GRETA GARBO , INTERNATIONAL SUPER STAR OF SILENT FILMS SERVED AS SPY IN WWII- FREED DANISH JEWS BORN 1905 SEPTEMBER 18
GRETA GARBO , INTERNATIONAL SUPER STAR OF SILENT FILMS SERVED AS SPY IN WWII- FREED DANISH JEWS BORN 1905 SEPTEMBER 18 Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; Swedish: [ˈɡreːˈta lʊˈviːˈsa ˈɡɵstafˈsɔn]; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990), was a Swedish-born American film actress and an international star and icon during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an honorary one in 1954 for her "luminous and unforgettable screen performances." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman. Garbo launched her career with a secondary role in the 1924 Swedish film The Saga of Gosta Berling. Her performance caught the attention of Louis B. Mayer, chief executive of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), who brought her to Hollywood in ...