Greta Garbo

1905-1990

Biography: life and films

Greta Garbo was a Swedish actress whose birth name was Greta Lovisa Gustafsson. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 18th September 1905 and died in New York City, New York, USA on 15th April 1990, aged 84.

Her best films as an actor include Edmund Goulding's Grand Hotel (1932), Rouben Mamoulian's Queen Christina (1933), George Cukor's Camille (1936), Ernst Lubitsch's comedy Ninotchka (1939) and Enrique Diban's Garabatos Greta Garbo (1944).

Greta Garbo appeared in 34 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Clarence Brown (7 films), Robert Youngson (2), Jacques Feyder (2), George Fitzmaurice (2), George Cukor (2), Fred Niblo (2) and Edmund Goulding (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), romance (20), comedy (6), comedy-romance (4), Documentary (3) and history (2).

Our average rating for Greta Garbo over all films is: 3.4

Filmography

Key: a = actor

The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924) [a]

Die Freudlose Gasse (1925) [a]

Flesh and the Devil (1926) [a]

The Temptress (1926) [a]

Torrent (1926) [a]

Love (1927) [a]

A Woman of Affairs (1928) [a]

The Divine Woman (1928) [a]

The Mysterious Lady (1928) [a]

A Man's Man (1929) [a]

The Kiss (1929) [a]

The Single Standard (1929) [a]

Wild Orchids (1929) [a]

Anna Christie (1930) [a]

Romance (1930) [a]

Anna Christie (1931) [a]

Inspiration (1931) [a]

Mata Hari (1931) [a]

Susan Lenox (1931) [a]

As You Desire Me (1932) [a]

Grand Hotel (1932) [a]

Queen Christina (1933) [a]

The Painted Veil (1934) [a]

Anna Karenina (1935) [a]

Camille (1936) [a]

Conquest (1937) [a]

Ninotchka (1939) [a]

Two-Faced Woman (1941) [a]

Herrliche Zeiten (1950) [a]

Strictly Dishonorable (1951) [a]

30 Years of Fun (1963) [a]

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) [a]

The Love Goddesses (1965) [a]

Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012) [a]



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