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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 29, 1901
Died
March 6, 1967
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Nelson Eddy
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer and movie star who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. He was one of the first "crossover" stars, a superstar appealing both to shrieking bobby-soxers as well as opera purists, and in his heyday was the highest paid singer in the world. During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one each for film, recording, and radio), left his footprints in the wet cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater, earned three Gold records, and was invited to sing at the third inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He also introduced millions of young Americans to classical music and inspired many of them to pursue a musical career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelson Eddy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
7.0
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
6.9
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.1
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
7.4
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
4.5
Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964
6.2
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Credits
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
2009
0.0
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
as Self (archive footage)
1992
0.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1974
7.4
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
🎬
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
6.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Desert Song
as Pierre / The Red Shadow
1955
7.0
The Danny Thomas Show
as Nelson Eddy
1953
6.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Self
1950
6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Northwest Outpost
as Captain Jim Laurence
1947
0.0
Willie the Operatic Whale
as Narrator
1946
6.1
Make Mine Music
as Narrator / Characters (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met") (voice)
1946
5.8
Knickerbocker Holiday
as Brom Broeck
1944
5.0
Phantom of the Opera
as Anatole Garron
1943
6.2
I Married an Angel
as Count Palaffi
1942
5.0
The Chocolate Soldier
as Karl Lang
1941
6.4
Bitter Sweet
as Carl Linden
1940
5.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
6.7
New Moon
as Charles
1940
6.5
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1940
5.5
Balalaika
as Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda
1939
4.4
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1939
0.0
Let Freedom Ring
as Steve Logan
1939
6.0
Sweethearts
as Ernest Lane
1938
5.7
The Girl of the Golden West
as Ramirez
1938
4.6
Rosalie
as Dick Thorpe
1937
5.5
Maytime
as Paul Allison
1937
6.5
Rose Marie
as Sgt. Bruce
1936
6.2
Naughty Marietta
as Captain Richard Warrington
1935
5.4
Student Tour
as Singer
1934
5.0
Dancing Lady
as Nelson Eddy
1933
6.8
Broadway to Hollywood
as John Sylvester
1933
4.6
Handlebars
as Singer (singing voice) (uncredited)
1933
5.5