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Greta Garbo

Before Bette Davis' eyes there were Greta Garbo's. Mysterious and beautiful, the Stockholm native (1905-1990) always made people wonder. "I shall die a bachelor," she said, in her gender-bending role as Sweden's lesbian Queen Christina.

Garbo's sultry accent was part of her charm, and she made the transition from silent films to sound better than most. "Garbo Talks!" exclaimed the publicity for Anna Christie, her first talkie.

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Anna Christie (1930)

Grand Hotel (1932)

Queen Christina (1933)

Anna Karenina (1935)

Camille (1936)

Ninotchka (1939)

Two-Faced Woman (1941)

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Greta Garbo: A Life Apart

Like her contemporary Marlene Dietrich, Garbo had a penchant for butchness. And like Dietrich, the secretive Garbo fell hard for lesbian screenwriter Mercedes de Acosta back in 1931. She retired from acting at the heartbreakingly early age of 36, spending the rest of her life jet-setting around the world, quietly gardening, and just being Garbo.

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