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      • Greta Garbo (born September 18, 1905, Stockholm, Sweden—died April 15, 1990, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Swedish American actress who was one of the most glamorous and popular motion-picture stars of the 1920s and ’30s. She was best known for her portrayals of strong-willed heroines, most of them as compellingly enigmatic as Garbo herself.
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    Jun 21, 2024 · What was Greta Garbo best known for? In the silent movie era, Greta Garbo appeared in popular romantic dramas such as Flesh and the Devil (1927). She projected a luminous quality that was perfect for silent pictures, but sound allowed her to become an even bigger star.

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    Apr 2, 2014 · Swedish actress Greta Garbo is best known for her career in both silent and talking films before World War II.

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    Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American 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 ...

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    • NINOTCHKA (1939) Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Screenplay by Melchior Lengyel, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch, story by Lengyel. Starring Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Sig Ruman, Bela Lugosi.
    • GRAND HOTEL (1932) Directed by Edmund Goulding. Screenplay by William A. Drake, based on his play adapted from the novel ‘Menschen im Hotel’ by Vicki Baum.
    • CAMILLE (1937) Directed by George Cukor. Screenplay by Zoe Akins, Frances Marion, and James Hilton, based on the novel and play by Alexandre Dumas fils.
    • ANNA KARENINA (1935) Directed by Clarence Brown. Screenplay by S. N. Behrman, Clemence Dane, Salka Viertel, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Starring Fredric March, Maureen O’Sullivan, Freddie Bartholomew, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen.

  8. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2021/12/13What Was So Special About Greta Garbo? | The New Yorker

    Dec 6, 2021 · The movie role she seems to have liked best was the learned cross-dressing seventeenth-century monarch Christina; it allowed her to stride around in tunics, tight-fitting trousers,...

  9. www.imdb.com › name › nm0001256Greta Garbo - IMDb

    After a few more films, including The Temptress (1926), Love (1927) and A Woman of Affairs (1928), Greta starred in Anna Christie (1930) (her first "talkie"), which not only gave her a powerful screen presence but also garnered her an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress (she didn't win).

  10. www.britannica.com › question › What-was-Greta-GarboWhat was Greta Garbo best known for? | Britannica

    The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. In the silent movie era, Greta Garbo appeared in popular romantic dramas such as Flesh and the Devil (1927). She projected a luminous quality that was perfect for silent pictures, but sound allowed her to become an even bigger star.

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