GRETA GARBO
Arts
Born: September 18, 1905
Stockholm, Sweden
Died: April 15, 1990

"I want to be alone."

Swedish actress  Greta Garbo was brought to Hollywood by Swedish director Mauritz Stiller, who found her "supersensual, spiritual and mystic" and cast her in his 1924 film The Atonement of Gosta Berling. When Samuel Goldwyn invited Stiller to work in Hollywood he accepted with the condition that he could bring his protege Garbo, who went on to become one of the great stars of the American screen, and until her retirement in 1941 made two dozen films, including Flesh and the Devil (1927), her first sound film Mata Hari (1931) and Anna Karenina (1935). was brought to Hollywood by Swedish director Mauritz Stiller, who found her "supersensual, spiritual and mystic" and cast her in his 1924 film The Atonement of Gosta Berling. When Samuel Goldwyn invited Stiller to work in Hollywood he accepted with the condition that he could bring his protege Garbo, who went on to become one of the great stars of the American screen, and until her retirement in 1941 made two dozen films, including Flesh and the Devil (1927), her first sound film Mata Hari (1931) and Anna Karenina (1935).