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Garbo

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Gar·bo  (gärb), Greta Originally Greta Louisa Gustafsson. 1905-1990.
Swedish-born American actress known for her reclusiveness and her performances in such films as Queen Christina (1933) and Camille (1937).
garbo [ˈgɑːbəʊ]
n pl garbos
Austral informal a dustman
[from garbage]
Garbo [ˈgɑːbəʊ]
n
(Biographies / Garbo, Greta (1905-1990) F, USnational of birth: Swedish, FILMS AND TV: actress) Greta (ˈgrɛtə), real name Greta Lovisa Gustafson. 1905-90, US film actress, born in Sweden. Her films include Grand Hotel (1932), Queen Christina (1933), Anna Karenina (1935), Camille (1936), and Ninotchka (1939)
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Noun1.GarboGarbo - United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
Greta Garbo, Greta Louisa Gustafsson


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He has played, worked, drunk, and palled around with the creme de la creme of the 20th century--Greta Garbo, JFK, Bette Davis, Amelia Earhart, Orson Welles, Federico Fellini, Princess Margaret, and Grace Kelly.
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Those three adjectives, by the way, perfectly describe the Violetta of soprano Elizabeth Futral, who sings the fallen woman at the heart of this tale -- a story some may know better in its silver-screen incarnation, the Greta Garbo vehicle ``Camille.
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Yatkin set about reading all the literature--factual and fictional--on her subject and seeing the movies (the three most popular screen protagonists were Greta Garbo, Jeanne Moreau, and Sylvia Kristel).
A mata of survival by Jackson, George / Dance Magazine
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