Paulette Goddard

AKA:

The Gamine

Birth Name:

Pauline Marion Goddard Levy

Birth Date:

June 3, 1910

Birth Place:

Whitestone Landing, New York

Death Date:

April 23, 1990

Place of Death:

Casa Monte Tabo, Porto, Via Cantonale 27, 6613 Ronco sopra Ascona, Switzerland

Age:

Cause of Death:

Heart failure

Cemetery Name:

Cimitero di Ronco sopra Ascona

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Paulette Goddard was an American actress and film producer best known for her work during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Born Marion Levy on June 3, 1910, in Whitestone Landing, Queens, New York, she began her career as a fashion model and stage performer before transitioning to film in the early 1930s. Goddard gained fame through her collaborations with Charlie Chaplin, particularly for her role as the Gamin in Modern Times (1936) and later in The Great Dictator (1940). Goddard's career flourished in the 1940s with notable roles in films like The Women (1939), North West Mounted Police (1940), and So Proudly We Hail! (1943), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She was long regarded as one of Hollywood's richest and sexiest women. Her four husbands included comic great Charles Chaplin, actor Burgess Meredith and famed novelist Erich Maria Remarque, author of 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' She refused to discuss her private affairs and never admitted her 1936 marriage to Chaplin until she divorced him six years later.

Fun Facts

She was one of the 20 original The Goldwyn Girls along with Lucille Ball, Virginia Bruce, Ann Dvorakand and Betty Grable.

Owing to her donation of an estimated $20 million, New York University named a residence hall after her. Paulette Goddard Hall is located at 79 Washington Square East in New York City. NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts also named its main staircase after her and awards several scholarships to students in her honor.

According to “Paulette” by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein, the actress had the inside track on marrying Clark Gable. When he was seeing her off to Mexico to film a movie, she asked him to kiss her goodbye, but Gable refused because of the many newsmen and photographers there. Goddard reportedly replied, “Well, that’s that. So long, Sugar!” and with that the romance was over.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimitero di Ronco sopra Ascona

Via Livurcio 16-66, 6622

Ronco sopra Ascona, ,

Switzerland

Europe

Grave Location:

Remarque / Goddard Wall Crypt, Level 2

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery, take the first set of stairs to the first level to enjoy the stunning views of the Swiss Alps. Then take the stairs to the second level, turn left and walk to the far end of the cemetery for the final resting place of the former Mrs. Charlie Chaplin, actress Paulette Goddard.