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Greta Garbo

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1905-09-18

Deathday: 1990-04-15 (84 years old)

Biography

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. For most of her career, she was the highest-paid actor or actress at MGM, making her for many years its "premier prestige star." Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and in 1954, she was awarded an Academy Honorary Award "for her luminous and unforgettable screen performances". In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.

Filmography

all 81

Movies 79

self 27

TV Shows 2

Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo

Biography

Filmography

all 81

Movies 79

self 27

TV Shows 2

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer (2022)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)

Sigrid Holmquist (2010)

Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (2009)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)

Disco and Atomic War (2009)

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)

Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)

Garbo (2005)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)

Complicated Women (2003)

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk (2003)

Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (2001)

Kvinnor, kvinnor, kvinnor (1997)

Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)

Stjärnbilder (1995)

The Casting Couch (1995)

Minns ni? (1993)

The Meeting of Two Queens (1991)

The Divine Garbo (1990)

Star Life (1990)

Stiller, Garbo & jag (1988)

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1986)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

ABBA: Made in Sweden for Export (1975)

Spécial cinéma (1974)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Garbo (1969)

The Love Goddesses (1965)

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

30 Years of Fun (1963)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)

Pub i City (1957)

The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953)

Testfilm Greta Garbo (1949)

Two-Faced Woman (1941)

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)

Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)

Ninotchka (1939)

From the Ends of the Earth (1939)

Conquest (1937)

The Romance of Celluloid (1937)

Camille (1936)

Anna Karenina (1935)

Do You Remember? (1935)

The Painted Veil (1934)

Queen Christina (1933)

As You Desire Me (1932)

Grand Hotel (1932)

Mata Hari (1931)

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)

Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! (1931)

Inspiration (1931)

Anna Christie (1930)

Romance (1930)

Anna Christie (1930)

The Kiss (1929)

With Greta Garbo on the Swedish American Line's Ship (1929)

The Single Standard (1929)

A Man's Man (1929)

Wild Orchids (1929)

A Woman of Affairs (1928)

The Movie City of Hollywood (1928)

The Mysterious Lady (1928)

The Divine Woman (1928)

Love (1927)

Flesh and the Devil (1926)

The Temptress (1926)

Torrent (1926)

The Joyless Street (1925)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1905-09-18

Deathday
1990-04-15 (84 years old)

Birth Name
Greta Lovisa Gustafsson

Birth Place
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Religion
Lutheranism

Father
Karl Alfred Gustafsson

Mother
Anna Lovisa Johansdotter

Siblings
Alva Garbo, Sven Gustafsson

Citizenships
United States of America, Sweden

Also Known As
Greta Gustafsson

Awards
Illis quorum, Litteris et Artibus, Academy Honorary Award, Commander of the Order of the Polar Star, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame