[1] Eddy was gay according to Louella Parsons: "The big laugh in Hollywood these days is Nelson Eddy's feminine pursuers... Come on, Mr. Eddy, even the hinterlands are wise to you." Quoted by William J. Mann, Behind the Screen, p. 154.Wife: Ann Denitz Franklin (m. 1939)
Girlfriend: Jeanette MacDonald (extra-marital affair)
Hernia Operation Los Angeles, CA (15-Mar-1965)
Coma
Died Onstage
Parodied As A Muppet Nelson
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Northwest Outpost (25-Jun-1947)
Make Mine Music (20-Apr-1946) [VOICE]
Knickerbocker Holiday (17-Mar-1944)
Phantom of the Opera (27-Aug-1943)
I Married an Angel (9-Jul-1942) · Count Palaffi
The Chocolate Soldier (31-Oct-1941) · Karl Lang
Bitter Sweet (8-Nov-1940) · Carl Linden
New Moon (18-Jul-1940) · Charles
Balalaika (15-Dec-1939) · Peter
Let Freedom Ring (24-Feb-1939) · Steve Logan
Sweethearts (22-Dec-1938) · Ernest Lane
The Girl of the Golden West (8-Mar-1938) · Ramirez
Rosalie (24-Dec-1937) · Dick Thorpe
Maytime (26-Mar-1937) · Paul Allison
Rose-Marie (28-Jan-1936) · Sgt. Bruce
Naughty Marietta (8-Mar-1935) · Warrington
Student Tour (5-Oct-1934) · Singer
Dancing Lady (24-Nov-1933)
AKA Nelson Ackerman Eddy