Paulette Goddard, precisely 5ft 3 (160 cm) tall, embodied petite glamour in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her compact stature amplified her youthful, vivacious screen presence, perfectly suiting roles as spirited heroines in comedies and adventures.
Highlights include her iconic partnership with Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times (1936) and The Great Dictator (1940), plus standout performances in Reap the Wild Wind (1942), So Proudly We Hail! (1943), The Cat and the Canary (1939), Unconquered (1947), An Ideal Husband (1947), and The Ghost Breakers (1940), where her height added to her dynamic, larger-than-life charisma.