
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 23, 1990                   TAG: 9004230310
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: GENEVA                                LENGTH: Short

PAULETTE GODDARD, ACTRESS, EX-WIFE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN, DIES

Paulette Goddard, a leading Hollywood actress in the 1930s and 1940s who starred in two of her husband Charlie Chaplin's best-known films, died at her home in southern Switzerland today, a household member said. She was 78.

The household member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the actress passed away peacefully after a short illness. She spoke from Goddard's villa in Ronco.

Goddard, born Marion Levy in Whitestone, N.Y., began her career on stage in New York before she went to Hollywood. Her first appearance was in "The Girl Habit" in 1931. It was to be the first of more than 40 movies.

She starred in two of Charlie Chaplin's best-known films, "Modern Times" and "The Great Dictator." Their marriage, her second, ended in divorce in 1942.

Her other films included "Dramatic School," "Nothing but the Truth," "I Love a Soldier" and a British production, "An Ideal Husband". Her last TV film was "The Snoop Sisters" in 1972.

Her third marriage, to American Actor Burgess Meredith, broke up in 1944. In 1958, she married Erich Maria Remarque, the German-born novelist who became famous for his anti-war "All Quiet on the Western Front."

They settled in Ronco, a picturesque hillside village close to the Italian frontier and overlooking Lago Maggiore. Remarque died in 1970.

by CNB