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Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990), as Mata Hari. 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. She spent the rest of her life living as a recluse in New York

Picture No
13731735
Media ID
45394463
Size
4500px x 4736px (2.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Sketch. 20th January 1932. .. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
1932

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