Greta Garbo documentary reveals star as ‘a relaxed, silly, funny person’
She is remembered as the ultimate reclusive film star, following her shock retirement at the height of her success. But the enduring image of Greta Garbo is being challenged by a new documentary, which will show that, far from withdrawing from life – as in her most famous line, “I want to be alone” – she lived it to the full, partying with close friends.
The British film-maker Lorna Tucker has been given access to previously unseen behind the scenes footage in which the star, once described as “the most alluring, vibrant and yet aloof character ever to grace the motion picture screen”, can be seen larking about and laughing.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 22, 2025 1:17 PM
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The documentary is coming to Netflix this month.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 8, 2025 11:08 PM
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I was surprised she was offered the role of the Mother Superior in The Trouble With Angels. She was also offered a role in one of the Airport movies.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 17, 2025 3:23 AM
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Am currently reading a 2021 bio of her. It confirms how the documentary shows her as humorous and playful. Also was good with children. But there was another side of her. Skittish, unfeeling, selfish and not willing to spend money. Left her $32 million estate to her niece.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 22, 2025 8:10 AM
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Who else would she leave it to, R6? She didn't have her own children.
I always assumed Noel Coward's witty song "Louisa" was about Garbo, whom he knew personally. If not, no clue who.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 22, 2025 1:09 PM
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It’s a terrible documentary. Ridiculous ‘narrator’ in a platinum Marilyn Monroe wig, actress holding a tres creepy Garbo mask in front of her face while Garbo’s letter are read aloud.
Said letters and interviews with descendants of people who knew her in Sweden contain nuggets of interest, and the interview with her nephew or great nephew who was the primary beneficiary of her will, was interesting, though he could have revealed more about his personal relationship with her. But there’s little new here.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 22, 2025 1:17 PM
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