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Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish actress that is, by reputation, one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever to be produced by MGM and the Hollywood studio system. She is the recipient of the 1954 Honorary Oscar "for her unforgettable screen performances" [1] and was ranked as the fifth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.. In addition, she was named "the most beautiful woman who ever lived" by the The Guinness Book of World Records. [2] Greta Garbo was born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson (some sources cite her original surname as
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Synopsis: Not every Greta Garbo film is an imperishable classic; this was seldom truer than in the case of her repetitious 1931 vehicle Inspiration. A modernized adaptation of Alphonse Daudet's Sappho, the film casts Garbo as Yvonne, a Parisian belle with "a history." When her past returns to haunt her, sheRead More
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In her second film role, Greta Garbo plays a young married woman who becomes the object of a defrocked priest's attentions. Moving Swedish drama of lost love and redemption, directed by Garbo's mentor, Mauritz Stiller... stars Lars Hanson. AKA: "Atonement of Gosta Berling," "The Story of Gosta Berling." 184 min. Standard; Soundtrack: music score; featurettes; newsreel footage. Silent with music score.
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Greta Garbo starred in one of the first remakes of a major motion picture. In 1927 she played Anna Karenina in the silent film, Love, which was based onTolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina. Her co-stars in 1927 were John Gilbert and Philippe deLacy. In 1935 she remade the movie as a talkie (then titled Anna Karenina) with Frederic March and Freddie Bartholomew.
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Synopsis: In this silent film, the beautiful Lili Sterling (Greta Garbo) meets up with the enchanting Prince de Gace (Nils Asther) while on a trip with her husband, John (Lewis Stone), and the two find themselves impossibly drawn to one another. However, when John begins to suspect his wife of infidelityRead More
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Born Greta Gustafsson, Garbo grew up on Södermalm in Stockholm. She went to work at an early age, the PUB department store being one of her early employers. She made her film debut in 1921 in "Peter the Tramp". The following year, she began studies at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, where she was discovered by director Mauritz Stiller. Stiller took her to Hollywood and gave her the stage name Garbo.
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