Greta Garbo's biography

Greta Lovisa Gustafsson is 85 years old actor born at Katarina church parish. She was born on Monday 18th of September 1905. She is often nicknamed as The Swedish Sphinx, The Face, La Divina. According to year of birth 1905 she belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 18th of September means Greta is Virgo. Virgo is an earthy sign of Zodiac Belt. People born under this Rising Sign are practical in nature. They believe in reality and represents themselves as a strong person.

Greta is white swedish. She is citizen of Sweden. Greta is lutheran. Greta´s primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as film actor. Greta is recently known as stage actor.

Greta Garbo's dad

Greta Garbo's father's name is Karl Alfred Gustafsson.

Greta Garbo's mom

Greta Garbo's mother's name is Anna Lovisa Johansdotter.

Greta Garbo's schools

We found 1 school Greta attended. Name of the school: Dramatens elevskola.

Detailed informations about Greta´s schools

She studied university - Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm (1922-24).

Greta Garbo's career

Her main focus is to be actor and actor. Greta is famous thanks to Flesh and the Devil, Anna Christie.

Is Greta Garbo gay ?

She is known to be bisexual.

How did Greta Garbo die

Greta died on on Sunday 15th of April 1990 when he was 85 years old. Greta Garbos death was caused by pneumonia. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Greta Garbo's Awards

First Swedish actress to be nominated for an Academy Award. The others are Ingrid Bergman, Lena Olin, Ann-Margret, and Alicia Vikander who won the Oscar. The only Swedish actor to be nominated is Max von Sydow.

Greta Garbo's Rankings

In October of 1997 she was ranked #38 in "Empire" (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
In 2006 "Premiere Magazine" ranked her performance as Ninotchka in Ninotchka (1939) as #25 on its 100 Greatest Performances of All Time list.

Greta Garbo's Nominations

She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Camille in 1938
Greta was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Romance in 1930
She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Ninotchka in 1940

What else you don't know about Greta Garbo ?

Her middle name is Lovisa.

What Greta Garbo has done for a first time

Her first "talkie" was Anna Christie (1930).
Her first film appearance was in a short advertising film that ran in local theaters in Stockholm.
First Swedish actress to be nominated for an Academy Award. The others are Ingrid Bergman, Lena Olin, Ann-Margret, and Alicia Vikander who won the Oscar. The only Swedish actor to be nominated is Max von Sydow.

Greta Garbo's quotes

There is no one who would have me--I can't cook.
Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.
You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.
I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong.
Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.
Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.
[on her famous Grand Hotel (1932) quote] I never said, "I want to be alone". I only said, "I want to be left alone". There is a whole world of difference.
I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.
The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secrets elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.
If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is.
Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do.There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.
[asked in her later years by a fan if she is Greta Garbo] I WAS Greta Garbo.
If you're going to die on screen, you've got to be strong and in good health.
There are many things in your heart you can never tell another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.
I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream.
[on secrets] Every one of us lives his life just once; if we are honest, to live once is enough.
[1926, on Hollywood] Here, it is boring, incredibly boring, so boring I can't believe it's true.
My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.
Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?
If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.
There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.
I smoke all the time, one after the other.
[on her childhood] I was up and down. Happy one moment. The next moment, there was nothing left for me.
There seems to be a law that governs all our actions, so I never make plans.
I'm tired and nervous and I'm in America. Here, you don't know that you live.
[on America] It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.
The creative artist should be a rare and solitary spirit. My work absorbs me. I have time for nothing else.
I am not proud of being a film star. I have no reason to be. Compared with other professions, what I am doing is so unimportant.
[on seduction] Anyone who was seduced wanted to be seduced.
[on kisses] Don't waste them. But don't count them.
[on sex] In America, an obsession. In other parts of the world, a fact.

Greta Garbo's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Greta Garbo looks. We will focus on her height, body shape, eye color and hair color. She is tall as 5' 7" (170 cm). Body build is average. Greta´s eyes are tinted blue. Her hair is shade of brown - light.

Greta Garbo