How old is the gamin supposed to be?
What's Paulette Goddard's character's age in this film?
Let them quake in their boots — Judge Turpin and the beadle — for their hour has come.
No specific age is given, but as she is underage she must be under 21 (I doubt she's supposed to be much younger than that).
shareWasn't she supposed to have been placed in an orphanage after her father died? That would make her character younger than 21.
When she started working as a dancer, there was a juvenile arrest warrant made out for her, although the photo looks nothing like a police type photo. That would make her around 16 or 17, an age that Chaplin was apparently quite fond of...