Picture No | 10222759 |
Date | 1932 |
Description | Greta Garbo |
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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.
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Source | Front cover photograph in The Bystander 6 July 1932 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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