Paulette Goddard was an American film actress. She started her career as a child model and went on to become one of the most sought-after actresses during her career. Paulette was born as Pauline Marion Levy on 3rd June 1910, in Whitestone Landing, Queens, New York.
Her parents separated and later divorced in 1926, after which she was brought up by her mother. They had to move from New York to Canada to Kansas to escape her father’s custody.
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She quit studies at an early stage to support her mother, briefly attending Mount Saint Dominic Academy at Caldwell, New Jersey, and Ursuline Academy at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She took up modeling at the age of just 10. This extremely ambitious beauty took to modeling at a delicate age of 10 to support her mother financially and in due time, ventured into acting and singing, thereby creating a niche for herself in the entertainment industry. Charles Goddard, her great-uncle, introduced her to Broadway.