Paulette Goddard

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

Paulette Goddard

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

In 1931 she went to Hollywood, where she appeared in several films, in small roles. 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, and she got a starring role in The Women, that she became a star (although she had been considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind).

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, three Cecil B. DeMille epics, NorthWest Mounted Police, Reap the Wild Wind and Unconquered, and The Diary of a Chambermaid (with Burgess Meredith, whom she eventually married). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1943 for So Proudly We Hail!, but her career faded in the 1950s, and she eventually moved to Europe.

In 1958 Goddard married Erich Maria Remarque. They remained married until his death in 1970. Goddard settled in Switzerland, where she eventually 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 1910, went to school with her, and claimed that she was a year older than Trevor.


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Actress Claire Trevor, who was born in 1910, went to school with her, and claimed that she was a year older than Trevor. Grant is the mother of the actress Dinah Manoff. There has been much speculation as to Goddard's age. Her other film roles include:. Goddard settled in Switzerland, where she eventually died. In her will, she left $20 million to New York University. In recent years she has directed a series of Intimate Portrait episodes, that celebrate a diverse range of accomplished women. They remained married until his death in 1970. She has also directed several documentary films, including Down and Out in America (1986) which won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

In 1958 Goddard married Erich Maria Remarque. She won an Oscar for Shampoo (1975). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1943 for So Proudly We Hail!, but her career faded in the 1950s, and she eventually moved to Europe. She received Academy Award nominations for The Landlord (1970), and Voyage of the Damned (1977). 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, three Cecil B. DeMille epics, NorthWest Mounted Police, Reap the Wild Wind and Unconquered, and The Diary of a Chambermaid (with Burgess Meredith, whom she eventually married). She continued to work in theater and resumed her film career in the early 1960s, and also appeared in the television series Peyton Place, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama. He cast her in Modern Times, but it wasn't until they separated, and she got a starring role in The Women, that she became a star (although she had been considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind). Called before the House Un-American Activities Committee to testify against her husband, the playwright Arnold Manoff, Grant refused to testify and was ultimately blacklisted.

They married in 1936 and divorced in 1942. She made her film debut in the movie version and received her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination, and won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1932, she met Charlie Chaplin, and they became a couple shortly afterwards. She established herself as a dramatic actress on Broadway while a teenager and was praised for her role as a shoplifter in the play Detective Story. In 1931 she went to Hollywood, where she appeared in several films, in small roles. Born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, Grant performed as a ballerina with the New York Metropolitan Opera at the age of four, and during her childhood studied dance and acting. She married Broadway writer Edgar James at 16, but divorced him four years later. Lee Grant (October 31, 1927 in New York, New York) is an American theater, film and television actress, and film director.

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