Greta Garbo, born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson (18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990), was a Swedish-born American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her "luminous and unforgettable screen performances." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman.
| Full name at birth | Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
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| Claim to fame | Flesh and the Devil, Anna Christie
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| Date of birth | 18 September 1905
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| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden
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| Date of death | 15 April 1990
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| Place of death | New York, New York
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| Cause of death | Pneumonia
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| Resting place | Skogskyrkogården Cemetery,Stockholm
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| Occupation | Actress
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| Height | 5' 7" (170 cm)
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| Net worth | $50,000,000 USD
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| University | Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm (1922-24)
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