Wich celebrities didn't she like?
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bluedamsel — 17 years ago(May 04, 2008 09:21 PM)
From the books I read years ago, Garbo did not like Clark Gable because of his wooden acting. Also she strongly disliked Marlene Dietrich. Apparently, they shared the same lovers (male and female). It seems to me that Dietrich purposely went after Garbo's exes to irritate her. I am not sure what originally started their feud. Maybe, it was just a competition or jealousy thing between them.
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y-ioannides — 17 years ago(June 07, 2008 06:55 AM)
Garbo actually liked Gable very much. For this subject you can read the two most complete Garbo biographies by Barry Paris and Karen Swenson. In both these well documented books it is stated that Garbo enjoyed working with Gable even though she was not happy with her part in "Susan Lennox". Plus (I believe it is in the Karen Swenson book) Garbo who basically allowed no visitors while shooting a scene reversed her rules in Gable's case and said that he was welcome whenever he wanted to visit the set (I believe it was during filming "Conquest" with Charles Boyer). There is also a description of her chatting cheerfully with Clark Gable on a couple of occasions during the 1930s and she was also present at the reception given for the wedding of Gable and Carole LOmbard. Plus, Gable's public comments on Garbo were always laudatory and very respectful. Unfortunately the "disliking" rumour regarding Garbo and Gable started with that horrible and totally untruthful book by Gronowitz on Garbo which was packed with lies and erroneous reports.
For a more accurate account on Garbo's acting and personnality try the biographies by Karen Swenson and Barry Paris as well as Mark Vieira"s detailed account on her american career. -
Astique408 — 17 years ago(May 14, 2008 04:58 AM)
You can read the story about Garbo's meeting with Davies here,
http://www.garboforever.com/Garbo_Stories-19.htm#MarionDavies -
cookiela2001 — 15 years ago(January 28, 2011 03:09 PM)
<< Very interesting. For some reason her bitchyness interests me. >>
From what I've read, Garbo seemed to lack basic "people skills". Like a lot of actors, she was very self-involved.
She was under a lot of stress doing her last film, but the designer Adrian quit MGM when his wardrobe for it was junked. He said,
"When the glamour ends for Garbo, it also ends for me."
Her response? She told him,
"I'm very sorry that you're leaving, but you know, I never really liked most of the clothes you made me wear."
(Karen Swenson bio, p.413)
Wow. Just because you're stuck in a film you don't like doesn't mean you have to be a total c@%t! -
death_jamm_productions — 14 years ago(April 09, 2011 03:36 PM)
she was also a well known racist
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vinidici — 14 years ago(March 05, 2012 01:13 PM)
she was also a well known racist
According to whom??? I'd ask you to provide a source, but I think the only scource for THAT juicy little tidbit is locked somewhere within the inner walls of your skull.
Burden of proof is on you.
Whatever you do, DO NOT read this sigACKKK!!!
TOO LATE!!! -
metalman091 — 14 years ago(April 01, 2012 01:47 PM)
http://www.garboforever.com/Garbo_Stories-Anecdotes-2.htm
Here is a website packed with anecdotes about Greta, that I found very interesting. -
velcronewsletter — 14 years ago(June 30, 2011 03:03 PM)
shyness is often percieved as coldness. reading all these conflicting accounts about her i did wonder once if she was slightly autistic with those bad people skills of hers but overall i think she was very5b4 shy (which tends to come across badly) and she was so strict on her principles (like not being fake or used gossip or small talk with people) that she seemed stubborn and hard headed at times
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metalman091 — 14 years ago(July 09, 2011 10:41 AM)
She got along well with Lon Chaney, Lillian Gish, Jimmy Durante and even played with Cheryl Crane (Lana Turner's daughter), when Cheryl was a baby.
Garbo and Durante knew each other from MGM. He sent her a letter asking her to appear on his television show. Garbo sent a reply a few days later which read;
"Dear Mr. Schnozzola, Of course I remember you. Fondly. You are that dear man who made me laugh so. But I'm afraid that I cannot accept your kind invitation. I am not yet ready for television, but thank you for asking me. Your friend Greta Garbo."
Incidentally, it was Lon Chaney and Lillian Gish who told Garbo to remain mysterious and avoid publicity. 1c84 -
metalman091 — 12 years ago(October 20, 2013 12:24 AM)
Among her co-stars, Garbo got along well with John Barrymore, Erich Von Stroheim, Charles Boyer, Lew Ayres. Outside of film, Garbo got along with Laurence Olivier [they made up after their 1933 "misunderstanding"], Jimmy Durante, Lon Chaney, Lillian Gish, Henry Fonda, Spencer Tracy, Richard Burton, David Niven and Humphrey Bogart. She may have not been chummy with all these people, but she did get along with them.
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markedjuan — 10 years ago(January 12, 2016 01:15 AM)
In her autobiography, Ingrid Bergman wrote that she met Garbo some time in the 1940s, at a party in Europe. It was a cordial encounter but not a particularly friendly or warm one. At least that's what I think because Bergman described the encounter in such a perfunctory manner. As they chatted, Garbo seemed to disagree on Bergman's opinion of a certain subject (I forgot what, but it wasn't anything too deep) and when Bergman explained her position, Garbo just walked away.
In the 1970s, Bette Davis had an opportunity to meet Garbo when a friend told her a meeting could be arranged. Davis looked forward to this because she was a big fan of Garbo but she chickened out in the end. Davis, according to a writer, felt that she didn't want to be a big bother to Garbo, who might have felt that Davis had asked to arrange for the meeting.
This may have been one of the those rare instances when Davis felt intimidated by a colleague. Or perhaps it was just pride on her part since it seemed to her that the desire to meet each other wasn't really mutual.