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Also Known As Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
Born September 18, 1905 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died April 15, 1990 (aged 84) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1955) • Honorary Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1955)
Notable Works “Flesh and the Devil” • “Romance”
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "A Man's Man" (1929) • "Wild Orchids" (1929) • "Anna Karenina" (1935) • "Flesh and the Devil" (1926) • "Gösta Berlings saga" (1924) • "Inspiration" (1931) • "Romance" (1930) • "Ninotchka" (1939) • "Luffar-Petter" (1922) • "The Temptress" (1926) • "Anna Christie" (1930) • "Grand Hotel" (1932) • "Torrent" (1926) • "Mata Hari" (1931) • "Camille" (1936) • "Two-Faced Woman" (1941) • "Conquest" (1937) • "The Single Standard" (1929) • "Queen Christina" (1933) • "The Kiss" (1929) • "Love" (1927) • "The Divine Woman" (1928) • "Anna Christie" (1930) • "A Woman of Affairs" (1928) • "Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)" (1931) • "The Painted Veil" (1934) • "As You Desire Me" (1932) • "En lyckoriddare" (1921) • "Die freudlose Gasse" (1925) • "The Mysterious Lady" (1928)

Top Questions

When was Greta Garbo born?
Greta Garbo was born on September 18, 1905.
Where was Greta Garbo born?
Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.

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Greta Garbo in a velvet dress reclines on a sofa, gazing thoughtfully upward, in a scene from the 1929 silent film The Kiss.
Scene from the 1929 film Wild Orchids showing Nils Asther standing and holding his hat while Greta Garbo sits barefoot in a wicker chair, looking up at him.
Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina stands in profile by a window, wearing an ornate ruffled dress, with a decorative framed portrait and a bust on the table beside her.
Clark Gable and Greta Garbo seated at an outdoor table in a scene from the 1931 film Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise), with Garbo holding a fork and Gable looking at her.
John Barrymore and Greta Garbo in a black-and-white scene from Grand Hotel, with Barrymore seated close behind Garbo, both looking serious.
Ian Keith and Greta Garbo, in ornate period costumes, stand facing each other in a scene from the film Queen Christina (1933).
Greta Garbo, draped in fabric, gazes upward through a sheer curtain in a contemplative scene from the 1934 film The Painted Veil.
Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor in formal attire stand together in front of a mirror, surrounded by lace curtains, in a scene from the 1936 film Camille.
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