Paulette Goddard was noted as a fiercely independent woman for her time, being described by one executive as "dynamite".
35 Facts About Paulette Goddard
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Paulette Goddard was born in New York City, as Marion Levy, the daughter of Joseph Russell Levy, the son of a prosperous cigar manufacturer from Salt Lake City, and Alta Mae Paulette Goddard.
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Paulette Goddard's father was of Russian Jewish heritage, while her mother was an Episcopalian of English ancestry.
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Paulette Goddard moved with her parents to Kansas City, Missouri when she was young, where her father worked for a film company.
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Paulette Goddard did not meet her father again until the late 1930s, after she had become famous.
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Paulette Goddard began modeling after her parents' separation, working for Saks Fifth Avenue, Hattie Carnegie, and others.
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Paulette Goddard played a central role in Goddard's career, introducing her to Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld.
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Paulette Goddard first visited Hollywood in 1929, when she appeared as an uncredited extra in two films, the Laurel and Hardy short film Berth Marks and George Fitzmaurice's drama The Locked Door.
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Paulette Goddard appeared in City Streets, Ladies of the Big House, and The Girl Habit for Paramount, Palmy Days for Goldwyn, and The Mouthpiece for Warners.
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The year she signed with Hal Roach, Paulette Goddard began dating Charlie Chaplin, a relationship that received substantial attention from the press.
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Paulette Goddard signed a contract with David O Selznick and appeared with Janet Gaynor in the comedy The Young in Heart.
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Paulette Goddard's losing out on the role was attributable to several factors.
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In 1939, Paulette Goddard signed a contract with Paramount Pictures and was promptly teamed with comedian Bob Hope for the horror comedy film The Cat and the Canary.
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Paulette Goddard was cast for the musical comedy Second Chorus opposite Fred Astaire, Artie Shaw, and future husband Burgess Meredith.
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In September 1939, Chaplin began production on his next film The Great Dictator in which Paulette Goddard again co-starred alongside him as Hannah.
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In 1940, Goddard made the Cecil B DeMille Western film North West Mounted Police opposite Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll.
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Paulette Goddard starred in another musical comedy Pot o' Gold opposite James Stewart, which was released the following year.
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In 1942, Paulette Goddard gave one of her better-remembered film appearances in the variety musical Star Spangled Rhythm, in which she sang "A Sweater, a Sarong, and a Peekaboo Bang" with Dorothy Lamour and Veronica Lake.
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Paulette Goddard's first pairing with Milland, The Lady Has Plans, was panned by critics and had a tepid box office performance.
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Paulette Goddard reteamed with her co-star in that film, Sonny Tufts, in I Love a Soldier the following year with less successful results.
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In May 1944, Paulette Goddard renegotiated her contract with Paramount to make two films per year over a seven-year period.
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The film required Paulette Goddard to learn a cockney accent, for which she was coached by Connie Lupino, mother of actress Ida Lupino.
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An Ideal Husband suffered from behind-the-scenes difficulties that included a crew strike over Paulette Goddard using her personal, Swedish-born hairdresser over an English one.
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Paulette Goddard was paired with MacDonald Carey in two films for Paramount, Hazard and Bride of Vengeance ; and was loaned to Columbia Pictures for the film noir Anna Lucasta.
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Paulette Goddard continued appearing in summer stock and on television, guest starring on episodes of Adventures in Paradise, The Errol Flynn Theatre, The Joseph Cotten Show, and The Ford Television Theatre.
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In 1958, Paulette Goddard remarried for the final time to writer Erich Maria Remarque, who was twelve years her senior.
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Paulette Goddard became a fairly well known and highly visible socialite in New York City, appearing covered with jewels at many high-profile cultural functions with several well-known men, including Andy Warhol, with whom she sustained a friendship for many years until his death in 1987.
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Paulette Goddard underwent invasive treatment for breast cancer in 1975, which by all accounts was successful.
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Paulette Goddard married the much older lumber tycoon Edgar James on June 28,1927, when she was 17 years old; the couple moved to North Carolina.
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In 1932, Paulette Goddard began a relationship with Charlie Chaplin and moved into his home in Beverly Hills.
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On June 3,1942, Paulette Goddard filed for divorce in Mexico that was granted the following day.
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Paulette Goddard was "pursued" by Rivera and was depicted holding hands with him in his Pan American Unity mural.
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Paulette Goddard accompanied him to California when he fled Mexico following death threats and attacks on him for his political activities.
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In May 1944, Paulette Goddard married Burgess Meredith at David O Selznick's home in Beverly Hills.
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Paulette Goddard is buried in Ronco Village Cemetery, next to Remarque and her mother.