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Greta Garbo [a] (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; [b] 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American [1] actress and a premier star during Hollywood's silent and early golden eras. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she was known for her melancholic and somber screen persona, her film portrayals of tragic ...
Later in 1942, Garbo and MGM mutually agreed to terminate her contract with the studio. Contrary to popular belief, Garbo did not retire from acting because of the poor reception to Two-Faced Woman; she fully intended to return to films following the end of World War II.
Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood.
A home built in the 1930s for silver screen star Greta Garbo just hit the market in Beverly Crest for $12 million.
The story inspired Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" in 1853 and many English productions as "Camille," including the acclaimed 1936 movie starring Greta Garbo.
David O. Selznick had purchased the rights to Robert Smythe Hichens' novel in 1933, before it was published, when Selznick was still at MGM, with Greta Garbo in mind to star – indeed, Garbo was Hichens' inspiration for the creation of Mrs. Paradine. Garbo did consider doing the film, but ultimately turned it down.
He retired, a stunning announcement for a great player who could have kept playing at a high level, collected that $21 million and maybe more. He told the 49ers in early March of 2015, giving them ...
Gilbert announced his retirement from acting and was working at Fox as an "honorary" director when, in August 1933, he announced he had signed a seven-year contract with MGM at $75–100,000 a picture. [37] The reason was Greta Garbo insisted that Gilbert return to MGM to play her leading man in Queen Christina (1933), directed by Rouben ...