Greta Garbo

From 1922 to 1924, she studied at The Royal Dramatic Theatre's Acting School in Stockholm. Read Less

However, the financing failed to materialize and the project was abandoned. Read Less

Garbo was cremated and her ashes were interred in 1999 at Skogskyrkogården Cemetery just south of her native Stockholm.

She had invested wisely, primarily in stocks and bonds, and left her entire estate, $32,042,429, to her niece, Gray Reisfield.

Garbo was an international superstar during the late silent era and the "Golden-Age" of Hollywood and is widely regarded as a cinematic legend. Almost immediately, with the sudden popularity of her first pictures, she became a screen icon. For most of her career she was the highest paid actor or actress at MGM, making her for many years its biggest "prestige" star. It has been said that at the peak of her popularity she had become a virtual cult figure.

During the silent period, Garbo developed an acting technique that is thought to have been ahead of its time, one that set her apart from other actors and actresses of the period. Noted film historian Jeffrey Vance said that Garbo communicated her characters' innermost feelings through her movement, gestures, and most importantly, her eyes. With the slightest movement of them, he argues, she subtlety conveyed complex attitudes and feelings toward other characters and the truth of the situation. This approach demonstrated a deep bond with the character, with actions seemingly made on the basis of internal motivation—now referred to as working "from the inside-out". Director Clarence Brown, who made seven of Garbo's pictures, once said. "You could see thought. Read Less