Audiences fell in love with the onscreen duo of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Although they both married other people the two stars carried on a real life love affair for decades. Today their fans know that Jeanette and Nelson lived one of Hollywood's greatest love stories.
Jeanette and Nelson fell in love but they kept it a secret to protect their images
Their romance continued even after Jeanette married actor Gene Raymond
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Their romance continued even after Jeanette married actor Gene Raymond

Jeanette and Nelson made nine successful movies together including Maytime in 1937
By 1957 their affair was over but they reunited to record an album of duets
Nelson was inconsolable at Jeanette's funeral
Nelson was inconsolable at Jeanette's funeral