Real name: Marion Levy

Born: June 3, 1911 - Whitestone Landing, Long Island, New York:

Died: April 23, 1990 (heart failure):

Spouses: Erich Maria Remarque (1958 - 1970) (his death), Burgess Meredith (21 May 1944 - 1950) (divorced), Charles Chaplin (June 1936 - June 1942) (divorced), Edgar James (1927 - 1931) (divorced)

Height: 5'4"

Nickname: The Bod

Was a lifelong friend of Anita Loos, writer of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. It is sometimes suggested Loos' character Lorelei Lee was based on Paulette.

Left more than US $20 million to New York University on her death.

Was the leading contender for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind. Her inability to produce a marriage certificate to prove she and Charles Chaplin were married, and the appearance of Vivien Leigh on the scene lost her the part.

Was one of the 20 original 'Goldwyn Girls', along with Lucille Ball, Virginia Bruce, Toby Wing, Ann Dvorak and Betty Grable.

Sources variously cite her year of birth as 1911 and 1914, and the place as Whitestone Landing, New York, USA. However, municipal employees in Ronco, Switzerland, where she died, gave her birth year of record as 1905.

Her mother was Mormon, her father was Jewish.

Legend has it that during her brief affair with George Gershwin (only four months before his 1937 death from a brain tumor) he penned the song "They Can't Take That Away From Me" about Paulette. This is generally accepted as not being true, since she had broken up with Gershwin about two months prior to his death. In addition, the lyrics were written by his brother Ira, while Gershwin composed the song.

Had no siblings and no children.

Actress Claire Trevor once reminisced on her friendship with Goddard. She said that Goddard was a year older (!) and that they had attended high school and sorority together, and that the guys were "gaga" over the lovely, young Pauline.