Greta Garbo

18 September 1905 Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
15 April 1990 New York, New York, USA. (pneumonia)
Birth name Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
Nickname The Face, The Swedish Sphinx, Garbo.
Height 5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Ranked #38 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Once voted by The Guinness Book of World Records as the most beautiful woman who ever lived.
Garbo was prone to chronic depression and spent many years attacking it through Eastern philosophy and a solid health food regiment. However, she never gave up smoking and cocktails.
Popularized trenchcoats & berets in the 1930s.
She was voted the 8th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.
Was named #5 Actress on The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Screen Legends.