page_title: Doris Goddard
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Doris Goddard / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Hotel Hollywood in Surry Hills
context_page_description: Doris Goddard was an Australian cabaret singer and film actress; in her later life, she was also the publican of Hotel Hollywood in Sydney.
context_section_description: Goddard was an entertainer who moved to England to become a star but was told she was too tall (at 5'8") to play roles alongside male actors. Goddard called this  "an irreversible physical disability"  and was told to forget about being on stage and film; she moved to cabaret instead. However, the film Geordie (1955) required a tall actress to play alongside Bill Travers, who was 6'4"; Goddard was sent a telegram requesting her services and arrived on set the next day.  
  As a tall actress in Hollywood, Goddard was required to play a Russian spy, Maria, in the 1956 film The Iron Petticoat.  She kidnapped Bob Hope and played alongside Katharine Hepburn. Goddard landed several movie roles and is credited to have performed in at least twelve films, most famously Geordie (1955), Tim (1979) and Hostage (1983).
  At the age of 34, Goddard moved into the hotel industry; she took to it like "a duck to alcohol" as Doris herself put it. She ran several hotels in Sydney, including the Marlborough Hotel in Newtown. In 1977, she and her husband Charlie Bishop purchased the Hotel Hollywood, located near Central Station. Goddard said  "What makes the Hotel Hollywood quite unique is that we haven't tried to tart it up." Charlie worked behind the bar with Goddard singing at the bar with her guitar. During her later years Goddard actively protested Sydney Lockout Laws.
caption: Hotel Hollywood in August 2018
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