Paulette Goddard | American Actress, Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin (2024)

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Also known as: Paulette Remarque, Pauline Marion Goddard Levy

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Paulette Goddard

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Original name:
Pauline Marion Goddard Levy
Born:
June 3, 1905, Great Neck, Long Island, N.Y., U.S.
Died:
April 23, 1990, Ronco, Switz. (aged 84)
Notable Works:
“The Lady Has Plans”
Notable Family Members:
spouse Burgess Meredith

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Paulette Goddard (born June 3, 1905, Great Neck, Long Island, N.Y., U.S.—died April 23, 1990, Ronco, Switz.) was an American actress known for her spirited persona and for her association with Charlie Chaplin.

Goddard worked as a fashion model in her early teens, and at age 16 she appeared as a chorus girl in the Broadway revue No Foolin’. Within the next four years, she married, divorced, and moved to Hollywood to become a movie star. To that end, she worked as an extra in a number of Hal Roach short comedies and as a chorus girl in several Eddie Cantor movies, including The Kid from Spain (1932). Although still unknown as a performer, she attracted the attention of Charlie Chaplin. They were soon living together and, before she had even starred in a film, Goddard became well known to movie fans as Chaplin’s beautiful companion (there is much uncertainty as to whether they were ever married). For two years Chaplin tutored Goddard in the art of acting, and he displayed the results in his final silent film, Modern Times (1936), in which Goddard portrayed the Gamine, an effervescent female companion to Chaplin’s famous Little Tramp.

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Her performance in that film brought her to the attention of other producers, but her relationship with Chaplin caused her to lose a part that could have changed her career, that of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). Producer David O. Selznick thought she was perfect for the role, but he withdrew his offer when she could not produce a marriage license validating her relationship to Chaplin.

Despite this setback, Goddard did not lack for work. She teamed with Bob Hope for the comedies The Cat and the Canary (1939), The Ghost Breakers (1940), and Nothing but the Truth (1941); she was part of the all-female cast of The Women (1939); and she starred in the drama Hold Back the Dawn (1941). In 1940 she again worked with Chaplin in his first all-talking feature, The Great Dictator (1940), but in 1942 she and Chaplin officially divorced—though it still was not clear they had ever married. Goddard met actor Burgess Meredith while filming Second Chorus (1940) with Fred Astaire. They married in 1944 and divorced in 1949.

Cecil B. DeMille cast her in several films, including Northwest Mounted Police (1940), Reap the Wild Wind (1942), and Unconquered (1947). Her supporting performance as an armed forces nurse in So Proudly We Hail! (1943) earned Goddard her only Oscar nomination.

Though she had been one of the most popular stars of the early 1940s, Goddard was not in demand by the end of the decade. Her final Hollywood film was Charge of the Lancers (1954); thereafter she worked intermittently in television. In 1958 she married novelist Erich Maria Remarque and moved to Switzerland, where she lived as a private citizen. She returned to the screen one more time in 1964 for the Italian production Gli indifferenti (Time of Indifference).

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Paulette Goddard | American Actress, Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin (2024)

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Paulette Goddard | American Actress, Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin? ›

For two years Chaplin tutored Goddard

Goddard
Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy; June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an American actress and socialite. Her career spanned six decades, from the 1920s to the early 1970s. She was a prominent leading actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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in the art of acting, and he displayed the results in his final silent film, Modern Times
Modern Times
Modern Times is a 1936 American part-talkie comedy film produced, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. In Chaplin's last performance as the iconic Little Tramp, his character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world.
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(1936), in which Goddard portrayed the Gamine, an effervescent female companion to Chaplin's famous Little Tramp.

Who played Paulette in Chaplin? ›

Chaplin (1992) - Diane Lane as Paulette Goddard - IMDb.

Who is the actress related to Charlie Chaplin? ›

Oona Chaplin is a Spanish actress. Her mother is Geraldine Chaplin. She is also the granddaughter of English film actor Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill.

What did Charlie Chaplin's character do in modern times? ›

Charlie is a factory worker in this hectic age - a minor cog in the grinding wheels of industry. His job -mechanically tightening bolts on a moving belt. The monotony of the work drives him beserk.

Who is the actress model granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin? ›

Kiera Chaplin (born 1 July 1982) is a Northern Irish model, businesswoman and actress. She is the granddaughter of actor Charlie Chaplin and the great-granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill.

How old was Charlie Chaplin when he married Paulette? ›

Charlie's third marriage was to Paulette Goddard, a former child model and actress who featured The Great Dictator. She was 26 and Charlie was 47. She soon moved into his mansion, and he cast her as his leading lady in Modern Times, a satire on the machine age.

Is Robert Downey Jr. related to Charlie Chaplin? ›

The connection between Robert Downey Jr. and Charlie Chaplin was that Downey starred in the well-done 1992 biopic Chaplin,directed by Richard Attenborough. Downey & Chaplin never met, Chaplin having died in 1977, & Downey beginnng his Hollywood acting career in Weird Science in 1985, when he was 20 years old.

Who was Charlie Chaplin in love with? ›

Florence Henrietta "Hetty" Kelly (August 28, 1893 – November 4, 1918) was an Irish dancer and music hall performer and the first love of movie comedian Charlie Chaplin.

Did Charlie Chaplin marry a child? ›

Before the creation of United Artists, Chaplin married for the first time. The 16-year-old actress Mildred Harris had revealed that she was pregnant with his child, and in September 1918, he married her quietly in Los Angeles to avoid controversy.

Did Charlie Chaplin have a child with Joan Barry? ›

FBI case files and other records recorded two terminated pregnancies during the affair. After Barry gave birth to a girl, Carol Ann, on October 2, 1943, her mother filed a paternity suit against Chaplin.

Does Charlie Chaplin talk in Modern Times? ›

The film did attract criticism for being almost completely silent. Chaplin feared that the mystery and romanticism of the Tramp character would be ruined if he spoke, and also that it would alienate his fans in non-English speaking territories.

Why was Charlie Chaplin exiled? ›

America' explores the accusations that sent a star into exile. Author Scott Eyman explains how Chaplin was smeared in the press, scandalized for his affairs with young women, condemned for his alleged communist ties and banned from returning to the U.S.

How tall was Charlie Chaplin? ›

The comic actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin may only have been 1.65 metres tall, but he was one of the greats. He died on Christmas Day 1977 at the age of 88, having lived an eventful life.

What celebrity is related to Charlie Chaplin? ›

Oona Chaplin

Oona Chaplin is a Spanish actress. Her mother is Geraldine Chaplin. She is also the granddaughter of English film actor Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill. She is best known for playing Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones and Zilpha Geary in Taboo.

Who was the actress who worked with Charlie Chaplin? ›

Olga Edna Purviance (/pɜːrˈvaɪ. ns/; October 21, 1895 – January 13, 1958) was an American actress of the silent film era. She was the leading lady in many of Charlie Chaplin's early films and in a span of eight years, she appeared in over 30 films with him.

How old was Oona Chaplin when she married Charlie Chaplin? ›

When Charlie Chaplin married Oona O'Neill in June 1943, he at last found true happiness, and it seems they had both found their soul mates, despite the fact that Oona was only 18, and Charlie was 53.

How many kids did Charlie Chaplin have with Paulette Goddard? ›

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.

How long were Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard married? ›

Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard were married on May 21, 1944 after dating for three years. They divorced in 1949.

How was Geraldine Chaplin related to Charlie Chaplin? ›

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin was born on July 31, 1944, in Santa Monica, California, the fourth child of actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin, and the first child of his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill, whom he married in 1943. Charlie Chaplin was 55 when Geraldine Chaplin was born and Oona was 19 years old.

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