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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 ...
Garbo plays a wife who pretends to be her own fictitious twin sister in order to recapture the affections of her estranged husband (Douglas), who has left her for a former girlfriend (Bennett). 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 ...
Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 8 November 1928) was a Finnish film director of Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller was a pioneer of the Swedish film industry, writing and directing many short films from 1912.
Bergman received a scholarship to the state-sponsored Royal Dramatic Training Academy, where Greta Garbo had some years earlier earned a similar scholarship. After several months, she was given a part in a new play, Ett Brott (A Crime), written by Sigfrid Siwertz. This was "totally against procedure" at the school, where girls were expected to ...
Modern-day Greta Garbo. Dear Greta: Every year for the past 15 years, ... As I was driving away from my cheating husband, I rolled down the passenger side window, yankedoff my gold wedding band ...
Her husband at the time was theatre owner Harry Nace, [13] who died in June 2002 at the age of 87. [14] Having appeared with Greta Garbo in two films, Collins and Garbo remained in contact until Garbo's death in 1990.
Greta Garbo in Wild Orchids. John Sterling (Lewis Stone) takes his young wife Lillie (Greta Garbo) to Java where he plans to invest in tea plantations.Beyond the difference in years between the two, he is neglectful, which creates reactions of frustration from his romantic young wife.
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