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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).
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Noun1.GarboGarbo - United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)


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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.
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.
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).
 
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