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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 ...
Modern-day Greta Garbo Dear Greta: Every year for the past 15 years, I have spent one month alone – isolated and away from family and friends – and so I well understand this distinct drive.
The reason was Greta Garbo insisted that Gilbert return to MGM to play her leading man in Queen Christina (1933), directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Garbo was top-billed, with Gilbert's name beneath the title. Queen Christina, though a critical success, did not revive Gilbert's poor self-image or his career.
The room is named for its one-time inhabitant Greta Garbo, who was a great fan of the hotel and even name checked it in the film Grand Hotel. Courtesy Grand Hotel Tremezzo. ... USA TODAY Sports.
Nils Anton Alfhild Asther (17 January 1897 – 19 October 1981) [1] was a Swedish actor active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid-1950s, known as "the male Greta Garbo". Between 1916 and 1963 he appeared in over seventy feature films, sixteen of which were produced in the silent era .
Among the pictures hanging on the wall were 20th century movie greats such as Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer. There was also royalty, including photos of a young Queen Elizabeth of Britain, then a ...
The film is generally regarded as the box-office flop that ended Garbo's career in an unsuccessful attempt to modernize or "Americanize" her image in order to increase her shrinking fan base in the United States. By mutual agreement, Garbo's contract with MGM was terminated shortly after Two-Faced Woman was released, and it became her last film.
The story inspired Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" in 1853 and many English productions as "Camille," including the acclaimed 1936 movie starring Greta Garbo.