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Film actress

Greta Garbo, born on September 18, 1905 in Stockholm, Sweden, and died on April 15, 1990, was a renowned film actress. She was celebrated in the film industry from the 1930s to the 1950s, known for her unique acting style and enigmatic persona.

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Famous Greta Garbo Quotes

“Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.”

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Book:Walking with Garbo: conversations and recollections

Source: Walking with Garbo: conversations and recollections

“Garbo still belongs to that moment in cinema when capturing the human face still plunged audiences into the deepest ecstasy, when one literally lost oneself in a human image as one would in a philtre, when the face represented a kind of absolute state of the flesh, which could be neither reached nor renounced.”

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“I have made enough faces.”

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Author:Greta Garbo

About the Author

Born: September 18, 1905
Died: April 15, 1990
Known for: Film actress
Quotes: 54

Books & Sources

Conversations with Greta GarboRelated source material

Walking with Garbo: conversations and recollectionsRelated source material

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