Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo was a Swedish-born American film actress during the 1920’s and 1930’s.

Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her “luminous and unforgettable screen performances”.

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn and Ingrid Bergman.

Date of birth:
18th September, 1905
Date of death:
15th April, 1990
"Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening."
― Greta Garbo
Topic(s): Smile
"Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you’re just fair game."
― Greta Garbo
Topic(s): Peace
"I don’t want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures."
― Greta Garbo
Topic(s): Men

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