Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress.
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 Greta Garbo in 1931 | |
| Born | Greta Gustafson 18 September 1905 |
| Died | 15 April 1990 (aged 84) |
| Cause of death | Renal failure and pneumonia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1920–1941 |
Life and career
Greta Gustafson was born in Stockholm, she studied at the Royal School of Dramatic Art in her native city, while working as a fashion model.[1][2] She became a star in Sweden when Mauritz Stiller cast her in the 1924 silent movie The Atonement of Gösta Berling.
Soon after, she came to the attention of Louis B. Mayer and went to Hollywood in 1925. Soon, she established herself as one of the world's most popular movie stars.
Some of her most notable movies include; Mata Hari (1931), Queen Christina (1933), Camille (1936), Conquest (1937) and Ninotchka (1939).[1]
She retired from movies in 1941 and became an American citizen on 9 February 1951. In 1984 she had breast cancer. She lived as a semi-recluse in New York City until her death (April 15; 1990) there from renal failure and pneumonia.
Greta Garbo Media
- Greta Lovisa Gustafsson - Greta Garbo - 1905 - 1990 Zweeds actrice, SFA005001758.jpg
Ten-year-old Garbo in 1915
- Approved application for Greta Gustafsson to change her name to Greta Garbo.jpg
Approved application, sent in by Greta Garbo's mother Anna Lovisa Gustafsson, for Greta Gustafsson to change her last name to Greta Garbo. It was Greta's mother who sent the application as Greta at the time had not reached her legal majority.
- Greta Garbo in Gösta Berlings Saga 1924 cropped.jpg
Garbo in her first leading role in the Swedish film The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924) with Lars Hanson
- Portrait photograph of Greta Garbo, 1925.jpg
Portrait photograph of Greta Garbo, 1925
- Flesh and the Devil with John Gilbert.jpg
Garbo in Flesh and the Devil (1926) with John Gilbert
Garbo with John Gilbert in A Woman of Affairs (1928)
- Greta Garbo in a publicity image for "Anna Christie".jpg
Garbo in her first sound film Anna Christie (1930).
- Modern Screen 1937 Conquest.jpg
Garbo and Charles Boyer in Conquest (1937)
- Twofaced woman.jpg
Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Breathe internet". www.breatheinternet.com.
- ↑ "". Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- The Illustrated Who's Who of Cinema, Portland House, New York, 1987.
Other websites
- Greta Garbo on IMDb