Immigrant of the Day: Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo (1905-1990) is regarded as one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Hollywood studio system. Garbo received a 1955 Honorary Oscar "for her unforgettable screen performances" and was ranked as the fifth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.  The Guinness Book of World Records named Garbo as "the most beautiful woman who ever lived".

Born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson in Stockholm, Sweden, the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson (1871–1920) and Anna Lovisa Johansson (1872–1944). On February 9, 1951, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

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