Greta Garbo (1905–1990)

Actress | Soundtrack

Greta Garbo was born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson on September 18, 1905, in Stockholm, Sweden, to Anna ...

Born: September 18, 1905
Died: April 15, 1990 (age 84)

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Filmography

Known For

Ninotchka Ninotchka (1939)
Camille Marguerite Gautier (1936)
Queen Christina Christina (1933)
Known For

Anna Christie Anna (1930)
Actress

Two-Faced Woman Karin Blake (1941)
Ninotchka Ninotchka (1939)
Conquest Countess Marie Walewska (1937)
Camille Marguerite Gautier (1936)
Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (1935)
The Painted Veil Katrin (1934)
Queen Christina Christina (1933)
As You Desire Me Zara aka Maria (1932)
Grand Hotel Grusinskaya (1932)
Mata Hari Mata Hari (1931)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) Helga aka Susan Lenox (1931)
Inspiration Yvonne Valbret (1931)
Anna Christie Anna Christie (1930)
Romance Rita Cavallini (1930)
Anna Christie Anna (1930)
The Kiss Irene Guarry (1929)
The Single Standard Arden Stuart (1929)
A Man's Man Greta Garbo (1929)
Wild Orchids Lillie Sterling (1929)
A Woman of Affairs Diana Merrick (1928)
The Mysterious Lady Tania Fedorova (1928)
The Divine Woman Marianne (1928)
Love Anna Karenina (1927)
Flesh and the Devil Felicitas (1926)
The Temptress Elena (1926)
Torrent Leonora (1926)
The Joyless Street Greta Rumfort (1925)
The Saga of Gösta Berling Elizabeth Dohna (1924)
Luffar-Petter Greta (1922)
A Scarlet Angel Extra (1922)
Konsum Stockholm Promo (1921)
En lyckoriddare Maid (1921)
Actress

How Not to Dress Elder sister (1920)
Soundtrack

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Two-Faced Woman (1941)
As You Desire Me (1932)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Soundtrack

Romance (1930)
Archive footage

Azzedine Alaïa: Un couturier français (2022)
Avocado Toast the series (2020)
Greta (2019)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017)
Duels (2015)
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014)
#Yaprava (2014)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Arena (1991-2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (2011)
Vito (2011)
Sigrid Holmquist (2010)
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Hollywood on the Tiber (2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008)
Spisok korabley (2008)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (2007)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Luchino Visconti, le chemin de la recherche (2006)
Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)
Screen Goddesses (2005)
The World's Most Photographed (2005)
Garbo (2005)
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
The Dreamers (2003)
Complicated Women (2003)
Satin and Silk (2003)
Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (2001)
The South Bank Show (2001)
72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show (2000)
Gossip (2000)
Biography (1998)
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
Great Romances of the 20th Century (1997)
The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996)
The Casting Couch (1995)
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
Century of Cinema (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Dos reinas (1993)
Minns Ni? (1993)
O Espectador que o Cinema Esqueceu (1991)
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991)
The Divine Garbo (1990)
At the Movies (1990)
Stiller, Garbo & Me (1988)
Talking Pictures (1988)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1985)
Spécial cinéma (1985)
Garbo Talks (1984)
Diary for My Children (1984)
Moviestar Cartoons (1983)
Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982)
Annie (1982)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
Sixty Years of Seduction (1981)
Hollywood (1980)
V.I.P.-Schaukel (1979)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
The Dick Cavett Show (1971-1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969)
The Happy Ending (1969)
Marlowe (1969)
The Picture Theatre (1967)
The Love Goddesses (1965)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
30 Years of Fun (1963)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
Pub i City (1957)
Ein Idol hat Geburtstag - Die Karriere der Greta Garbo (1957)
MGM Parade (1955-1956)
Screen Snapshots: Ramblin' Round Hollywood (1955)
Film Time (1955)
The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955)
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953)
Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
Wonderful Times (1950)
Garabatos Greta Garbo (1944)
Some of the Best (1944)
Vi mötte stormen (1943)
The Miracle of Sound (1940)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
The Movies March On (1939)
The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! (1931)
Archive footage

Hollywood Rivals (2001)
Legends of World Cinema (2004)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Celebrated columnist-television reporter Barbara Walters was quoted on multiple occasions she would retire from her career if granted an interview with Greta Garbo. This was at during the peak of Ms. Walter's career (the 1980s). True to her nature, ...

Quotes

Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do. There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.