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Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (18 September1905 – 15 April1990), born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish born actress and Hollywood icon.
Quotes
[edit]- I never said, "I want to be alone." I only said, "I want to be let alone! There is all the difference.
- Quoted in John Bainbridge, Garbo (Doubleday, 1955) and "To Be Herself", Life (January 24, 1955; Vol. 38, No. 4), p. 113; as the Russian ballerina Grusinskaya to Baron Felix von Gaigern in Grand Hotel (1932), Garbo had said "I want to be alone." These words had become associated with Garbo herself in the public imagination.
- I am bewildered by the thousands of strange people who write me letters. They do not know me. Why do they do that?
- Screen Secrets: Greta Garbo Breaks her Silence (1928)
Misattributed
[edit]- I t'ank I go home.
- Allegedly said on a movie set, after a director had filmed repeated takes of Garbo jumping into icy cold water, and wanted to film yet another take. Reported Paul F. B
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Greta Garbo
Swedish-American actress (1905–1990)
Greta Garbo[a] (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson;[b] 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American[1] actress and a premier star during Hollywood's silent and early golden eras.
Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic and somber screen persona, her film portrayals of tragic characters, and her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Garbo launched her career with a secondary role in the 1924 Swedish film The Saga of Gösta Berling. Her performance caught the attention of Louis B. Mayer, chief executive of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), who brought her to Hollywood in 1925. She stirred interest with her first American silent film, Torrent (1926). Garbo's performance in Flesh and the Devil (1926), her third mov
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Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-Americanactress.
Life and career
[change | change source]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
- Allegedly said on a movie set, after a director had filmed repeated takes of Garbo jumping into icy cold water, and wanted to film yet another take. Reported Paul F. B