Paulette Goddard

American actress (1910–1990)

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Lived 1910–1990, aged 80United States

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65 languages
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Era
1910–1990
Aged 80
Known for
The Great Dictator
1940

Summary

Updated 2026-06-10

She was Charlie Chaplin's leading lady in two of his most celebrated films, then became one of Paramount's biggest stars in the 1940s — a fierce independence that one executive called "dynamite" in an era when studios owned their talent.

Biography

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Born Marion Levy in New York City on June 3, 1910, and raised in Kansas City, she started as a child model and Ziegfeld Girl before moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s. Her relationship with Charlie Chaplin brought her into Modern Times (1936) and The Great Dictator (1940), and after signing with Paramount she became a major star opposite Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, and John Wayne in films like The Cat and the Canary (1939), Reap the Wild Wind (1942), and Unconquered (1947). She earned an Academy Award nomination for So Proudly We Hail! in 1943. Her marriages — to Chaplin, actor Burgess Meredith…

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