Glittering Goldie

Goldie O'Gilt, also known as Glittering Goldie, is Scrooge McDuck's secret sweetheart.

Comics
Carl Barks

Originally created by Carl Barks as a character in the comic Back to the Klondike, Goldie was shown to be a music hall singer in Dawson. In a flashback sequence, Scrooge catches Goldie in an attempt to rob him of his recent gold poke and is forced to repay the debt by helping him work at his claim at White Agony Creek. Some 50 years later, they meet again and it is revealed that Goldie is now poor and living alone at Scrooge's former claim in the Yukon. Scrooge travels there to collect an old debt and turns it into a bet for who can dig more gold. Goldie digs into an area where Scrooge's old gold stash was, so she wins. Scrooge claims to have lost because he forgot the stash due to recent memory problems, but Donald, who knows Uncle Scrooge had just taken his memory medication, deduces that Scrooge lost on purpose.

Other Artists
Barks only used the character once, but Goldie and her relationship with Scrooge were later picked up and expanded by other creators. One of these was Don Rosa, who used her in several stories, including his The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck series and his 1990s comic Last Sled to Dawson, where it is implied that Scrooge and Goldie fell in love with each other, but never revealed their feelings of affection to the other one and eventually drifted apart as Scrooge traveled across the world and became a trillionaire while Goldie remained in Dawson.

In Arriva Paperetta Yè Yè ("The Arrival of Dickie Duck") by master duck artist Romano Scarpa, Goldie leaves her granddaughter Dickie Duck in Scrooge's care and meets Brigitta MacBridge for the first time.

In Last Sled to Dawson, written and drawn by Don Rosa, Goldie owns a hotel in Dawson.

Carl Barks drew inspiration for Glittering Goldie's character from Kathleen Rockwell ("Klondike Kate" Rockwell).

DuckTales
Goldie made her animated debut in the DuckTales episode Back to the Klondike. This episode is an adaptation of the Carl Barks comic book with the same name. In this story after she looses Scrooge's gold nugget, he threatens call the authorities if she doesn't pay him back. Rather then getting in trouble she reluctantly agrees to work to replace the nugget. While working together the two of them fall in love.

She later appeared in the series' episodes Scroogerello, Till Nephews Do Us Part and Ducky Mountain High.