ACTOR

Greta Garbo

1905 - 1990

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Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American 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 characters, and her subtle and understated performances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Greta Garbo has received more than 7,395,076 page views. Her biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Greta Garbo is the 64th most popular actor (down from 58th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Actor.

Greta Garbo was a famous actress who is most famous for her roles in the film, "Grand Hotel" and "Camille."

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 93

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Greta Garbo ranks 64 out of 13,578. Before her are Ingrid Bergman, Michael Gambon, Will Smith, Christopher Lee, Liam Neeson, and Omar Sharif. After her are Charles Bronson, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Kirk Douglas, Alan Alda, and Henry Fonda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Greta Garbo ranks 8. Before her are Ayn Rand, Howard Hughes, Simo Häyhä, Albert Speer, Elias Canetti, and Viktor Frankl. After her are Henry Fonda, Dag Hammarskjöld, Christian Dior, Carl David Anderson, Faustina Kowalska, and Mikhail Sholokhov. Among people deceased in 1990, Greta Garbo ranks 3. Before her are Rajneesh, and Lev Yashin. After her are Roald Dahl, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Althusser, Alberto Moravia, Ava Gardner, B. F. Skinner, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Paulette Goddard, and Sarah Vaughan.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Greta Garbo ranks 20 out of 1,879. Before her are Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Olof Palme (1927), and Ingrid Bergman (1915). After her are Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Bridget of Sweden (1303), Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), and Ingrid of Sweden (1910).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Greta Garbo ranks 2. Before her are Ingrid Bergman (1915). After her are Max von Sydow (1929), Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Anita Ekberg (1931), Dolph Lundgren (1957), Bibi Andersson (1935), Peter Stormare (1953), Ingrid Thulin (1926), Harriet Andersson (1932), Erland Josephson (1923), and Björn Andrésen (1955).

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Television and Movie Roles

Ninotchka
Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Nov 23o 19397.5 / 10
Grand Hotel
Grusinskaya
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
May 25o 19327 / 10
Camille
Marguerite Gautier
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.
Dec 26o 19367 / 10