Vale Doris Goddard

Hotel Hollywood publican Doris Goddard has passed away aged 89.

Born in Sydney’s inner west, Goddard made her name as a cabaret performer throughout Europe and Asia and appeared in a number of films including a bit part opposite Katharine Hepburn and Bob Hope in The Iron Petticoat.

Upon her return to Australia she became a publican in New South Wales, owning pubs in Newtown and Balmain before finally acquiring the art deco building that became home to the Hotel Hollywood in Sydney’s Surry Hills in 1977.

Her death was announced on her Facebook page on Monday night. “It is with great sadness to announce that one of Sydney best-loved identities, Doris Goddard has passed away,” it read. “She continued to sing to the end.”

Sheridan Randall, 31^st July 2019