Greta+Garbo

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__Biography__

Born: September 18, 1905

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Death: April 15, 1990

Education: Catherine Elementary School, Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm 1922-1924

Influences: Her father died so she had to drop out of school and work. She modeled for a newspaper and thats when she decided to be a actress.

Profession: Greta was an actress in movies such as Gone With the Wind, Goldfinger, All About Eve, The Bad and The Beautiful, Casablanca, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Psycho, and the Wizard of Oz. Those are just a few of the 150 movies she was in.

Achievements: Greta Garbo acted in about 150 films. She was easily the most famous/richest actress in the 20's. In some movies she earned as much as 500,000 dollars.

Q uote: "Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game" This quote means that being a movie star isn't easy, everyone always is in your business. This goes with Greta because she was a movie star and she was never left alone and thats all she wanted.

Comparison: Greta Garbo - Carmen Electra Greta and Carmen are alike because they both are famous actresses. Both are used as "sex" symbols in movies. They both are very rich and successful.

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