DANCER

    The youngest of the three daughters of Daniel and Anna Wright MacDonald. She started her career as a child Tap dancer, training with the Al White Studio at the age six and later worked in chorus lines. In November of 1919 Jeanette moved to New York and joined her older sister, 'Blossom,' by working in the chorus of Ned Wayburn's presentation of The Demi-Tasse Revue. Ned Wayburn was the main way to get into show business at the time.

    She later turned to around 1922 by singing in 1922 by singing in the Greenwich Village revue, "Fantastic Fricassee." during her singing career she would obtain three Gold Records and recorded more than 90 songs during her singing career. But she did not stop there, she became a beautiful operatic singer (eventually becoming one of most influential sopranos of the 20th century,) and then moving on to becoming an actress (four Oscar nominations for Best Picture).

    Her first movie role was as a chorus girl in the 1927 film "the Magic Ring," which prior she starred in the stage version. Her first 'major movie role' was also in 1929 "The Love Parade" which made her a star. During the war she performed for the troops in USO Shows and was even in a movie which actually used real footage of her performing in "For The Boys." MacDonald also did regular concert tours between her films.