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Paulette Goddard Biography (1911-)

Full name, Pauline Marion Goddard Levee; born June 3, 1911 (some sources say1905), in Great Neck, NY; died of heart failure, April 23, 1990, in Switzerland; married Edgar James (a lumber magnate), 1927 (divorced, 1929); married Charlie Chaplin (an actor, director and writer), 1936 (divorced, 1942); marriedBurgess Meredith (an actor), 1944 (divorced, 1949); married Erich Maria Remarque (a writer), 1958 (died, 1970).

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

June 3, 1911

Great Neck, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• Winterset, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1947.
• Also appeared in her stage debut as Ziegfeld Girl, "Peaches," No Fooling,1927.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• USO tour, Far East, 1944.
• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• Girl Habit, Paramount, 1931.
• Girl at Party, The Mouthpiece, Warner Brothers, 1932.
• The 1932 Goldwyn Girls, The Kid from Spain, United Artists (UA), 1932.
• (First major screen appearance) Gamine, Modern Times (silent feature), UA, 1936.
• Nana, Dramatic School, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1938.
• Leslie Saunders, The Young In Heart, UA, 1938.
• Joyce Norman, The Cat and the Canary, Paramount, 1939.
• Miriam Aarons, The Women, MGM, 1939.
• Hannah (a laundress), The Great Dictator, UA, 1940.
• Mary Carter, The Ghost Breakers, Paramount, 1940.
• Louvette Corbeau, Northwest Mounted Police, Paramount, 1940.
• Ellen Miller, Second Chorus, Paramount, 1940.
• Anita Dixon, Hold Back the Dawn, Paramount, 1941.
• Gwen Saunder, Nothing But the Truth, Paramount, 1941.
• Molly McCorkle, Pot O' Gold (also known as Golden Hour), UA, 1941.
• Celia Huston, The Forest Rangers, Paramount, 1942.
• Sidney Royce, The Lady Has Plans, Paramount, 1942.
• Loxi Claiborne, Reap the Wild Wind, Paramount, 1942.
• Sweater, Sarong and Peekaboo Bang, Star Spangled Rhythm, Paramount, 1942.
• Toni Gerard, The Crystal Ball, UA, 1943.
• Lt. Joan O'Doul, So Proudly We Hail, Paramount, 1943.
• Eva Morgan, I Love a Soldier, Paramount, 1944.
• Jane Rogers, Standing Room Only, Paramount, 1944.
• Duffy's Tavern, Paramount, 1945.
• Title role, Kitty, Paramount, 1945.
• Celestine, Diary of a Chambermaid, UA, 1946.
• Mary Morely, Suddenly It's Spring, Paramount, 1947.
• Abigail Martha "Abby" Hale, Unconquered, Paramount, 1947.
• Variety Girl, Paramount, 1947.
• Ellen Crane, Hazard, Paramount, 1948.
• Mrs. Cheveley, An Ideal Husband, British Lion, 1948.
• Martha Pease, On Our Merry Way (also known as A Miracle Can Happen), UA,1948.
• Title role, Anna Lucasta, Columbia, 1949.
• Lucretia Borgia, Bride of Vengeance, Paramount, 1949.
• Maria Dolores, The Torch (also known as Bandit General), Eagle Lion, 1950.
• Kyra, Babes in Baghdad, UA, 1952.
• Tanya, Charge of the Lancers, Columbia, 1953.
• Betty Barnes, Paris Model, Columbia, 1953.
• Jezebel, Sins of Jezebel, Lippert, 1953.
• Mona, Vice Squad (also known as The Girl in Room 17), UA, 1953.
• Angie Vickers, The Unholy Four (also known as The Stranger Came Home), Lippert, 1954.
• Maria Grazia Ardengo, Time of Indifference (also known as Indifferenti; Les Deux Rivales), Continental Distributing, 1965.
• Also appeared in The Locked Door, and Berth Marks (short), both 1929; City Streets, 1931; Show Business, (short), Young Ironsides (short), Girl Grief,and Pack Up Your Troubles, all 1932; Tuttle, Roman Scandals, 1933; and Kid Millions, 1934.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Sherlock Holmes, syndicated, 1954.
• Norma Treat, The Snoop Sisters, NBC, 1972.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• Performer, Ford Television Theatre, NBC, 1952, and ABC, 1956.
• Performer, On Trial, CBS, 1956.
• Performer, The Errol Flynn Theatre, Dumont, 1957.
• Credits; OTHER TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Sylvia Fowler, The Women (special), NBC, 1955.
• Norma Treat, The Snoop Sisters (also known as Female Instinct; pilot), NBC, 1972.

Further Reference

PERIODICALS

• Films in Review, August/September, 1974.