Greta Garbo
Birthday: 1905-09-18
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Biography: Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish-American actress, widely regarded as one of the greatest stars of classic Hollywood cinema. Known for her melancholic and enigmatic screen presence, she starred in iconic films such as Anna Karenina, Queen Christina, Camille, and Ninotchka. Throughout her career, she was celebrated for her subtle and understated performances, earning three Academy Award nominations and an honorary Oscar in 1954. Garbo was famously private, avoiding the Hollywood social scene and retiring from acting at the age of 35. Her personal life has long been the subject of speculation, particularly regarding her sexuality. She was romantically linked to several women, including writer Mercedes de Acosta and actress Marlene Dietrich, fueling rumors that she may have been lesbian or bisexual. However, Garbo never publicly addressed these rumors, maintaining an air of mystery that only added to her legendary status. Her legacy continues to captivate audiences, with her influence extending beyond film into discussions of gender, sexuality, and Hollywood’s golden age.
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Ninotchka
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who repres...
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Wild Orchids
A prince in J... tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered....
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Conquest
A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging...
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The Kiss
An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man ...
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Inspiration
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include ...
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Queen Christina
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when sh...
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The Joyless Street
In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they t...
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Grand Hotel
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache....
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Mata Hari
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying fo...
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A Woman of Affairs
Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Nevill...
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Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford narrates this documentary about the career of Greta Garbo....
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Anna Christie
Old sailor Chris Christofferson eagerly awaits the arrival of his grown daughter Anna, whom he sent ...
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Camille
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gamb...
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Minns ni?
A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 ...
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Flesh and the Devil
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo ...
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The Saga of Gösta Berling
Gösta Berling is a young and attractive minister. Because of his alcoholism and his daring sermons, ...
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, a...
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A Man's Man
An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk....
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Anna Karenina
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w...
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Testfilm Greta Garbo
A screen test for a planned adaptation of Balzac's The Duchess Of Langelais, which was never made....
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Romance
A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman....
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Two-Faced Woman
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband....
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The Temptress
A seductive woman forsakes her husband and lover to pursue a young engineer....
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Love
In Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and ...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t...
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The Mysterious Lady
A beautiful Russian spy seduces an Austrian military officer in order to obtain secret plans. When s...
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As You Desire Me
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist ...
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the ...
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her ...
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir...
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Torrent
A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's hear...
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The Divine Woman
[For 9 minute surviving fragment] Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9 that e...
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Mr. and Mrs. Stockholm Out Shopping
Mr and Mrs Stockholm visit the Paul U. Bergström (PUB) department store to buy a new wardrobe after ...
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Our Daily Bread
In another early advertisement of her's, Greta and a group of friends have tea on the rooftop terrac...
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Peter the Tramp
Greta Garbo in her first feature "Luffar-Petter" (Petter The Tramp) 1922. Only a 10-minute fragment ...
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Anna Christie
A young woman reunites with the father she's not seen since early childhood, also falls in love with...
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MG...
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Paris Hilton, Inc.
We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton....
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Do You Remember?
Compilation film with scenes from different Swedish silent films, many of the films have since been ...
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Stjärnbilder
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and con...
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Garbo
An original documentary from Turner Classic Movies, Garbo offers an intimate look at the life and ca...
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
This documentary short subject details the making of the 1957 MGM musical, "Silk Stockings". Hosted ...
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Garbo: Where Did You Go?
An urgent, timely and compelling portrait of Hollywood icon Greta Garbo, whose fame, isolation and l...
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Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winni...
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Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!
Snippets of Greta Garbo movies interspersed with provincial gigs of girls resembling Garbo. The film...
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With Greta Garbo on the Swedish American Line's Ship
The world's most famous Swede in 1929 is undoubtedly Greta Garbo. Here the photographer has taken he...
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Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life i...
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The Romance of Celluloid
Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the m...
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From the Ends of the Earth
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Fe...
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It ...
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Complicated Women
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, u...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind th...
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Sigrid Holmquist
The story of Swedish silent film actress Sigrid Holmquist's life (1899-1970), by using the silent fi...
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well...
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The Big Parade of Comedy
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history....
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and in...
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Greta Garbo: A Lone Star
Runs through Greta Garbo's life and films in chronological order in an attempt to reveal the 'real' ...
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A Fortune Hunter
Historical drama which features Gösta Ekman as the dashing rogue who steals the heart of the etherea...
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A Scarlet Angel
The criminal couple Louise Kent and Charles Zukor stages a coup in the luxury restaurant Oriental. I...
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Stiller, Garbo & jag
One day when Ruben Stiller is playing in a bath, he gets an alien talking to Nadja, who asks him to ...
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30 Years of Fun
Three decades of fun packed into one convenient package with this compilation of classic black-and-w...
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The Meeting of Two Queens
Cecilia Barriga’s culty video montage tells the story of two queens who fall in love, unwittingly pl...
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Sweden and Swedish Industries
In this promotional film in five parts, Greta points at the town of Malmö on a wall map....
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Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Documentary providing a career overview of the great Greta Garbo....
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The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
What could have happened – what should have happened – if two giants in film history, like Greta Gar...
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Rediscovering John Gilbert
This documentary features an on-camera interview with John Gilbert's daughter and biographer, Leatri...
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