Nelson Eddy

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Nelson Eddy

Nelson Eddy AKA Nelson Ackerman Eddy

Born: 29-Jun-1901
Birthplace: Providence, RI
Died: 6-Mar-1967
Location of death: Miami Beach, FL
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Section B, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute [1]
Occupation: Singer, Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Phantom of the Opera

[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)

Coma
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)
The Chocolate Soldier (31-Oct-1941)
Bitter Sweet (8-Nov-1940)
New Moon (18-Jul-1940)
Balalaika (15-Dec-1939)
Let Freedom Ring (24-Feb-1939)
Sweethearts (22-Dec-1938)
The Girl of the Golden West (8-Mar-1938)
Rosalie (24-Dec-1937)
Maytime (26-Mar-1937)
Rose-Marie (28-Jan-1936)
Naughty Marietta (8-Mar-1935)
Dancing Lady (24-Nov-1933) Himself

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