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candour (oh) and Garbo, Greta (sh)


candour (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: 'whiteness, candor', from candere; CANDID]
the quality of being honest and telling the truth, even when the truth may be unpleasant or embarrassing
-see also candid candid
::She spoke with remarkable candour about her experiences.

Garbo, Greta (sh)




orig. Greta Louisa Gustafsson

born Sept. 18, 1905, Stockholm, Swed.
died April 15, 1990, New York, N.Y., U.S.

Swedish-U.S. Film star.

She was working as a salesclerk when she was chosen to appear in publicity films for the store where she worked. Her modest Success encouraged her to study at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's Training school, where the Film director Mauritz Stiller discovered her. He cast her in The Story of G?sta Berling (1924) and became her mentor and coach. Stiller and Garbo were hired by MGM in 1925, and Garbo's Beauty and enigmatic personality made her a star in her first U.S. Film, The Torrent (1926). Aloof, mysterious, yet passionate, she mesmerized audiences in films such as Love (1927), Anna Christie (1930), Grand Hotel (1932), Anna Karenina (1935), Camille (1936), and Ninotchka (1939). Her reclusive life after her sudden retirement at age 36 added to her mystique.


Greta Garbo in Camille (1936).

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