Greta Garbo

Actor Sep 18 (died age 84) Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden 1920–2024 (104 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish-American actress, widely regarded as one of the greatest stars of classic Hollywood cinema. Known for her melancholic and enigmatic screen presence, she starred in iconic films such as Anna Karenina, Queen Christina, Camille, and Ninotchka. Throughout her career, she was celebrated for her subtle and understated performances, earning three Academy Award nominations and an honorary Oscar in 1954. Garbo …

Known For

Film

Ninotchka

Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova

Film

Grand Hotel

Grusinskaya

Film

Camille

Marguerite Gautier

Film

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage)

Film

Queen Christina

Christina

Film

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

6.3 2022

Film

Flesh and the Devil

Felicitas

Film

Anna Karenina

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (75)

Garbo: Where Did You Go?

2024

as Self (archive footage)

6.4

The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein

2023

1.5

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

2022

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

2022

6.3

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…

2015

8.0

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

2014

as Self (archive footage)

3.0

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

as (archive footage)

7.5

Rediscovering John Gilbert

2010

as Self (archive footage)

Sigrid Holmquist

2010

as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)

7.0

Paris Hilton, Inc.

2009

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Hollywood sul Tevere

2009

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

2008

as Queen Christina (archive footage)

6.1

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

as Self (archive footage)

4.3

Garbo

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self / Various roles (archive footage)

7.0

Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo: A Lone Star

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Stjärnbilder

1995

as (archive footage)

The Casting Couch

1995

9.0

Minns ni?

1993

as (archive footage)

The Meeting of Two Queens

1991

as (archive footage)

The Divine Garbo

1990

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stiller, Garbo & jag

1988

as (archive footage)

2.0

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1986

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

1969

as Self (archive footage)

4.0

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage)

30 Years of Fun

as (archive footage)

Testfilm Greta Garbo

as Self

Two-Faced Woman

1941

as Karin Borg Blake

6.4

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

as Self

5.5

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

as Self

6.7

Ninotchka

1939

as Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova

7.5

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

as Self

Conquest

1937

as Countess Marie Walewska

6.5

The Romance of Celluloid

1937

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Camille

1936

as Marguerite Gautier

7.0

Do You Remember?

1935

as (archive footage)

Anna Karenina

as Anna Karenina

Queen Christina

as Christina

The Painted Veil

as Katrin Koerber Fane

Grand Hotel

as Grusinskaya

As You Desire Me

as Zara, a.k.a. Maria

Mata Hari

as Mata Hari

Inspiration

as Yvonne Valbret

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

1931

as Helga, aka Susan Lenox

6.1

Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo!

1931

as (archive footage)

Romance

as Rita Cavallini

Anna Christie

as Anna Christie

Anna Christie

as Anna Christie

A Man's Man

as Greta Garbo

The Single Standard

as Arden Stuart

The Kiss

as Irene Guarry

Wild Orchids

as Lillie Sterling

With Greta Garbo on the Swedish American Line's Ship

The Divine Woman

as Marianne

A Woman of Affairs

as Diana Merrick

The Mysterious Lady

as Tania Fedorova

Love

as Anna Karenina

Torrent

as Leonora Moreno

Flesh and the Devil

as Felicitas

The Temptress

as Elena

The Joyless Street

as Greta Rumfort

The Saga of Gösta Berling

as Elizabeth Dohna

A Scarlet Angel

as Extra

Peter the Tramp

as Greta

A Fortune Hunter

as Maid

Our Daily Bread

as Companion

Sweden and Swedish Industries

1920

as Self

Mr. and Mrs. Stockholm Out Shopping

1920

as Elder Sister/Mannequin

5.0

Television (3)

The World's Most Photographed

2005

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self (archive footage)

MGM Parade

1955