Julie Henriette Goudeket Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Although Dutch-born silent screen femme fatale Jetta Goudal (pronounced Zhett-eh Goo-doll) may be pretty much forgotten today, she was, in her glorious Hollywood heyday, a star rivaling that of Gloria Swanson and fellow vamps Barbara La Marr and Nita Naldi. The daughter of a Jewish orthodox diamond cutter in Amsterdam, she began her career on ...
I never, NEVER walked off the set of "The Volga Boatman" or of any other film in which I was cast.
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I love comedy, but I do not play slapstick.
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[on her alleged temperamentality] I came here as a foreigner: I had not been married or divorced: there was no scandal attached to my name. They had to say something about me, so the publicity departments wrote stories of their own fantasy and called me temperamental and hard to handle. They ended up believing their own creations.
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On Mr. DeMille's request, I went to see the great Barrymore, and reported back truthfully that I found him greasy and smelly (alcohol!) and I preferred to remain with DeMille, which pleased him no end. Dolores Costello in the end played Manon and became Mrs. John Barrymore. Such is fate! I might never have become Mrs. Grieve, although I doubt I ever would have become Mrs. Barrymore.
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I am a stubborn girl. In another life I would have been a donkey. I can be driven just so far.
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I don't like being called a silent star. I was never silent.
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I am a perfectionist. Whether play or picture, while I'm in it I must give 100%. If my performance is not right, I would suffer more than anyone.
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Fact
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Although she was born in Holland, during her lifetime it was frequently claimed incorrectly that she was French or French-Canadian.
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Jetta's unusual given name is likely a simplified spelling of her childhood nickname of Jetje. It is pronounced ZHET-eh with the ZH pronounced like the "s" in the word pleasure.
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Daughter of Mozes Goudeket (1860-1942), a wealthy, orthodox Jewish diamond cutter in the Jordaan neighborhood of Amsterdam, and Geertruida Warradijn (1866-1920).
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Her 1927 lawsuit against Cecil B. DeMille set a precedent in establishing a star's rights. She did remain friendly with DeMille even after her victory. In later years she became active in Actors Equity's fight for the unionization of film actors. She became known as the "Joan of Arc of Equity."
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