Jetta Goudal (/ˈÊ'É›tÉ™/, born Julie Henriette Goudeket; July , â€"
January , ) was a Dutch-American actress, successful in Hollywood
films of the silent film era.Goudal was born on July , , the daughter
of Geertruida (née Warradijn; â€") and Wolf Mozes Goudeket (â€"), a
wealthy diamond cutter, in Amsterdam. Her parents were both Jewish,
and her father was Orthodox. She had an older sister, Bertha (â€") and
a younger brother, Willem, who died when he was months old in . Her
father remarried in to Rosette Citroen (â€"). Her father was murdered
at Sobibor extermination camp, age . Almost all of her Dutch-Jewish
relatives met the same fate. Only a daughter of her sister Bertha
survived The Holocaust.Tall and regal in appearance, she began her
acting career on stage, traveling across Europe with various theater
companies. In , she left World War I-era devastated Europe to settle
in New York City in the United States, where she hid her Dutch Jewish
ancestry, generally describing herself as a "Parisienne" and on an
information sheet for the Paramount Public Department she wrote that
she was born at Versailles on July , (shaving years off her age as
well), the daughter of a fictional Maurice Guillaume Goudal, a
lawyer.She first appeared on Broadway in , using the stage name Jetta
Goudal. After meeting director Sidney Olcott, who encouraged her
venture into film acting, she accepted a bit part in his film
production Timothy's Quest. Convinced to move to the West Coast,
Goudal appeared in two more Olcott films in the ensuing three years.
January , ) was a Dutch-American actress, successful in Hollywood
films of the silent film era.Goudal was born on July , , the daughter
of Geertruida (née Warradijn; â€") and Wolf Mozes Goudeket (â€"), a
wealthy diamond cutter, in Amsterdam. Her parents were both Jewish,
and her father was Orthodox. She had an older sister, Bertha (â€") and
a younger brother, Willem, who died when he was months old in . Her
father remarried in to Rosette Citroen (â€"). Her father was murdered
at Sobibor extermination camp, age . Almost all of her Dutch-Jewish
relatives met the same fate. Only a daughter of her sister Bertha
survived The Holocaust.Tall and regal in appearance, she began her
acting career on stage, traveling across Europe with various theater
companies. In , she left World War I-era devastated Europe to settle
in New York City in the United States, where she hid her Dutch Jewish
ancestry, generally describing herself as a "Parisienne" and on an
information sheet for the Paramount Public Department she wrote that
she was born at Versailles on July , (shaving years off her age as
well), the daughter of a fictional Maurice Guillaume Goudal, a
lawyer.She first appeared on Broadway in , using the stage name Jetta
Goudal. After meeting director Sidney Olcott, who encouraged her
venture into film acting, she accepted a bit part in his film
production Timothy's Quest. Convinced to move to the West Coast,
Goudal appeared in two more Olcott films in the ensuing three years.
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