Greta Garbo
　　
　　An unforgettable face ...
　　perfect bone structure ...
　　hypnotic eyes ...
　　an impenetrable gaze ...
　　husky voice ...
　　a face capable of registering everything
　　and yet ... nothing
　　
　　Probably no other star in the history of Hollywood has been wrapped in so much mystery as Greta Garbo.
　　Her fans worship her. Many newer moviegoers don’t even know about her, for a number of reasons. Many of her films were silent, and some are no longer available. All were black and white. She ended her career prematurely.
　　Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm, Sweden on September 18, 1905, as Greta Lovisa Gustafsson. Her father died when she was 14, and she had to work to help support her family. But that may have been a pivotal moment in her career, because her appearances in advertising for the department store where she worked resulted in a role in a film, which in turn caused her to attend a drama school in Sweden. By the age of 18 she was on her way to stardom, and by 1925, off to Hollywood.
　　She wowed them in her first talking film, Anna Christie, in 1930. She was the highest-paid woman in America during the 30s. She made her last film in 1941, at only 36, and retired from the business. She died in 1990, at the age of 84, after almost 50 http://www.fwxf.comyears out of the filmmaking business.
　　Right or wrong, her decision to stop making films just contributed to her mystique. She did not, as is widely believed, go into seclusion, however. She lived in New York City, hung out with the gliterati, and worked in her garden. She was nominated four times for Best Actress Oscars (twice in one year), but never won. However, she received a special Oscar in 1954. She was recently voted #5 on the AFI’s list of greatest classic actresses. Her relatively small number of available films has contributed to a lot of discussion of which ones were the best. The discussion has stepped up in 2006.
　　
　　在好莱坞历史上,或许没有任何人像格丽塔·嘉宝这样神秘莫测｡
　　她的影迷崇拜她｡由于各种原因,许多年轻的影迷对她一无所知｡她的作品中有很多是无声电影,其中有许多甚至已无处可寻｡所有的作品都是黑白电影｡并且,她过早地结束了自己的电影事业｡
　　格丽塔·嘉宝1905年9月18日出生在瑞典的斯德哥尔摩,原名格丽塔·洛维萨·格斯塔夫森｡在她14岁那年,父亲去世了,她不得不开始工作以帮助家人｡然而,正因如此她迎来了职业生涯的一个关键点｡在一次百货商场宣传活动中的亮相为她赢得了一次出演电影的机会,也正是这部电影使她进入了瑞典一家戏剧学校学习｡18岁时,嘉宝踏上成为明星之路,1925年,奔赴好莱坞｡
　　1930年,嘉宝在她的第一部有声电影《安娜·克莉丝蒂》中的表现令人刮目相看｡她是上世纪30年代美国片酬最高的女演员,最后一部作品完成于1941年｡36岁时,嘉宝便息影了｡在离开电影界近50年后,于1990年逝世,享年84岁｡
　　无论是对还是错,嘉宝终止电影事业的决定更增加了她的神秘感｡和大多数人的猜测不同,她并没有隐居｡恰恰相反,她住在纽约,经常与文人过从甚密,并在自己的花园里劳作｡她曾被四次提名奥斯卡影后(其中一年被提名两次),但从未获此殊荣｡然而,她在1954年荣获了奥斯卡特别奖,并在最近票选的美国电影学会最伟大的经典女演员排行榜中位列第五｡尽管能找到的作品相对为数不多,但却引来无数争论,到底哪些是她最优秀的作品｡这样的讨论一直延续到了2006年｡