TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Paulette Goddard.

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Birthdate: June 3, 1910

Death date: April 23, 1990

Paulette Goddard

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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All-time

of 196,448

423
All Time Actress

of 24,004

172
Decades
- 1930s
  
  of 4,137
  
  299
- 1940s
  
  of 5,357
  
  55
- 1950s
  
  of 7,577
  
  3,497
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,620
  
  3,359
- Adventure
  
  of 25,536
  
  1,123
- Comedy
  
  of 84,829
  
  816
- Crime
  
  of 34,310
  
  30,521
- Drama
  
  of 107,166
  
  174
- Family
  
  of 15,342
  
  1,939
- History
  
  of 5,929
  
  137
- Horror
  
  of 36,682
  
  857
- Musical
  
  of 10,828
  
  6,039
- Mystery
  
  of 16,955
  
  1,204
- Romance
  
  of 37,232
  
  9,815
- Thriller
  
  of 49,529
  
  4,320
- War
  
  of 9,729
  
  3,944
- Western
  
  of 7,069
  
  507

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1920s

No Reviews

1930s

2.8230

1940s

2.8839

1950s

1.3030

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: Paulette Goddard is ranked overall as 2.6807 of of 4 stars

2.6807

Paulette Goddard Movie Rankings

Paulette Goddard starring in Modern Times

Modern Times (1936)

3.9187

Charlie Chaplin is a production line worker driven insane by the monotony of his job. When he is released from the hospital he is soon arrested for being a communist. This is Chaplin's last "silent" movie; however, sound effects are used on the track. ...more about Modern Times

DVD from $20.69

(13 sellers)

Women, The (1939)

2.9607

Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. ...more about Women

DVD from $8.68

(13 sellers)

Paulette Goddard starring in Great Dictator

Great Dictator, The (1940)

2.8507

During the last days of the First World War, a clumsy soldier saves the life of devoted military pilot Schultz. Unfortunately, their flight from the advancing enemy ends in a severe crash with the clumsy soldier losing his memories. ...more about Great Dictator

DVD from $15.26

(12 sellers)

Ghost Breakers, The (1940)

2.8233

Mary Carter inherits her family's ancestral home, located on a small island off Cuba, and, despite warnings and death threats, decides to take possesion of the reputedly haunted castle. ...more about Ghost Breakers

DVD from $5.95

(11 sellers)

Cat and the Canary, The (1939)

2.6665

Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the will". ...more about Cat and the Canary

Not Available on DVD

Kitty (1945)

2.5844

London, 1783: Kitty, a saucy wench of the slums, meets the painter Gainsborough by stealing his shoes. ...more about Kitty

Not Available on DVD

Unconquered (1947)

2.5387

In 1763, felon Abby Hale is sentenced to slavery in America. In Virginia, heroic Capt. Holden buys her, intending to free her, but villain Garth foils this plan, and Abby toils at Dave Bone's tavern. ...more about Unconquered

Not Available on DVD

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

2.4793

Clipper ships taking the shortest route between the Mississippi and the Atlantic often end up on the shoals of Key West in the 1840s. Salvaging the ships' cargos has become a lucrative business for two companies -- one headed by a feisty young woman. ...more about Reap the Wild Wind

DVD from $5.95

(11 sellers)

Diary of a Chambermaid, The (1946)

2.4702

Celestine, the chambermaid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man. ...more about Diary of a Chambermaid

Not Available on DVD

Pot o' Gold (1941)

2.4291

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. ...more about Pot o' Gold

DVD from $2.95

(5 sellers)

North West Mounted Police (1940)

2.4078

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. ...more about North West Mounted Police

Not Available on DVD

Young in Heart, The (1938)

2.3195

The Carletons make a living as card sharps and finding new suckers to mooch off of. When their latest scam backfires, they are asked to leave Monte Carlo. At the train station, they meet a kind old woman named Miss Fortune. ...more about Young in Heart

DVD from $7.89

(10 sellers)

So Proudly We Hail! (1943)

2.2647

A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination, and their lives. Sent to Bataan, in the Philippines, the nurses are led by Lt. Janet Davidson. ...more about So Proudly We Hail!

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Not Available on DVD

Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)

2.2191

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. ...more about Star Spangled Rhythm

DVD from $8.89

(8 sellers)

Ideal Husband, An (1947)

2.0638

A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. ...more about Ideal Husband

Not Available on DVD

Sins of Jezebel (1953)

1.9529

The aging Ahab, king of Israel, comes under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the prophet Elijah, marries her. ...more about Sins of Jezebel

DVD from $9.59

(5 sellers)

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

1.8858

A Romanian gigolo marries a naive American schoolteacher in Mexico so he can legally enter the United States. Complications arise as he discovers he is falling in love with her. ...more about Hold Back the Dawn

Not Available on DVD

Stranger Came Home, A (1954)

1.7337

Not Available on DVD

Vice Squad (1953)

1.0397

When a police officer is shot arresting a car thief, Captain Barnaby uses his skills and contacts to track down the culprits and uncovers a bank heist plan in the process. ...more about Vice Squad

Not Available on DVD

Anna Lucasta (1949)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Babes in Bagdad (1952)

No Reviews Available

Hassan (John Boles), the Kadi of Bagdad, has a harem housing 12 beauties, but concentrates his attention on Zohara (Gypsy Rose Lee). ...more about Babes in Bagdad

Not Available on DVD

Berth Marks (1929)

No Reviews Available

Big-time (so they think) vaudeville stars Stanley and Oliver take the train to Pottsville, their next booking. On board, they bumble into the wrong sleeping compartment, startling a semi-dressed woman. ...more about Berth Marks

Not Available on DVD

Bride of Vengeance (1949)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Charge of the Lancers (1954)

No Reviews Available

The downward spiral of the quality of films Paulette Goddard appeared in in the 1950's would cause a gravitational blackout to anyone viewing them in a single day, but with some of the all-time great schlock names serving as the producers---Sam Katzman, ...more about Charge of the Lancers

Not Available on DVD

Crystal Ball, The (1943)

No Reviews Available

Toni Gerard lands in New York with 38 cents to her name and is befriended by fortune teller Madame Zenobia and a neighboring shooting gallery owner. Toni is smitten with Brad, a lawyer/suitor to Jo, one of Zenobia's "clients. ...more about Crystal Ball

Not Available on DVD

Dramatic School (1938)

No Reviews Available

Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. ...more about Dramatic School

Not Available on DVD

Duffy's Tavern (1945)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Forest Rangers, The (1942)

No Reviews Available

Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prove it. ...more about Forest Rangers

Not Available on DVD

Girl Habit, The (1931)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Hazard (1948)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Hollywood on Parade (1932/II)

No Reviews Available

Short film filled with cameo appearances by many of the top film stars of the time. The best scene is at the film premiere, apparently the premiere was a costume event and many of the stars are dressed in various costumes. ...more about Hollywood on Parade

Not Available on DVD

I Love a Soldier (1944)

No Reviews Available

During World War II in San Francisco, Eve Morgan and her single girlfriends spend their days welding ships and their nights dancing with soldiers and sailors shipping out that night. ...more about I Love a Soldier

Not Available on DVD

Lady Has Plans, The (1942)

No Reviews Available

Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. ...more about Lady Has Plans

Not Available on DVD

Nothing But the Truth (1941)

No Reviews Available

Stockbroker T.T.Ralston has promised his neice Gwen to double it if she can raise $20,000. for charity. But he connives so those she asks refuse to give her more than the $10,000 she's already raised. Gwen secretly gives T.T. ...more about Nothing But the Truth

Not Available on DVD

On Our Merry Way (1948)

No Reviews Available

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. ...more about On Our Merry Way

DVD from $19.17

(10 sellers)

Paris Model (1953)

No Reviews Available

The story of a dress and the effects it has on the women who wear it begs the question of where is O.Henry when he is needed. ...more about Paris Model

Not Available on DVD

Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood (1953)

No Reviews Available

In this Columbia entry of the Screen Snapshots series (production number 5855), Ken Murray takes Spike Jones and his family (wife and kids)on a Hollywood tour to see the stars at play. ...more about Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood

Not Available on DVD

Second Chorus (1940)

No Reviews Available

Danny and Hank are surprised when Artie Shaw hires competent manager Ellen away from their college band. The two trumpet players scheme to get into Shaw's outfit themselves, each trying to trump the other's plays. ...more about Second Chorus

DVD from $1.99

(10 sellers)

Standing Room Only (1944)

No Reviews Available

During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Jane Rogers in order to secure a government contract. Not thinking it through, Jane cancels their hotel reservations when she feels the accomodations are inadequate. ...more about Standing Room Only

Not Available on DVD

Suddenly, It's Spring (1947)

No Reviews Available

Captain Mary Morley (Paulette Goddard), WAC marital-relations expert, known as "Captain Lonelyhearts", returns from overseas as escort to some G.I. ...more about Suddenly

Not Available on DVD

Torch, The (1950)

No Reviews Available

DVD from $5.14

(4 sellers)

Variety Girl (1947)

No Reviews Available

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick ...more about Variety Girl

Not Available on DVD

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