Greta Garbo (1905-1990)
A portrait of Greta Garbo on her yacht off Catalina Island. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was spotted whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz Stiller. Her first Hollywood film was The Temptress 1926. Amongst her other successes are, Queen Christie (1930), Anna Karenina (1935) and Ninotchka (1939). She retired from films in 1941, after receiving poor reviews for Two-Faced Woman spending the rest of her life living as a recluse in New York
Picture No
13731736
Media ID
45394467
Size
4400px x 4859px
(3.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Sketch. 31st July 1929. p 233.. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
31st July 1929
