"Greta Garbo" (September 18, 1905 - April 15, 1990) was a Swedish film actress, who retired at the height of her success and became famous for shunning publicity.
She was born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson in Stockholm, where she later worked in a department store.Discovered in a beauty contest, she won a place at the city's prestigious drama school, and was soon a film star as a result of being spotted by Mauritz Stiller and given a major role in his film ''Gösta Berling'' (1924).It was Stiller who brought her to the USA in the following year, but their relationship came to an end as her worldwide fame grew.Having achieved enormous success as a silent movie star, she was one of the few who made the transition to talkies - unlike her one-time lover, John Gilbert.Her most successful films include:
She abandoned her career in 1941 when her star threatened to wane, and thereafter refused to appear in public.She continued to live in the USA, becoming an American citizen in 1951, but chose to live anonymously and dress dowdily in order to avoid media attention.
Greta Garbo died in New York City on April 15, 1990 and was cremated, her ashes buried at Skogskyrkogarden, in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Greta Garbo in the News
1000 The Greta Garbo Archives
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/garbo.h tml;http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/ggb iography;. Description:
Complete filmography, biography, photo gallery, and discussion forum.www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/greta_ga rbo.html
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/greta_garbo.html (USA Today)
1000 Showbuzz
(06.17.1999)STOCKHOLM, Sweden CNN The family of actress Greta Garbo respected her wish to be alone to the very end, secretly burying her ashes in a Swedish cemetery on Wednesday, before a public memorial service on Thursday.
http://search.cnn.com/cnn/redir?source=cnn&errorFlag=0&requestId=18633&a... (CNN)
1000 Tickled 'Pink'
(Variety) Blake Edwards has delivered nearly 50 films in 50 years and his films have been nominated many times but he has yet to take home an Oscar.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20040227/va_sp_ev/tickled__pink... (AltaVista News)
975 Elegant sportswear from an American in Paris
(08.06.1998)He says the clothes are so luxurious they could have been worn by screen legend Greta Garbo.
http://search.cnn.com/cnn/redir?source=cnn&errorFlag=0&requestId=18633&a... (CNN)
972 Only one team, one city, would pull this off
With some odd electrical noises, a series of bangs and flashes, a grand, if safety-glass enclosed, explosion, and a mighty "Hi ho, Silver!'' (just kidding about the last part), the infamous "Bartman Ball'' was turned into confetti Thursday night.
http://www.suntimes.com/special_sections/bartman/cst-nws-rick27.html (AltaVista News)
969 WIEM: Garbo Greta
Garbo Greta, w?a?ciwie Greta Luisa Gustaffson (1905-1990), urodzona w - Szwecji, wielka gwiazda kina ameryka?skiego, zwana "bosk? Gret?... ... Description:
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http://wiem.onet.pl/wiem/0108b7.html (USA Today)
944 Hernando Today - Online Edition
Can Americans cope with film's subtitles? One thing about the controversial new movie, "The Passion for the Christ," the producers sure have a "passion" for PR. A glance at a recent front page of Hernando Today will confirm that. A sprawling "Passion" piece, starting above the prestigious fold!
http://www.hernandotoday.com/MGA1PA4W2RD.html (AltaVista News)
938 Greta Garbo - The Ultimate Star
A tribute to Greta Garbo with galleries, a timeline, profiles of her leading men, - links and more. introduction. timeline. her films. her leading men. galleries. ... Description:
Includes timeline, biography, filmography, and message boards.home.hiwaay.net/~oliver/garbo.htm l
http://home.hiwaay.net/~oliver/garbo.html (USA Today)
925 Bogart and Hepburn top list of 20thcentury stars
(06.16.1999)LOS ANGELES CNN Humphrey Bogart almost didnt make it big in Hollywood because of his looks. Katharine Hepburns acting was once panned as running the gamut of emotions from A to B.
http://search.cnn.com/cnn/redir?source=cnn&errorFlag=0&requestId=18633&a... (CNN)
917 Time and tide: Class struggle on the New York waterfront
ake a New York waterfront movie today?now that the action has moved to cost-effective New Jersey container ports?and it would have to be about a city planning commission hearing on building an Ikea store with maybe a planning member having sex with a condo developer at the Brooklyn Motor Inn. They would discuss mixed use and truck honking.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0408/schlesinger2.php (AltaVista News)
907 Reader's Companion to American History - -GARBO, GRETA
... GARBO, GRETA. ... John Bainbridge, Garbo (1971); Mark Ricci, The Films of Greta - Garbo (1968); Frederick Sands and Sven Broman, The Divine Garbo (1979). ... college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rca h/html/ah_035000_garbogreta.ht...
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_035000_garbogreta.htm (USA Today)
900 WW1 spy Mata Hari framed - lawyer
(10.16.2001)A legal battle is being launched in an attempt to redeem the reputation of exotic World War I spy and femme fatale Mata Hari.
http://search.cnn.com/cnn/redir?source=cnn&errorFlag=0&requestId=18633&a... (CNN)
889 Review: The Station Agent
It's a shame Trainspotting has already been used as a name of a film (and novel) because it would have been perfect for The Station Agent. There's even a little casual drug use (tobacco, alcohol, marijuana).
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2824854a1870,00.html (AltaVista News)
876 Yahoo! Directory Actors > Greta Garbo
Actors > Greta Garbo Directory > Entertainment > Actors and Actresses > Garbo, Greta - (1905-1990). ... SITE LISTINGS. Greta Garbo - photos and biographical sketch. ... dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Actors_and_A ctresses/Garbo__Greta__1905_19...
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Actors_and_Actresses/Garbo__Greta__1905_1990_... (USA Today)
875 Dietrich love letters made public
(03.02.2001)A set of love letters written by the legendary star Marlene Dietrich have been displayed to the public in Germany on Friday.
http://search.cnn.com/cnn/redir?source=cnn&errorFlag=0&requestId=18633&a... (CNN)
861 Beanie Baby Czar Building a Hotel Empire
Feb. 22--Like a modern-day Rumpelstiltskin, Oak Brook denizen H. Ty Warner spun a $6 billion fortune by tinkering with a commonplace item, the stuffed plush toy, transforming it into a Beanie Baby.
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/2004_Feb_22/k.TBB.1077559986.html (AltaVista News)
850 Excerpt: 'Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx'
(07.17.2000)By Stefan KanferAlfred A. KnopfBiography465 pages
http://search.cnn.com/cnn/redir?source=cnn&errorFlag=0&requestId=18633&a... (CNN)
826 Goldenage glamour girl Hedy Lamarr dies
(03.13.2000)ORLANDO, Florida Actress Hedy Lamarr, one of the most glamorous stars of Hollywoods golden era in the 1930s and 40s, was found dead in her home Wednesday by friends, the Seminole County Sheriffs Office said.
http://search.cnn.com/cnn/redir?source=cnn&errorFlag=0&requestId=18633&a... (CNN)
806 Bertolucci gives new film life of its own: It dreams
What if a movie could dream? Bernardo Bertolucci believes he has answered that surrealist question in his latest movie, "The Dreamers," which opened earlier this month.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~82~1967253,00.html (AltaVista News)
801 AFI to release list of top 50 screen legends
(01.13.1999)LOS ANGELES CNN Just when you thought the movie debates had subsided, the American Film Institute is coming back for more, with a plan to release its list of the 50 most influential screen legends of moviemakings first century.
http://search.cnn.com/cnn/redir?source=cnn&errorFlag=0&requestId=18633&a... (CNN)
Greta Garbo on the Web
1000 Greta Garbo: The Ultimate Star
A tribute to Greta Garbo with galleries, a timeline, profiles of her leading men, links and more. New trivia contest! Win a VHS ...Category: Actors > Greta Garbo
http://home.hiwaay.net/~oliver/garbo.html (Yahoo! Web)
1000 Greta Garbo - The Ultimate Star
A tribute to Greta Garbo with galleries, a timeline, profiles of her leading men, links and more.
http://home.hiwaay.net/~oliver/garbo.html (AskJeeves/Teoma)
975 Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo - Filmography, Awards, Biography, Agent, Discussions, Photos, News Articles, Fan Sites...
http://silentladies.com/PGarbo.html (AskJeeves/Teoma :: Yahoo! Directory)
973 Greta Garbo Archives
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/garbo.h tml;http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/ggb iography;.Category: Actors > Greta Garbo
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/greta_garbo.html (Yahoo! Web)
971 Greta Garbo Glamour Gallery
collection of photos, biographical and film information on the intriguing, mysterious and beautiful actress.
http://www.bombshells.com/gallery/garbo/ (Yahoo! Directory)
950 Greta Garbo Biography
Greta Garbo was born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson on September 18, 1905. Garbo was born in Stockholm to poor parents.
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/ggbiography.html (AskJeeves/Teoma)
947 Reader's Companion to American History - -GARBO, GRETA
... GARBO, GRETA. ... John Bainbridge, Garbo (1971); Mark Ricci, The Films of Greta Garbo (1968); Frederick Sands and Sven Broman, The Divine Garbo (1979). ...college.hmco.com/history/read erscomp/rcah/html/ah_035000_garbogreta.h tm
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_035000_garbogreta.htm (Yahoo! Web)
943 Greta Garbo Fan Site
offers pictures and descriptions of her films.
http://gretagarbo.esmartweb.com/ (Yahoo! Directory)
925 Divas: Greta Garbo
INTRODUCTION - GRETA GARBO "I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference."
http://home2.planetinternet.be/verjans/Acting_Divas/Greta_Garbo.htm (AskJeeves/Teoma)
920 Yahoo! Directory Actors > Greta Garbo
Actors > Greta Garbo Directory > Entertainment > Actors and Actresses > Garbo, Greta (1905-1990), ... SITE LISTINGS. Greta Garbo - photos and biographical sketch. ...dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/A ctors_and_Actresses/Garbo__Greta__1905_1 990_/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Actors_and_Actresses/Garbo__Greta__1905_1990_... (Yahoo! Web)
900 Classic Actress Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo was a great movie star and actress who's career spanned from silent to sound films.
http://www.lynnpdesign.com/classicmovies/garbo (AskJeeves/Teoma)
894 CelebrityWonder.com: Greta Garbo Profile and Gossips
Greta Garbo is here! Hundred of pictures with thumbnail previews, hot posters, and fan info. ... Name: Greta Garbo. Birth Name: Greta Lovisa Gustafson. ...www.celebritywonder.com/ht ml/gretagarbo.html
http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/gretagarbo.html (Yahoo! Web)
886 Greta Garbo, 84, Screen Icon Who Fled Her Stardom, Dies
1990 obituary from the New York Times. Registration required.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0918.html (Yahoo! Directory)
875 Elizabeth's Greta Garbo Page
Garbo Gallery. TriBaby's Greta Garbo Page. A Tribute to Greta Garbo. Lynn's Greta Garbo Page. Denny's Greta Garbo Page. Silent Ladies: Greta...
http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Garbo/garbo.htm (AskJeeves/Teoma)
867 Greta Garbo at Reel Classics
This page is still under construction. Memorable Quotations: "Gif me a visky, ginger ale on the side. And don't be stingy, baby." --as ...www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/G arbo/garbo.htm
http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Garbo/garbo.htm (Yahoo! Web)
858 John Gilbert
mostly remembered for his co-starring roles with Greta Garbo.
http://www.mdle.com/ClassicFilms/FeaturedStar/star4.htm (Yahoo! Directory)
850 Greta Garbo: A Life Apart
Greta Garbo: A Life Apart is the first comprehensive biography to fully capture Greta Garbo's hidden personal life, as well as her role as...
http://members.aol.com/svenska918/ (AskJeeves/Teoma)
841 Google Directory - Arts > Celebrities > G > Garbo, Greta
Google, Directory Help Search only in Garbo, Greta Search the Web. Garbo, Greta, ...directory.google.com/Top/Arts/ Celebrities/G/Garbo,_Greta/
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Celebrities/G/Garbo,_Greta/ (Yahoo! Web)
830 Kulturen i Solna
Presentation of Solnas cultural life: Art, Libraries, Museums, Greta Garbos? first film studio, and Confidencen (a complete Court Theatre from the 1800th century).
http://www.solna.se (Yahoo! Directory)
825 Classic Movies
... Greta Garbo; Garbo, Greta; Greta Garbo biography; Greta Garbo (german); GRETA GARBO (italian). ... Encyclop?die - Greta Garbo (french); WIEM: Garbo Greta (polish). ...www.thegoldenyears.org/garb o.html
http://www.thegoldenyears.org/garbo.html (AskJeeves/Teoma :: Yahoo! Web)
