Movie star greta garbo biography hollywood

Biography

Actress Greta Garbo had a greater impact on her craft than did any other actress in the 20th century. She introduced what is now called method acting to the screen, and in twenty-eight films, twenty-five of them filmed in the United States, redefined the image of women on the screen.

Movie star greta garbo biography hollywood

Her stunning beauty and style captured the hearts of millions.

Born in Stockholm, Sweden, she was the youngest of three children of a working class family. In 1920, she took a job as a salesperson at the leading Swedish department store, PUB, a job which led to her appearance in two advertising shorts for the store.

This was followed by her first film role in the comedy Peter the Tramp (also known as Luffar-Petter; 1922). Later that year she won a full scholarship to the Academy of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, the training ground for nearly every Swedish actor.

In 1923, Garbo left the Academy to star in Mauritz Stiller's classic Gosta Berling's Saga, which premiered in 1924.