–1967) were a popular screen couple in the 1930s and '40s, specializing in musicals.^[1] They starred in eight films together, all for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Eddy was an opera singer before he became a film star, while MacDonald turned to opera later in her career. Their best-known onscreen duet is "Indian Love Call", from Rose Marie.^[1]

Eddy and MacDonald from the trailer for Sweethearts (1938)

Filmography

Films starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Year	Title	Roles		Notes	Budget	Box office	Ref
		MacDonald	Eddy
1935	Naughty Marietta	Princess Marie de Namours de Bonfain	Capt. Richard Warrington		$782,000	$2,057,000	[2]
1936	Rose Marie	Marie de Flor (Rose Marie)	Sgt. Bruce		$875,000	$3,515,000	[3]
1937	Maytime	Marcia Morney / Miss Morison	Paul Allison	Released with tinted sequences	$2,126,000	$4,006,000	[4]
1938	The Girl of the Golden West	Mary Robbins	Ramerez / Lt. Dick Johnson	Released in sepiatone	$1,680,000	$2,882,000	[5]
1938	Sweethearts	Gwen Marlowe	Ernest Lane	Filmed in Technicolor	$1,900,000	$3,200,000	[6]
1940	New Moon	Marianne de Beaumanoir	Charles Mission, Duc de Vidiers		$1,487,000	$2,527,000	[7]
1940	Bitter Sweet	Sarah Mallick / "Sari"	Carl Linden	Filmed in Technicolor	$1,100,000	$2,200,000	[8]
1942	I Married an Angel	Anna Zador / Brigitta, an angel	Count Willi Palaffi		$1,492,000	$1,236,000	[9]
Total					$11,442,000	$21,623,000