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Paulette Goddard (born Pauline Marion Levy) (June
3, 1911 (although at least one document has 1905)
- April 23, 1990) was an United States|American
actress. 


Goddard was born in Whitestone Landing, New York. 
She became a fashion model as a teenager, and
debuted with the Ziegfeld Follies at the age of 13
as a Ziegfeld Girl.  She marriage|married Broadway
writer Edgar James at 16, but divorced him four
years later.

In 1929 she went to Hollywood, where she appeared
in several films over the next few years (in bit
parts).  In 1932, she met Charlie Chaplin, and
they became a couple shortly afterwards.  They
married in 1936 and divorced in 1942.  He cast her
in Modern Times, but it wasn't until they
separated.  Goddard became a star with a strong
supporting role in The Women (although she had
been considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in
Gone With the Wind while filming the movie).

She starred in The Great Dictator (with Chaplin),
made three comedies with Bob Hope: The Cat And The
Canary, The Ghost Breakers, and Nothing But The
Truth, Hold Back the Dawn, three Cecil B. DeMille
epics, North West Mounted Police (movie)|North
West Mounted Police, Reap the Wild Wind and
Unconquered,  and The Diary of a Chambermaid (with
Burgess Meredith, whom she eventually married). 
She was often paired with leading men at Paramount
such as Ray Milland (in Reap the Wild Wind, Kitty
(movie)|Kitty, The Lady Has Plans and The Crystal
Ball) and Fred MacMurray  (in Standing Room Only,
Suddenly It's Spring, and The Forest Rangers.) She
was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress in 1944 for So Proudly We
Hail!, but her career faded in the 1950s, and she
eventually moved to Europe.

In 1958 Goddard married All Quiet on the Western
Front author Erich Maria Remarque.  They remained
married until his death in 1970.  Goddard settled
in Ronco sopra Ascona|Ronco, Switzerland, where
she  died.  In her will, she left $20 million to
New York University.

There has been much speculation as to Goddard's
age.  Actress Claire Trevor, who was born in 1909,
went to school with her, and claimed that she was
a year older than Trevor.

==Filmography==

*Berth Marks (1929) (short subject)
*The Locked Door (1929)
*City Streets (1931)
*The Girl Habit (1931) 
*Hollywood on Parade (1932) (short subject)
*The Mouthpiece (1932)
*Show Business (1932) (short subject)
*Young Ironsides (1932) (short subject)
*Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
*Girl Grief (1932) (short subject)
*The Kid from Spain (1932)
*Roman Scandals (1933)
*Kid Millions (1934)
*Modern Times (1936)
*The Bohemian Girl (1936)
*The Young in Heart (1938)
*Dramatic School (1938)
*The Women (1939)
*The Cat and the Canary (1939)
*The Ghost Breakers (1940)
*The Great Dictator (1940)
*North West Mounted Police (1940 movie)| North
West Nounted Police (1940)
*Second Chorus (1940)
*Pot o' Gold (1941)
*Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
*Nothing But the Truth (1941)
*The Lady Has Plans (1942)
*Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
*The Forest Rangers (1942)
*Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
*The Crystal Ball (1943)
*So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
*Standing Room Only (1944)
*I Love a Soldier (1944)
*Duffy's Tavern (1945) (Cameo)
*Kitty (1945 movie)|Kitty (1945)
*The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946) (also producer)
*Suddenly, It's Spring (1947)
*Variety Girl (1947) (Cameo)
*Unconquered (1947)
*An Ideal Husband (1947)
*On Our Merry Way (1948)
*Hazard (1948 movie)|Hazard (1948)
*Bride of Vengeance (1949)
*A Yank Comes Back (1949) (short subject)
*Anna Lucasta (1949)
*The Torch (1950 movie)|The Torch (1950) (also
associate producer)
*Babes in Bagdad (1952)
*Vice Squad (1953 movie)|Vice Squad (1953)
*Sins of Jezebel (1953)
*Paris Model (1953)
*Charge of the Lancers (1954)
*The Unholy Four (1954)
*Time of Indifference (1964)

==External link==
* http://www.classicactresses.com/paulette.html
Paulette Goddard at Classic Actresses
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