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name: "Paulette Goddard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paulette-goddard"
fi1m_id: "paulette-goddard"
imdb_id: "nm0002104"
tmdb_id: 14027
wikidata_id: "Q95050"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 June 1910"
died: "23 April 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T00:26:50.814254+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paulette Goddard

## Identity

Paulette Goddard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paulette-goddard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paulette-goddard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002104
- **TMDB ID:** 14027
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95050
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Goddard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95050, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002104/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14027

Actor. Born 3 June 1910 in Whitestone Landing, Long Island, New York, USA. Died 23 April 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 June 1910, Whitestone Landing, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Died:** 23 April 1990
- **Active:** 1936–1941
- **Also known as:** Pauline Marion Goddard Levy, 宝莲·高黛, 保莉特·戈达德, پولت گادرد
- **Frequently works with:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 88 (1), 1940s 79 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, War 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $13m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Goddard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95050, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002104/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14027

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Modern Times*](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md) (88), [*The Great Dictator*](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md) (80)

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## Fi1m on Paulette Goddard

> Paulette Goddard brings energy and independence to the business of playing a comic hero's companion. In *Modern Times*, she makes the romance worth caring about, even when the writing gives it too little room.

In *Modern Times* (1936), Paulette Goddard gives Charlie Chaplin someone who can keep up with him. Her Gamin makes the film's poverty personal, and there is enough life in the pairing to make companionship seem worth the trouble. We were moved by the prospect of these two facing their difficulties together, because she makes their attachment credible. The physical comedy would work without a convincing romance, but we would care less about the people doing it.

The frustration is how little room the screenplay gives that relationship. Goddard makes the pair engaging, then has to carry tender feelings the writing has not given enough time to develop. Chaplin, directing as well as acting, gets a freshness from her that makes the performance seem spontaneous. We recommend the film warmly, with the reservation that its director gives his leading actress less to work with than their appeal together deserves.

The move to Paramount in 1939 brought a run of leading roles in comedies and dramas through the 1940s. With Bob Hope in *The Cat and the Canary* (1939), she put her energy and timing to work in horror-comedy. She returned to Chaplin as Hannah in *The Great Dictator* (1940), their last collaboration. Cecil B. DeMille cast her as Loxi Claiborne in *Reap the Wild Wind* (1942), while the title role in *Kitty* (1945) is often singled out for her dramatic acting. Her career declined in the late 1940s.

Accounts of her working methods describe extensive preparation and difficulty achieving spontaneity. That does not make the finished performance laboured. In *Modern Times*, we see the freshness and notice the script's limitations long before any of hers. Start there, then try *The Cat and the Canary* for more of her comic timing.

## Biography

Paulette Goddard was an American actor whose career spanned six decades. She began as a child fashion model and appeared in Broadway productions as a Ziegfeld Girl before moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s.

She gained notice as the romantic partner of Charlie Chaplin, appearing as his leading lady in *Modern Times* (1936) and *The Great Dictator* (1940). After signing with Paramount Pictures, she became one of the studio's leading actors in the 1940s, with roles in films including *The Women* (1939), *The Cat and the Canary* (1939), *Reap the Wild Wind* (1942) and *Unconquered* (1947).

Goddard received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for *So Proudly We Hail!* (1943). She was married to Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith and Erich Maria Remarque.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), Fi1m 78, as Anita Shaughnessy — [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)
- *The Great Dictator* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Hannah — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md)
- *Modern Times* (1936), Fi1m 88, as A Gamin — [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year* (2023), series, Actor
- *This Is Bob Hope...* (2017), as actress in 'The Ghost Breakers' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Casting Couch* (1995), Actor
- *That's Entertainment! III* (1994), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *South of Reno* (1988), Actor
- *The Female Instinct* (1972), as Norma Treat
- *Time of Indifference* (1964), as Mariagrazia
- *The Phantom* (1961), as Mrs. Harris
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Mme. Victorine Reynard
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1954), series, Actor
- *Producers' Showcase* (1954), series, as Sylvia Fowler
- *The Unholy Four* (1954), as Angie
- *Charge of the Lancers* (1954), as Tanya
- *Paris Model* (1953), as Betty Barnes
- *Sins of Jezebel* (1953), as Jezebel
- *Vice Squad* (1953), as Mona Ross
- *Babes in Bagdad* (1952), as Kyra
- *The Torch* (1950), as Mariá Dolores Peñafiel
- *Anna Lucasta* (1949), as Anna Lucasta
- *Bride of Vengeance* (1949), as Lucretia Borgia
- *Hazard* (1948), as Ellen Crane
- *On Our Merry Way* (1948), as Martha Pease
- *An Ideal Husband* (1947), as Laura Cheveley
- *Unconquered* (1947), as Abby
- *Variety Girl* (1947), as Paulette Goddard
- *Suddenly It's Spring* (1947), as Mary Morely
- *The Diary of a Chambermaid* (1946), as Célestine · Producer
- *Kitty* (1945), as Kitty
- *Duffy's Tavern* (1945), as Paulette Goddard
- *I Love a Soldier* (1944), as Evelyn Connors
- *Standing Room Only* (1944), as Jane Rogers
- *So Proudly We Hail* (1943), as Lt. Joan O'Doul
- *The Crystal Ball* (1943), as Toni Gerard
- *The Forest Rangers* (1942), as Celia Huston Stuart
- *Reap the Wild Wind* (1942), as Loxi Claiborne
- *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), as Paulette Goddard
- *The Lady Has Plans* (1942), as Sidney Royce
- *Nothing but the Truth* (1941), as Gwen Saunders
- *Hold Back the Dawn* (1941), as Anita Shaughnessy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/hold-back-the-dawn.md)
- *Pot o' Gold* (1941), as Molly McCorkle
- *Second Chorus* (1941), as Ellen Miller
- *North West Mounted Police* (1940), as Louvette Corbeau
- *The Great Dictator* (1940), as Hannah — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md)
- *The Ghost Breakers* (1940), as Mary Carter
- *The Cat and the Canary* (1939), as Joyce Norman
- *The Women* (1939), as Miriam Aarons
- *Dramatic School* (1938), as Nana
- *The Young in Heart* (1938), as Leslie Saunders
- *The Bohemian Girl* (1936), as Gypsy Vagabond
- *Modern Times* (1936), as A Gamin — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)
- *Kid Millions* (1934), as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- *Roman Scandals* (1933), as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited), Shantytown Resident /Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- *The Bowery* (1933), as Blonde (uncredited)
- *The Kid from Spain* (1932), as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- *Girl Grief* (1932), as Student
- *Pack Up Your Troubles* (1932), as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
- *Show Business* (1932), as Blonde Train Passenger (uncredited)
- *The Mouthpiece* (1932), as Platinum Blonde at Party (Uncredited)
- *Broadway Gossip No.2* (1932), Actor
- *Ladies of the Big House* (1931), as Inmate in Midst of Crowd (uncredited)
- *Palmy Days* (1931), as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- *The Girl Habit* (1931), as Lingerie salesgirl
- *City Streets* (1931), as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- *Whoopee!* (1930), as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- *The Locked Door* (1929), as Girl on Rum Boat (uncredited)
- *Berth Marks* (1929), as Train Passenger (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-02dc87a85d97.jpg) Paulette Goddard — New York Daily News Color Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Paulette_Goddard_NY_Sunday_News_1936.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Filmster Paulette Goddard vertrekt in een klein 2-motorig toestel naar Kopenhagen, Schiphol 24 juni 1947 Foto Ben van Meerendonk / AHF, collectie IISG, Amsterda](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-de503ff323c5.jpg) Filmster Paulette Goddard vertrekt in een klein 2-motorig toestel naar Kopenhagen, Schiphol 24 juni 1947 Foto Ben van Meerendonk / AHF, collectie IISG, Amsterda — IISG, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/06-24-1947_01983_Paulette_Goddard_%2830475939551%29.jpg/1280px-06-24-1947_01983_Paulette_Goddard_%2830475939551%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anna Lucasta, starring Paulette Goddard, 1949](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-b7eb1cd11dad.jpg) Anna Lucasta, starring Paulette Goddard, 1949 — Columbia Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Anna_Lucasta%2C_starring_Paulette_Goddard%2C_1949.jpg/1280px-Anna_Lucasta%2C_starring_Paulette_Goddard%2C_1949.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Erich Maria Remarque en Paulette Goddard met rondvaartboot in Amsterda (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-76ff5c19186c.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Erich Maria Remarque en Paulette Goddard met rondvaartboot in Amsterda (1952) — Nationaal Archief, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Erich_Maria_Remargue_en_Paulette_Goddard_met_ronderh.%2C_Bestanddeelnr_905-2097.jpg/1280px-Erich_Maria_Remargue_en_Paulette_Goddard_met_ronderh.%2C_Bestanddeelnr_905-2097.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-476d533b32e1.jpg) Paulette Goddard — Image via TMDB
- ![Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-f71b05d400e4.jpg) Paulette Goddard — Image via TMDB
- ![Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-19b552aa596a.jpg) Paulette Goddard — Image via TMDB
- ![Grave of Paulette Goddard Remarque in the cemetery of Ronco sopra Ascona, Switzerland (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-97dc548d532f.jpg) Grave of Paulette Goddard Remarque in the cemetery of Ronco sopra Ascona, Switzerland (2021) — Tinux, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Grab_Paulette_Goddard_Remarque.jpg/1280px-Grab_Paulette_Goddard_Remarque.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll Reportage / Serie : Bezoek aan de Duitse auteur Erich Maria Remarque en de Amerikaanse actrice Paulette Goddard  (1961)](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-a2cc28bb49f1.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll Reportage / Serie : Bezoek aan de Duitse auteur Erich Maria Remarque en de Amerikaanse actrice Paulette Goddard  (1961) — Willem van de Poll, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Het_echtpaar_in_hun_woonkamer_in_de_villa_in_Porto_Ronco._Erich_Maria_Remarque_z%2C_Bestanddeelnr_254-4744.jpg/1280px-Het_echtpaar_in_hun_woonkamer_in_de_villa_in_Porto_Ronco._Erich_Maria_Remarque_z%2C_Bestanddeelnr_254-4744.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-fd17c06fa431.jpg) Paulette Goddard — Image via TMDB
- ![Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-2e52dd1a8e8e.jpg) Paulette Goddard — Image via TMDB
- ![Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/media/person/102586/gallery-31c67ea5974b.jpg) Paulette Goddard — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1944: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *So Proudly We Hail!*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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