Greta Garbo is known as the “Swedish Sphinx”. Her dream was to become an actress, but when she finally achieved her dream, she took an alias and isolated herself from everyone. The film company tried to get a hold of her, but Garbo did not let them overcome her influence. Today she is considered one of the most famous and popular actresses. Here are interesting facts about the actress, which can be the basis for a biographical film.

The real name of the actress is Greta Gustafsson. The pseudonym Garbo was invented by the Swedish director Moritz Stiller. There is a hypothesis that he changed the surname of the famous Norwegian actress Erika Darbo.

Greta had a difficult childhood. When she was 14, her father died. The girl had to drop out of school and look for a job. She got a job in a women’s headscarf shop as a saleswoman. The store owner offered her to become a model to display the store’s products.

The shy but very beautiful girl immediately attracted the attention of the show business. Later, Greta became interested in acting and accepted into the School of Dramatic Art.

Before being famous, Greta Gustafsson had an overweight problem. Director Moritz Stiller forced her to lose weight. However, after that she was not considered a slim actress in Hollywood. Even after becoming famous Greta herself could not get rid of complications related to her appearance. She considered herself too tall and not good-looking. In those years, being very tall was not considered very beautiful. At first, she was not very good at English, but soon the actress conquered Hollywood and began to receive very high royalties.

Garbo also had a great voice, which was a bonus in her career. In 1930, the sound film “Anna Christie” was released, which was advertised with the slogan “Garbo Speaks”.

Garbo had very beautiful and distinctive eyelashes. When she was an actress, she was advised to cut them so that they would not cast a shadow on her face. Happily, Greta did not do that.

Greta is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as “The most beautiful woman in the world”. Maybe this is because she had an unusual symmetrical face. However, the actress had always stated that she thought her sister, Alva, was more beautiful. Alva died of illness at the age of 24.

Greta ran away from her wedding. She was going to marry actor John Gilbert, whom she met on the set of Flesh and the Devil, but she did not participate in her wedding arranged by MGM.

Garbo ended her acting career when she was 36 years old. Her last role was in “Two Faced Woman”, which was highly criticized by people. The actress noted that this work was really difficult for her.

Greta Garbo passed away in 1990 and left her estate to her niece Gray Rainsfield, because she had no children. The actress wanted to be buried in Stockholm, and her request was granted 10 years after her death.

Well, here is the woman considered the most beautiful in the world. Do you find her so beautiful and unique?