Portrait of Greta Garbo

Acting

Greta Garbo

Career

Active from 1920 to 2012, with a break from 1964 to 1987, busiest in 1929 and 1931 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
34
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ninotchka
Ninotchka
GoodWatch score87/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Academy Honorary Award

    1954 · Won

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1940 · Nominated · 12th Academy Awards

    Ninotchka

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1938 · Nominated · 10th Academy Awards

    Camille

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1930 · Nominated · 3rd Academy Awards

    Anna Christie

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1930 · Nominated · 3rd Academy Awards

    Anna Christie, Romance

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1930 · Nominated · 3rd Academy Awards

    Romance

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Greta Garbo Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.9, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Tragic Romance 5
  • Melodrama 5
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Forbidden Love 5
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Silent Era Romance 3
  • Sophisticated 3
  • Romantic Drama 3
  • Pre-Code Melodrama 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Greta Garbo Performance 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

49
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year (2023)

TV show

2010s

2 titles · average score 77
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
GoodWatch score 77

as (archive footage)

Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (2010)

as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)

2000s

1 title · average score 67
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

as Queen Christina (archive footage)

1990s

3 titles
Stjärnbilder
Stjärnbilder (1995)

as (archive footage)

Minns ni?
Minns ni? (1993)

as (archive footage)

The Meeting of Two Queens
The Meeting of Two Queens (1991)

as (archive footage)

1980s

1 title
Stiller, Garbo & jag
Stiller, Garbo & jag (1988)

as (archive footage)

1970s

2 titles · average score 66
The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage)

1960s

3 titles · average score 66
Marlowe
Marlowe (1969)
GoodWatch score 67

as Grusinskaya(archive footage) (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage)

30 Years of Fun
30 Years of Fun (1963)

as (archive footage)

1950s

1 title
MGM Parade
MGM Parade (1955)

TV show · as Self / self

1940s

1 title · average score 40
Two-Faced Woman
Two-Faced Woman (1941)
GoodWatch score 40

as Karin Borg Blake

1930s

16 titles · average score 70
Ninotchka
Ninotchka (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

as Nina "Ninotchka" Ivanovna Yakushova

Conquest
Conquest (1937)
GoodWatch score 81

as Countess Marie Walewska

Camille
Camille (1936)
GoodWatch score 85

as Marguerite Gautier

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1935)
GoodWatch score 77

as Anna Karenina

Queen Christina
Queen Christina (1934)
GoodWatch score 78

as Christina

The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil (1934)
GoodWatch score 62

as Katrin Koerber Fane

Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel (1932)
GoodWatch score 75

as Grusinskaya

As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me (1932)
GoodWatch score 72

as Zara, a.k.a. Maria

Mata Hari
Mata Hari (1931)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mata Hari

Susan Lenox
Susan Lenox (1931)
GoodWatch score 61

as Helga, aka Susan Lenox

Romance
Romance (1930)
GoodWatch score 50

as Rita Cavallini

Anna Christie
Anna Christie (1930)
GoodWatch score 60

as Anna Christie

1920s

18 titles · average score 68
The Kiss
The Kiss (1929)
GoodWatch score 69

as Irene

The Single Standard
The Single Standard (1929)
GoodWatch score 55

as Arden Stuart

A Woman of Affairs
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
GoodWatch score 68

as Diana Merrick

The Mysterious Lady
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
GoodWatch score 72

as Tania Fedorova

The Divine Woman
The Divine Woman (1928)
GoodWatch score 70

as Marianne

Love
Love (1927)
GoodWatch score 73

as Anna Karenina

Flesh and the Devil
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
GoodWatch score 85

as Felicitas

Torrent
Torrent (1926)
GoodWatch score 62

as Leonora Moreno

The Temptress
The Temptress (1926)
GoodWatch score 68

as Elena

Joyless Street
Joyless Street (1925)
GoodWatch score 67

as Greta Rumfort

The Saga of Gösta Berling
The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924)
GoodWatch score 68

as Elizabeth Dohna

Peter the Tramp
Peter the Tramp (1922)

as Greta