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    Greta Garbo

    Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September – 15 April ) was a Swedish-Americanactress.

    Life and career

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    Greta Gustafson was born in Stockholm, she studied at the Royal School of Dramatic Art in her native city, while working as a fashion model.[1][2] She became a star in Sweden when Mauritz Stiller cast her in the silent movie The Atonement of Gösta Berling.

    Soon after, she came to the attention of Louis B. Mayer and went to Hollywood in Soon, she established herself as one of the world's most popular movie stars.

    Some of her most notable movies include; Mata Hari (), Queen Christina (), Camille (), Conquest () and Ninotchka ().[1]

    She retired from movies in and became an American citizen on 9 February In she had breast cancer. She lived as a semi-recluse in New York City until her death (April 15; ) there from renal failure and pneumonia.

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    Greta Garbo

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  • Greta Garbo & Mauritz Stiller on board the "S/S Drottningholm" in

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    Greta Garbo

    Greta Garbo (18 September – 15 April), born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish born actress and Hollywood icon.

    Quotes

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    • I never said, "I want to be alone." I only said, "I want to be let alone! There is all the difference.
      • Quoted in John Bainbridge, Garbo (Doubleday, ) and "To Be Herself", Life (January 24, ; Vol. 38, No. 4), p. ; as the Russian ballerina Grusinskaya to Baron Felix von Gaigern in Grand Hotel (), Garbo had said "I want to be alone." These words had become associated with Garbo herself in the public imagination.
    • I am bewildered by the thousands of strange people who write me letters. They do not know me. Why do they do that?
      • Screen Secrets: Greta Garbo Breaks her Silence ()

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    • I t'ank I go home.
      • Allegedly said on a movie set, after a director had filmed repeated takes of Garbo jumping into icy cold water, and wanted to film yet another take. Reported Paul F. Boller, John George, They N
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