Greta Garbo

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We talked about the 1930’s earlier this week and mentioned the blooming glam of Hollywood during the decade. One of the stars we mentioned was Greta Garbo, the anonymous swedish movie star!

Early Years

Born in 1905 in Stockholm, she spent her early years in the capital and at the age of 14 began working at the fashion department store P.U.B..She soon began modelling, where a commercial for the store would become her first movie role. She later began studying acting at the age of 17, and would soon star in silent movie The Saga of Gosta Berlin which would become her breakthrough.

Hollywood years

She followed up her success by starring in numerous silent movies, Anna Karenina (1927) to mention one. As the movie industry went from silent movies to sound movies, many actors careers ended due to the change. Garbo however adapted successfully and her first movie of sound, Anna Christie (1930) became a huge success. The success would continue and she was in total nominated for four Academy Awards throughout her career. Her work ethic was rather anonymous as only a few people got to see her in action, she never did interviews nor attended premieres or events. She ended her career in 1941 after her movie flopped.

Style Icon: Greta Garbo

Her breakthrough in Hollywood came perfect in time as Hollywood stars became major fashion icons. Even though she remained private in life, her performances and charisma on screen left a remarkable impact on the time’s beauty dimension. Her well defined eyebrows, doe eyes and thin lips were iconic and her soft elegance would become a trademark. She also wore pants and flats which was an exception for women at time. Although little is known about her and her mysterious life she managed to turn the unanswered questions to a legacy and centered her light to the cinematic performances.

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  22. The earlier working years in history always fascinate me - working in a fashion department at the age of 14, amazing! You’re quite right about her ‘soft elegance’ 🙂

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  33. I have to admit i absolutely love to come back to your blog every day. Here is always something interesting to learn an read. I’ve never read about Greta Garbo, I knew about her, but never research anything about her life. thank you for sharing details. Love it x
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