Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990), advertising her film As You Desire Me. 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
10222759
Media ID
45992694
Size
4663px x 6937px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Front cover photograph in The Bystander 6 July 1932
Date
1932
