Paulette Goddard

American actress

Died when: 78 years 324 days (946 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy;June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an American actress, a child fashion model and a performer in several Broadway productions as a Ziegfeld Girl; she became a major star of Paramount Pictures in the 1940s.

Her most notable films were her first major role, as Charlie Chaplin's leading lady in Modern Times, and Chaplin's subsequent film The Great Dictator.

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in So Proudly We Hail! (1943).Her husbands included Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith, and Erich Maria Remarque.

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