Greta Garbo

Movie Actress

Birthday September 18, 1905

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Stockholm, Sweden

DEATH DATE Apr 15, 1990 (84)

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About

Swedish film star who rose to fame in the 1930s. For her role as the title character in the 1935 film Anna Karenina, she received a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.

Before Fame

Her first job was a soap-lather girl in a barbershop.

Trivia

Her Swedish film, The Saga of Gosta Berling, caught the attention of MGM, and two films later she was a superstar.

Family Life

She dated and lived with her co-star John Gilbert in 1926.

Associated With

She appeared in Anna Karenina, a film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's book.