From the Archives: Films' Paulette Goddard; Was Saucy Star of 1930s and '40s (2024)

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Paulette Goddard was a child model who debuted in "The Ziegfeld Follies" at the age of 13. She gained fame with the show as the girl on the crescent moon, and was married to a wealthy man, Edgar James, by the time she was 17.

Paulette Goddard was born Marion Levy in Great Neck, L.I., on June 3, 1911, according to major film refererence works.

Goddard met actor Burgess Meredith while filming Second Chorus (1940) with Fred Astaire. They married in 1944 and divorced in 1949.

She is buried in Ronco Village Cemetery (Cimitero di Ronco sopra Ascona), Distretto di Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland, next to Remarque and her mother.

Goddard is recognized as the “Father of American Rocketry” and as one of the pioneers in the theoretical exploration of space. In 1914, Goddard received two U.S. patents. One was for a rocket using liquid fuel. The other was for a two- or three-stage rocket using solid fuel.

Not only did he persuade her to forget this dodgy deal, but also to revert her hair color to its natural brunette - Paulette had become a Hollywood platinum blonde, possibly in a bid to win her more parts from studios.

Shirley Temple, Judy Garland, and Mickey Rooney: Hollywood's Child Stars of the 1930s. Current format, Streaming Audiobook, 2023, , Available. Shirley Temple remains the most famous child star of all time, but even this designation fails to reflect the magnitude of her popularity during the era in which she worked.

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today's WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.

Berry was born Maria Halle Berry, though her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry in 1971. Berry's parents selected her middle name from Halle's Department Store, which was then a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio. Her mother, Judith Ann, who is Caucasian, was a psychiatric nurse.

Goddard never had any children, but she became a stepmother to Charles Chaplin's two sons, Charles Chaplin Jr. and Sydney Chaplin, while she and Charlie were married. In his memoirs, "My Father Charlie Chaplin," from 1960, Charles Jr. describes her as a lovely, caring and intelligent woman throughout the book.

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The comic actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin may only have been 1.65 metres tall, but he was one of the greats. He died on Christmas Day 1977 at the age of 88, having lived an eventful life.

Burgess Meredith died at age 89 of Alzheimer's disease and melanoma in his home in Malibu, California on September 9, 1997.

April 23, 1990 (age 79 years), Ronco sopra Ascona, Switzerland

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He was accused of communist sympathies, and some members of the press and public were scandalised by his involvement in a paternity suit and marriages to much younger women. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the U.S. in 1952 and settle in Switzerland.

Smith died in her apartment at the Bencoolen House in Bude on 18 September 1951. Her possessions were auctioned off to pay her debts. The location of her gravesite is unknown, but it is likely that she was buried in an unmarked grave in St. Michael's Cemetery in Bude.

Charlie's third marriage was to Paulette Goddard, a former child model and actress who featured The Great Dictator. She was 26 and Charlie was 47. She soon moved into his mansion, and he cast her as his leading lady in Modern Times, a satire on the machine age.

Liza Goddard was born on January 20, 1950 in Smethwick, Sandwell, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Doctor Who (1963), Woof! (1989) and The Intruders (1969). She was previously married to David Cobham, Alvin Stardust and Colin Baker.

Edna Purviance (born October 21, 1895?, Paradise Valley, Nevada, U.S.—died January 13, 1958, near Hollywood, California) was an American movie actress of the silent film era, who played opposite Charlie Chaplin in more than 30 films, including such classic short works as The Tramp (1915), Easy Street (1917), and The ...

"The Father of Modern Rocketry"

Physicist and inventor Dr. Robert H. Goddard is considered the father of practical modern rocketry and space flight. In the early 20th century, he conceived many key concepts for later development of ballistic missiles, earth-orbiting satellites and interplanetary exploration.