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Contributed by Garen Ewing. Among Chaplin's leading ladies, Paulette Goddard stands out for a number of reasons. She was the female lead in his last silent film (Modern Times 1936) and in his first talkie (The Great Dictator 1940).
The year she signed with Hal Roach, Goddard began dating Charlie Chaplin, a relationship that received substantial attention from the press. [18] [19] It marked a turning point in Goddard's career when Chaplin cast her as his leading lady in his next box office hit, Modern Times (1936).
Apr 4, 2022 · In 1940, Paulette was in a film that featured a dictator. Well, he wasn’t a real dictator—he was her husband, Charlie Chaplin. The movie, The Great Dictator, co-starred Chaplin in the dual role of a fictional dictator, who was a parody of Adolf Hitler and a Jewish barber. Paulette played the barber’s neighbor.
4 days ago · Although still unknown as a performer, she attracted the attention of Charlie Chaplin. They were soon living together and, before she had even starred in a film, Goddard became well known to movie fans as Chaplin’s beautiful companion (there is much uncertainty as to whether they were ever married).
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Modern Times: Directed by Charles Chaplin. With Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford. The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Apr 23, 1990 · Paulette Goddard, the vivacious, madcap Hollywood star of the 1930s and ‘40s who married Charles Chaplin and co-starred in his film “Modern Times,” died today near this southern Switzerland...
