Guide Note

Swedish born actress Greta Garbo was a prominent Hollywood starlet from 1920 to 1941. Her career began with silent films and continued into the sound era. She retired from film at the age of 36.

Fast Facts

Full name: Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
Born: September 18, 1905
Died: April 15, 1990 at the age of 84
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Became a United States citizen in 1951
Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Has two postage stamps bearing her likeness
Starred in 27 movies

Career

From 1922 through 1924, Garbo attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where she met Mauritz Stiller. He trained her in cinema acting and gave her the screen name Greta Garbo. Stiller cast her in a major role in Gösta Berlings Saga, a silent film. Louis B. Mayer was impressed with the film and brought Stiller and Garbo to MGM.

Garbo went on to star in several silent films such as The Temptress and Flesh and the Devil. In 1929, she appeared in her final silent film, The Kiss.

Garbo had a smoother transition to sound films than many of her colleagues. She was nominated for best actress for four of her films with sound. Two-Faced Woman was Garbo's last film appearance, after which she withdrew herself from the public eye until her death in 1990.

Notable Roles

Leonora Moreno in Torrent (1926)
Mata Hari in Mata Hari (1931)
Nina Yakushova 'Ninotchka' Ivanoff in Ninotchka (1939)
Karin Borg Blake in Two-Faced Woman (1941)

Quotes

"She did nothing that was second-rate. She had dignity and nobility. Like so many great actresses, she may never have possessed a particle of intellectual power, but she had genius before the camera because she was guided by a secret, sublime, infallible instinct to do the right thing in the right way. So unerring was her instinct that it produced the illusion of a most subtle intelligence."—The New York Times¹

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Greta Garbo Timeline

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1905: Born on September 18, in Stockholm, Sweden
1920: Mr. and Mrs. Stockholm - IMDb Listing
1926: The Torrent - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia
1926: Flesh and the Devil - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1927: Love - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia
1931: Anna Christie - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1931: Mata Hari - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1932: Grand Hotel - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1933: Queen Christina - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1935: Anna Karenina - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1936: Camille - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1939: Ninotchka - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1941: Two-Faced Woman - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1955: Received Honorary Oscar
1990: Died April 15, at age 84 in New York City, New York

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