Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo (1905–1990)

Greta Lovisa Gustafsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden on September 18, 1905. She was 14 when her father died, leaving the family destitute. Greta was forced to leave school and go to work in a department store. The store used her for her modeling abilities for newspaper ads. She had no film aspirations until she appeared in an advertising short at ... See full bio »
Born: Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
September 18, 1905 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Died: April 15, 1990 (age 84) in New York City, New York, USA