Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990)

Swedish film actress and an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods.

* September 18, 1905 Stockholm, Sweden
 as Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
 April 15, 1990 New York, New York



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, May 1928
Photoplay, August 1929
Photoplay, August 1930

Photoplay, January 1932
Photoplay, January 1933
Photoplay, January 1928

Photoplay, January 1928
Photoplay, January 1928
Photoplay, February 1928


Articles by Greta Garbo

What the Public Wants, in: Bert Cardullo, Harry Geduld, Ronald Gottesman, and Leigh Woods (ed.), Playing to the Camera, New Haven and London, 1998

Books on Greta Garbo

Robert Dance
The Savvy Sphinx, How Garbo conquered Hollywood
Jackson, 2021

Nicole Nottelmann
Ich liebe dich. Für immer, Greta Garbo und Salka Viertel
Berlin, 2011

Mark A. Vieira Greta Garbo Mark A. Vieira
Greta Garbo, A Cinematic Legacy
2005

Scott Reisfield, Robert Dance
Garbo, Portraits from her private collection
New York, 2005

Barry Paris Garbo Barry Paris
Garbo
2002

Robert Payne The Great Garbo Robert Payne
The Great Garbo
New York, New York, 2002

Hugo Vickers Loving Garbo Hugo Vickers
Loving Garbo, The Story of Greta Garbo, Cecil Beaton and Mercedes de Acosta
London, 1995

Michaela Krützen The most beautiful woman on the screen Michaela Krützen
The most beautiful woman on the screen, the fabrication of the star Greta Garbo
Frankfurt am Main ; Berlin [u.a.], 1992

Sven Broman
Conversations with Greta Garbo
New York, N.Y., 1992

Antoni Gronowicz Greta Garbo Antoni Gronowicz
Greta Garbo, Ihr Leben
München, 1990

Antoni Gronowicz Garbo Antoni Gronowicz
Garbo
New York, 1990

Robert Payne Greta Garbo Robert Payne
Greta Garbo, Ihre Filme - ihr Leben
München, 1985

Larry Carr
Four Fabulous Faces, Swanson, Garbo, Crawford, Dietrich
1980

Frederick Sands, Sven Broman Die Göttliche Greta Garbo Frederick Sands, Sven Broman
Die Göttliche Greta Garbo, Die Wahrheit über einen Mythos
München, 1979

Robert Payne
The great Garbo
New York, 1976

Richard Corliss Greta Garbo Richard Corliss
Greta Garbo
New York, 1974

Michael Conway, Dion McGregor and Mark Ricci The Films of Greta Garbo Michael Conway, Dion McGregor and Mark Ricci
The Films of Greta Garbo
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973

Ture Sjölander
Garbo
New York, [1971]

John Bainbridge
Garbo
New York, [1971]

Compiled by Michael Conway, Dion McGregor, and Mark Ricci
The films of Greta Garbo.
New York, [1963]

Fritiof Billquist
Garbo, A biography
New York, [1960]

John Bainbridge
Garbo
Garden City, N.Y., 1955

E.E. Laing
Greta Garbo, The story of a specialist
London, [1946]

Hans-Joachim Schlamp Die Partner der Greta Garbo Hans-Joachim Schlamp
Die Partner der Greta Garbo
Berlin, [1939]

Aros Greta Garbo Aros
Greta Garbo, Ihr Weg von Stockholm bis Hollywood
Berlin, 1932

Rilla Page Palmborg
The private life of Greta Garbo
Garden City, N.Y., 1931

C.M. Arconado Het leven van Greta Garbo C.M. Arconado
Het leven van Greta Garbo
Amsterdam, [1929]

Books with substantial mentioning of Greta Garbo

Dan Callahan The art of American screen acting, 1912-1960 Dan Callahan
The art of American screen acting, 1912-1960
Jefferson, North Carolina, 2018

Adrienne L. McLean (ed.)
Glamour in a golden age, Movie stars of the 1930s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2011

Patrice Petro (ed.)
Idols of modernity, Movie stars of the 1920s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2010

 Leading Ladies
Leading Ladies, The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Area
2006

Jane Ellen Wayne The golden girls of MGM Jane Ellen Wayne
The golden girls of MGM, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, and others
New York, 2003

Anthony Slide Silent Players Anthony Slide
Silent Players, A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Lexington, Ky, 2002

John Dileo 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Eva Gesine Baur Göttinnen des Jahrhunderts Eva Gesine Baur
Göttinnen des Jahrhunderts, 26 Porträts
2001

Jeanine Basinger Silent Stars Jeanine Basinger
Silent Stars
Hanover and London, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Hans J. Wollstein Strangers in Hollywood Hans J. Wollstein
Strangers in Hollywood, The History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1910 to World War II
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1994

Danny Peary Alternate Oscars Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Richard Dyer MacCann The Stars Appear Richard Dyer MacCann
The Stars Appear
Metuchen, NJ & London, 1992

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Michael Jay (editor) Hollywood Goddesses Michael Jay (editor)
Hollywood Goddesses
London, 1982

DeWitt Bodeen
More from Hollywood, The Careers of 15 Great American Stars
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1977

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

James Robert Parish Hollywood's Great Love Teams James Robert Parish
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Friederike Mat (ed.) Unsere Filmlieblinge Friederike Mat (ed.)
Unsere Filmlieblinge, Ein Bilderbuch
Wien, München, Düsseödorf, Bozen, 1956

Käthe Brinker Nordische Filmsterne Käthe Brinker
Nordische Filmsterne, Zarah Leander, Kristina Söderbaum, Ingrid Bergmann, Greta Garbo
Berlin, [1939]

Käthe Brinker
Film-Anekdoten 1938, Wahre Geschichten aus dem Leben unserer Filmkünstler
Berlin, 1938

Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931 Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor)
Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world
London, [1931]

B. Binger-Cantor Twaalf van de film B. Binger-Cantor
Twaalf van de film, Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen uit het leven der groote filmsterren
Amsterdam,

Books with an entry on Greta Garbo

Denise Lowe An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930 Denise Lowe
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930
New York, London, Oxford, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Glenn Mitchell The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia Glenn Mitchell
The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia
London, 1996

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1991, A Survey of the Films of 1990
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1991

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Books with photograph(s) of Greta Garbo

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

John Kobal (ed.) Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties John Kobal (ed.)
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties, 163 Glamor Photos
New York, 1977

Articles on Greta Garbo

Michael Williams, 'Gilbo Garbage' or 'The Champion Lovemakers of Two Nations': Uncoupling Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, in: Shelley Cobb and Neil Ewen (eds.), First comes love, New York, 2015

Melinda Szaloky, 'As you desire me'. Reading 'The Divine Garbo' throught mobement, silence and the sublime, in: Film History, vol. 18, 2006 pp. 196-208

Lucy Fischer, Greta Garbo and Silent Cinema, The Actress as Art Deco Icon, in: Jennifer M. Bean and Diane Negra (eds.), A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema, Durham & London, 2002

Gregory Mank, The Divine Garbo, in: Films in Review, vol. 30, 1979 pp. 513-538