Greta Garbo

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Ninotchka Nina Ivanovna Yakushova aka Ninotchka

(1939)

Camille Marguerite Gautier

(1936)

Queen Christina Christina

(1933)

Anna Christie Anna Christie

(1930)

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Filmography

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Actress (33 credits)

1941 Two-Faced Woman
Karin Blake

1939 Ninotchka
Nina Ivanovna Yakushova aka Ninotchka

1937 Conquest
Countess Marie Walewska

1936 Camille
Marguerite Gautier

1935 Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina

1934 The Painted Veil
Katrin

1933 Queen Christina
Christina

1932 As You Desire Me
Zara aka Maria

1932/I Grand Hotel
Grusinskaya

1931 Mata Hari
Mata Hari

1931 Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Helga aka Susan Lenox

1931 Inspiration
Yvonne Valbret

1930/II Anna Christie
Anna Christie

1930 Romance
Rita Cavallini

1930/I Anna Christie
Anna Christie

1929 The Kiss
Irene Guarry

1929 The Single Standard
Arden Stuart

1929 A Man's Man
Greta Garbo

1929 Wild Orchids
Lillie Sterling

1928 A Woman of Affairs
Diana Merrick

1928 The Mysterious Lady
Tania Fedorova

1928 The Divine Woman
Marianne

1927 Love
Anna Karenina

1926 Flesh and the Devil
Felicitas

1926 The Temptress
Elena

1926 Torrent
Leonora

1925 The Joyless Street
Greta Rumfort

1924 The Saga of Gösta Berling
Elizabeth Dohna

1922 Luffar-Petter
Greta (as Greta Gustafsson)

1922 Kärlekens ögon
Extra

1921 Konsum Stockholm Promo (Short)

1921 En lyckoriddare
Maid

1920 How Not to Dress (Short)
Elder sister

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Soundtrack (5 credits)

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary) (performer: "Chica Choca" (1941) - uncredited)

1941 Two-Faced Woman (performer: "Chica-Choca" - uncredited)

1932 As You Desire Me (performer: "Tu Ne Sauras Jamais" - uncredited)

1932/I Grand Hotel (performer: "Jeg Elsker Dig (Ich Liebe Dich)" (1864) - uncredited)

1930 Romance (performer: "Annie Laurie" (1834-5), "Liebestraum No. 3 (A Dream of Love)" (1850) - uncredited)

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Thanks (4 credits)

2014 Absolutely Do Not Die! (Short) (special thanks)

2010 1 a Minute (Documentary) (in memory of: Battled Breast Cancer)

2002 S1m0ne (Simone wishes to thank the following for their contribution to the making of Simone)

2001 Anita no perd el tren (grateful acknowledgment)

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Self (6 credits)

1949 First Test - Miss Garbo (Short) (completed)
Herself

1949 Second Test - Miss Garbo (Short) (completed)
Herself

1949 Third Test - Miss Garbo (Short) (completed)
Herself

1974 Adam & Yves
Herself (uncredited)

1973 Grosse Fische, kleine Fische (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

1957 Pub i City (Documentary short)
Greta Gustafsson, clerk

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Archive footage (82 credits)

2015 Duels (TV Series documentary)

- Dietrich, Garbo, l'ange et la divine (2015)

2014 Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (Documentary)
Herself

2014 #Yaprava (TV Series)
Herself

- Nu, chem ona beret parney? (2014) ... Herself

2012/II Anna Karenina (Short)
Anna Karenina

2012 Arena (TV Series documentary)

- Screen Goddesses (2012)

2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2011 Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (TV Series documentary)
Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka'

- In the Shadow of Fear (2011) ... Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka'

2011 Vito (Documentary)
Christina

2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Felicitas von Rhaden

- Fade Out, Fade In (2010) ... Felicitas von Rhaden (uncredited)

2009 Hollywood sul Tevere (Documentary)
Herself

2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV Movie documentary)

2008 Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (Short)

2008 Spisok korabley (Documentary)

2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Queen Christina

2007 Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

2007 The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (Video documentary)
Herself / Anna Christie / Christina

2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (Documentary)
Herself

2006 Luchino Visconti, le chemin de la recherche (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

2006 Billy Wilder Speaks (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

2005 The World's Most Photographed (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Herself

- Greta Garbo (2005) ... Herself

2005 Garbo (Documentary)
Herself

2005 Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)

2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (Video documentary short)
Herself / Various roles

2003 Complicated Women (TV Movie documentary)
Herself (uncredited)

2003 Satin and Silk (Video short)
Herself

2001 Hollywood Rivals (TV Series)
Herself

- Marlene Dietrich Vs. Greta Garbo ... Herself

2001 Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (TV Movie documentary)
Herself (uncredited)

2000 72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show (TV Special)
Herself (uncredited)

2000/II Gossip
Herself (uncredited)

1998 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- Greta Garbo: The Mysterious Lady (1998) ... Herself

1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

1996 The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (TV Special documentary)
Herself

1995 The Casting Couch (Video documentary)

1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Greta Rumfort / Various roles

- The Unchained Camera (1995) ... Greta Rumfort (uncredited)

- Art's Promised Land (1995) ... Various roles (uncredited)

1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV Movie documentary)
Anna Christie, 'Anna Christie' (uncredited)

1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

1994 100 Years at the Movies (TV Short documentary)
Herself

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary)
Performer in Clips from 'Camille / 'Two-Faced Woman' (uncredited)

1993 Dos reinas (Documentary short)
Herself

1993 Minns Ni? (Documentary short)

1991 O Espectador que o Cinema Esqueceu (Short)

1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself

1990 The Divine Garbo (TV Movie documentary)
Herself (uncredited)

1988 Cinema Paradiso
Grusinskaya - the Dancer (uncredited)

1988 Stiller, Garbo & Jag (Documentary)

1988 Talking Pictures (TV Series documentary)
Various Characters

- The Coming of Sound (1988) ... Various Characters

1986 Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

1984 Garbo Talks
Herself (uncredited)

1984 Diary for My Children
Herself (uncredited)

1982 Annie
Marguerite Gautier (uncredited)

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Actress - 'Ninotchka' (uncredited)

1981 Sixty Years of Seduction (TV Movie documentary)

1980 Hollywood (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Actress 'Love' / Actress 'Mysterios Lady' / Actress 'Woman of Affairs'

- End of an Era (1980)

- Star Treatment (1980) ... Actress 'Love' (uncredited)

- Trick of the Light (1980) ... Actress 'Mysterios Lady' (uncredited)

- Single Beds and Double Standards (1980) ... Actress 'Woman of Affairs' (uncredited)

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary)
Clips from 'Two-Faced Woman', 'Grand Hotel' & 'Ninotchka' etc.

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)
Herself

1971-1972 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Marguerite Gautier from film CAMILLE / Herself

- Episode dated 14 December 1972 (1972) ... Marguerite Gautier from film CAMILLE

- Episode dated 17 December 1971 (1971) ... Herself

1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV Movie documentary)
Herself - film clips (uncredited)

1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV Movie documentary)
Actress 'Anna Karenina' (uncredited)

1969 Marlowe
Herself - in scene from 'Grand Hotel' (uncredited)

1967 The Picture Theatre (TV Movie)

1965 The Love Goddesses (Documentary)
Herself

1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (Documentary)
Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka'

1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (Documentary)
Herself (clip from "The Kiss")

1963 Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV Movie documentary)
Herself (uncredited)

1963 30 Years of Fun

1961 Hollywood: The Golden Years (TV Movie documentary)
Actress 'Flesh and the Devil' (uncredited)

1957 Ein Idol hat Geburtstag - Die Karriere der Greta Garbo (TV Short documentary)
Herself

1955-1956 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary)
Anna Karenina / Marguerite Gautier / Countess Marie Walewska / ...

- Episode #1.31 (1956) ... Anna Karenina / Marguerite Gautier / Countess Marie Walewska / ...

- Episode #1.18 (1956) ... Grusinskaya in 'Grand Hotel'

- Episode #1.6 (1955) ... Anna Christie

1955 Screen Snapshots: Ramblin' Round Hollywood (Documentary short)
Herself

1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Clip from 'Camille'

1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (TV Special)

1951 Strictly Dishonorable
Herself / Actress in Silent Movie 'A Woman of Affairs' (uncredited)

1950 Wonderful Times (Documentary)
Herself

1944 Garabatos Greta Garbo (Short)
Herself

1944 Some of the Best (Documentary)
Felicitas in Flesh and the Devil / Grusinskaya - The Dancer in Grand Hotel (uncredited)

1943 Vi mötte stormen
Herself (uncredited)

1940 The Miracle of Sound (Documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)

1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (Documentary short)
Herself

1939 From the Ends of the Earth (Documentary short)
Herself

1939 The Movies March On (Short documentary)
Herself

1937 The Romance of Celluloid (Short)
Countess Marie Walewska

1934 Hollywood Party
Queen Christina (clip from 'Queen Christina') (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1949 she secretly filmed a screen test in preparation for a comeback, which never materialized. This film was believed lost for decades until a print was discovered by a movie collector.

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Alternate Names:

Greta Gustafsson

Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on sex] In America, an obsession. In other parts of the world, a fact. See more »

Trivia:

Her greatest confidante was Salka Viertel, a German friend who had known her back in Sweden. Viertel proved to be very manipulative of her, including relationships (particularly with Mercedes de Acosta), film choices and general living. It was Viertel, in fact, who persuaded her not to return to films. Ironically, Viertel was friendly with Marlene Dietrich, Garbo's enemy, whom Salka had known ... See more »