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Greta Garbo: Biography

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Birth Name: Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
Birth Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/18/1905, Virgo
Date of Death: 04/15/1990
Profession: Actor

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Greta Garbo Fast Facts:

After her father died when she was 14, she left school to help care for her family.
Brought to Hollywood by director Mauritz Stiller.
Poster for her first talkie, Anna Christie, read "Garbo Talks!", which became a catchphrase widely associated with her.
Retired from acting in 1941 at the age of 36; famously said "I want to be let alone."
Lived in the same apartment building with Valentina Schlee, wife of Garbo's long-time lover George Schlee, for more than 30 years; the women never spoke to each other.
Inspired the 1984 film Garbo Talks, about a terminally ill woman whose last wish is to meet Greta Garbo.
Long rumored to have had an affair with Mercedes de Acosta, letters between the two released after Garbo's death lacked evidence to prove the relationship was anything more than friendly.

Greta Garbo Relationships:
Karl Alfred Gustafsson - Father
Anna Lovisa Gustafsson - Mother
Sven Garbo - Brother
Alva Garbo - Sister
John Gilbert - Ex-fiancé
Leopold Stokowski - Ex-significant Other
George Schlee - Ex-significant Other
Greta Garbo Awards:
1939 Oscar: Best Actress - Nominee
1930 Oscar: Best Actress - Nominee
1954 Oscar: Honorary Award - Winner
1937 Oscar: Best Actress - Nominee
College:
Royal Dramatic Theater Academy, Stockholm, Sweden

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