Paulette Goddard

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  • PAULETTE GODDARD


    Date of Birth
    3 June 1910, Whitestone Landing, Long Island, New York, USA


    Date of Death
    23 April 1990, Ronco, Switzerland (heart failure)


    Birth Name
    Pauline Marion Goddard Levy


    Height
    5' 4" (1.63 m)


    Spouse
    Erich Maria Remarque (25 February 1958 - 25 September 1970) (his death)
    Burgess Meredith (21 May 1944 - 8 June 1949) (divorced)
    Charles Chaplin (1 June 1936 - 4 June 1942) (divorced)
    Edgar James (28 June 1927 - 9 January 1932) (divorced)


    Mini Biography
    Paulette Goddard was a child model who debuted in "The Ziegfeld Follies" at the age of 13. She gained fame with the show as the girl on the crescent moon, and was married to a wealthy man by the time she was 16. After her divorce she went to Hollywood in 1931, where she appeared in small roles in pictures for a number of studios. A stunning natural beauty, Paulette could mesmerize any man she met, a fact she was well aware of. One of her bigger roles in that period was as a blond "Goldwyn Girl" in the Eddie Cantor film The Kid from Spain (1932). In 1932 she met Charles Chaplin, and they soon became an item around town. He cast her in Modern Times (1936), which was a big hit, but her movie career was not going anywhere because of her relationship with Chaplin. They were secretly married in 1936, but the marriage failed and they were separated by 1940. It was her role as Miriam Aarons in The Women (1939), however, that got her a contract with Paramount. Paulette was one of the many actresses tested for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), but she lost the part to Vivien Leigh and instead appeared with Bob Hope in The Cat and the Canary (1939), a good film but hardly in the same league as GWTW. The 1940s were Paulette's busiest period. She worked with Chaplin in The Great Dictator (1940), Cecil B. DeMille in Reap the Wild Wind (1942) and Burgess Meredith in The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in So Proudly We Hail! (1943). Her star faded in the late 1940s, however, and she was dropped by Paramount in 1949. After a couple of "B" movies, she left films and went to live in Europe as a wealthy expatriate; she married German novelist Erich Maria Remarque in the late 1950s. She was coaxed back to the screen once more, although it was the small screen, for the television movie "The Snoop Sisters: The Female Instinct (#1.0)" (1972).
    IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Fontana


    Mini Biography-2
    Pauline Marion Goddard Levy was born in Whitestone Landing, New York, on 3 June 1910. She was a beautiful child who began to model for local department stores before she made her debut with Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies at the age of 13. For three years, she astounded audiences with her talent.


    She married Edgar James when she was 15, but the union was doomed to failure and was dissolved in 1930. By then, Paulette had begun to make her mark on Hollywood with a small bit appearance in the film Berth Marks (1929). Her age (19) didn't help her in getting better parts. She would continue in bit roles in films such as The Girl Habit (1931), The Mouthpiece (1932), and Young Ironsides (1932). For the next four years she searched for parts but came up empty-handed. It wasn't until 1936 that Paulette would again appear in a motion picture, in Modern Times (1936). Once again she found herself with a bit part. Finally, after ten years, she gained a decent part in The Women (1939), and Paulette thought that maybe her career was finally taking off. In her next film, she played Joyce Norman in The Cat and the Canary (1939), which was intended to be a send-off vehicle for Bob Hope. It not only did that, but it also established Paulette as a genuine star. Her performance won her a ten-year contract with Paramount Studios, which was one of the premier studios of the day.


    Her next feature film was with the great Fred Astaire in the acclaimed musical Second Chorus (1940). Later that year, she once again teamed up with Bob Hope for the film The Ghost Breakers (1940), and once again the movie was a huge hit. This was just the beginning because the 1940s was the decade that kept her busy and in the American moviegoing public's eyes. Motion pictures such as _The Great Dictator (1940)_ with husband Charles Chaplin, The Golden Hour (1941), and The Lady Has Plans (1942) were added to her already sparkling resume.


    In 1943, Paulette was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the film So Proudly We Hail! (1943)! She didn't win, but it solidified her as a top draw. Although Standing Room Only (1944) with Fred MacMurray didn't bring in the crowds at the box office, the production is still remembered as a delightful comedy, a must-see for any film buff. Paulette reached the pinnacle of her career in Mitchell Leisen's Kitty (1945). The film was a hit with moviegoers, as Paulette played an ordinary English woman transformed into a duchess. The film was filled with plenty of comedy, dramatic and romantic scenes that appealed to virtually everyone. As Abby Hale in Unconquered (1947), Paulette once more found herself with a profit-making flick. This Cecil B. DeMille film paired her with Gary Cooper in an 18th century romantic drama. The critics weren't too keen on it, but the public could not have cared less. They loved this long-running (146 minutes) movie.


    The 1950s were not too good for Paulette's career, as she appeared in only six feature films, the last being Charge of the Lancers (1954). She would not be seen again on the silver screen until in Gli indifferenti (1964). Her career was just about finished, although she did appear in a made-for-TV film called "The Snoop Sisters: The Female Instinct (#1.0)" (1972) as Norma Treet. That one was forgettable, and Paulette retired from the film world for good. On 23 April 1990, she died of massive heart failure in Ronco, Switzerland, at the age of 79.
    IMDb Mini Biography By: Denny Jackson


    Trivia
    Left more than US$20 million to New York University on her death.


    Was the leading contender for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). Her inability to produce a marriage certificate to prove she and Charles Chaplin were married, and the appearance of Vivien Leigh on the scene, lost her the part.


    Was one of the 20 original "Goldwyn Girls" along with Lucille Ball, Virginia Bruce, Ann Dvorak and Betty Grable.


    Sources variously cite her year of birth as 1911 and 1914, and the place as Whitestone Landing, New York, USA. However, municipal employees in Ronco, Switzerland, where she died, gave her birth year of record as 1905.


    Had no siblings and no children.


    Actress Claire Trevor once reminisced on her friendship with Goddard. She said that Goddard was a year older (!) and that they had attended high school and sorority together, and that the guys were "gaga" over the lovely, young Pauline.


    Measurements: 34-24 1/2-34 (measured in January 1941) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).


    Owing to her donation of an estimated twenty million dollars, New York University named a residence hall after her. Paulette Goddard Hall is located at 79 Washington Square East in New York City. NYU's Tisch School of the Arts also named its main staircase after her and awards several scholarships to students in her honor.


    Is portrayed by Diane Lane in Chaplin (1992) and by Gwen Humble in The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) (TV).


    Goddard never had any children, but she became a stepmother to Charles Chaplin's two sons, Charles Chaplin Jr. and Sydney Chaplin, while she and Charlie were married. In his memoirs, "My Father Charlie Chaplin," from 1960, Charles Jr. describes her as a lovely, caring and intelligent woman throughout the book.


    Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives," Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 331-333. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.


    In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Giovanna Scotto; Dhia Cristiani, most notably in The Women (1939); or Rosetta Calavetta.


    Married Charles Chaplin the first week in June, 1936, in Canton, China, while on a world cruise.


    She suffered a miscarriage in October 1944 while married to Burgess Meredith.


    According to "Paulette" by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein, the actress had the inside track on marrying Clark Gable. When he was seeing her off to Mexico to film a movie, she asked him to kiss her goodbye, but Gable refused because of the many newsmen and photographers there. Goddard reportedly replied, "Well, that's that. So long, Sugar!" and with that the romance was over.


    She was paired romantically with actor Ray Milland in four films, including the blockbusters Reap the Wild Wind (1942) and Kitty (1945). In his autobiography, Milland wrote that Goddard was "wise, humorous, and with absolutely no illusions." He further claimed that she was the hardest working actress that he had ever worked with.


    Stage: Appeared in "Rio Rita" on Broadway, 1929. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.


    Stage: Appeared (as "Peaches Browning") in "No Foolin' " on Broadway, 1926. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. Also in cast: Clare Boothe Luce.


    Magazine ad for Chesterfield cigarettes (1950)


    Personal Quotes
    Actors and actresses who say they never go to see their own pictures are talking through their hats. You don't have to be a Freud to know that the most fascinating person in the world - actors or anybody - is yourself.


    I lived in Hollywood long enough to learn to play tennis and become a star, but I never felt it was my home. I was never looking for a home, as a matter of fact.


    You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past. I'm not impressed by the past very much. The past bores me, to tell you the truth; it really bores me. I don't remember many movies and certainly not my own.


    [Referring first to Jean Renoir and obliquely to Chaplin) '... an amazing man. He likes actors, and situations, and insists on telling a story. This is so unlike most directors who like only other directors... one director - you know who I mean.'


    [Referring to paintings and fine art) I don't like collecting anything I can't pack.


    {Referring to husband Erich Maria Remarque) We get along very well, I must say. I'm gregarious, and he's sedentary; it works out fine.


    Leave yourself alone as much as possible. Don't worry. I never do. I'm too busy remembering things.


    Salary
    Anna Lucasta (1949) $175,000 + % of profits
    Reap the Wild Wind (1942) $35,000
    The Lady Has Plans (1942) $5,000/week
    Nothing But the Truth (1941) $5,000/week
    Hold Back the Dawn (1941) $5,000/week
    The Golden Hour (1941) $5,000/week
    Second Chorus (1940) $5,000/week
    North West Mounted Police (1940) $85,000
    The Ghost Breakers (1940) $85,000
    The Cat and the Canary (1939) $85,000
    The Women (1939) $5,000/week


    Filmography
    Actor
    1972 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)– The Female Instinct (1972) … Norma Treet
    1964 Gli indifferenti...Mariagrazia
    1961 The Phantom (TV movie)...Mrs. Harris
    1959 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)– The Lady from South Chicago (1959) … Mme. Victorine Reynard
    1953-1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
    – Singapore (1957) … Holly March
    – The Doctor's Downfall (1953) … Nancy Whiting
    1957 On Trial (TV series)– The Ghost of Devil's Island (1957) … Dolly
    1956 The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV series)– Mademoiselle Fifi (1956) … Rachel
    1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)– The Women (1955) … Sylvia Fowler
    1954 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)– The Case of Lady Beryl (1954) … Lady Nina Beryl
    1954 The Stranger Came Home...Angie
    1954 Charge of the Lancers...Tanya
    1953 Paris Model...Betty Barnes
    1953 Sins of Jezebel...Jezebel
    1953 The Girl in Room 17...Mona Ross
    1952 Babes in Bagdad...Kyra
    1950 Bandit General...María Dolores Penafiel
    1949 Anna Lucasta...Anna Lucasta
    1949 Bride of Vengeance...Lucretia Borgia
    1948 Hazard..Ellen Crane
    1948 On Our Merry Way...Martha Pease
    1947 An Ideal Husband...Mrs. Laura Cheveley
    1947 Unconquered...Abby
    1947 Suddenly It's Spring...Mary Morely
    1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid...Célestine
    1945 Kitty...Kitty
    1944 I Love a Soldier...Evelyn Connors
    1944 Standing Room Only...Jane Rogers/Suzanne
    1943 So Proudly We Hail!...Lt. Joan O'Doul
    1943 The Crystal Ball...Toni Gerard
    1942 The Forest Rangers...Celia Huston Stuart
    1942 Reap the Wild Wind...Loxi Claiborne
    1942 The Lady Has Plans...Sidney Royce
    1941 Nothing But the Truth....Gwen Saunders
    1941 Hold Back the Dawn...Anita Dixon
    1941 The Golden Hour...Molly McCorkle
    1940 Second Chorus...Ellen Miller
    1940 North West Mounted Police...Louvette Corbeau
    1940 The Great Dictator...Hannah
    1940 The Ghost Breakers...Mary Carter
    1939 The Cat and the Canary...Joyce Norman
    1939 The Women...Miriam Aarons
    1938 Dramatic School...Nana
    1938 The Young in Heart...Leslie Saunders
    1936 The Bohemian Girl...Gypsy Vagabond (uncredited)
    1936 Modern Times...A Gamin
    1934 Kid Millions...Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
    1933 Roman Scandals...Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
    1933 The Bowery...Blonde (uncredited)
    1932 The Kid from Spain...Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
    1932 Girl Grief (short)...Student (uncredited)...
    1932 Pack Up Your Troubles...Bridesmaid (uncredited)
    1932 Young Ironsides (short)...Miss Hollywood (uncredited)
    1932 Show Business (short)...Blonde Train Passenger (uncredited)
    1932 The Mouthpiece...Blonde at Party (uncredited)
    1931 Ladies of the Big House...Inmate in Midst of Crowd (uncredited)
    1931 The Girl Habit...Lingerie salesgirl
    1931 City Streets...Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
    1930 Whoopee!...Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
    1929 The Locked Door...Girl on Rum Boat (uncredited)
    1929 Berth Marks (short)...Train passenger

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Paulette Goddard was highly credited actor who was married
    at one time to Charles Chaplin and Burgess Meredith.

    Although married to Chaplin and appearing in some of his films
    her movie career never really took off.
    One of the highlights was her being cast in
    her only movie with Duke, the blockbuster


    Reap the Wild Wind 1942...Loxi Claiborne


    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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