Nelson Eddy

Opera Singer

Birthday June 29, 1901

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Providence, RI

DEATH DATE Mar 6, 1967 (65)

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About

Classically trained baritone and star of eight MGM musicals with Jeanette MacDonald. He has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Before Fame

A divorce and near-poverty impacted his life, forcing him to move with his mother and brother to Philadelphia. He took correspondence classes, but never received an academic degree.

Trivia

He sang a popular cover of "Shortnin' Bread" for the film Maytime.

Family Life

He married Ann Denitz on January 19, 1939.

Associated With

He sang at Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration.