Paulette Goddard

Name: Paulette Goddard
Date of Birth: June 03, 1910
Place of Birth: Whitestone Landing, New York, USA

Mini-bio: Paulette Goddard was a child model who debuted in "The Ziegfeld Follies" at the age of 13. She went to Hollywood in 1931, where she appeared in small roles in pictures for a number of studios.She ...( read more)

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Paulette Goddard mini-bio: Paulette Goddard was a child model who debuted in "The Ziegfeld Follies" at the age of 13. She went to Hollywood in 1931, where she appeared in small roles in pictures for a number of studios.She was one of the original "Goldwyn Girls", and was also one of the many actresses tested for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, but lost the part to Vivien Leigh. Reportedly, the reason she was not cast in the part of Scarlett, was that she could not produce a marriage certificate to demonstrate she was actually married to Charlie Chaplain, with whom she was living at the time, and also because she was David Selznick's neighbor. The scandal over the fact that she was unmarried and living with Chaplain, combined with the negative reaction that would likely have resulted from her casting, (due to the massive nationwide search for an actress to portray Scarlett) caused Selznick and George Cukor (the original director, later replaced by Victor Fleming) to reject her in favor of Vivien Leigh. Selznick was reported to have said at the time, "Imagine how bad it would look if I had promoted this huge search all across the country, only to end up casting my next-door neighbor! I didn't need that kind of press" In 1958, she married novelist Erich Maria Remarque (author of "All Quiet on the Western Front") and lived in Switzerland until his death in 1970, and hers in 1990. She left some $20 million to New York University in her will, and Paulette Goddard Hall stands on campus today as a result of her bequest. The University also awards scholarships in her honor.