Greta Garbo was born in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. She was the third and youngest child of Anna Lovisa (née Karlsson, 1872–1944), a housewife who later worked at a jam factory, and Karl Alfred Gustafsson (1871–1920), a laborer. Garbo had an older brother, Sven Alfred (1898–1967), and an older sister, Alva Maria (1903–1926). Her parents met in Stockholm, where her father had been visiting from Frinnaryd. He moved to Stockholm to become independent and worked in various odd jobs—street cleaner, grocer, factory worker and butcher's assistant. He married Anna, who had recently moved from Högsby. The Gustafssons were impoverished and lived in a
Greta Scacchi she posed nude with a codfish to promote the documentary "End of the Line", a film exposing the effects of overfishing. She continues to lead the linked Fishlove campaign, which has seen a host of well known actors pose for photographs with a variety of fish. In October 2013, for her services to the arts she was made a knight in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Greta Scacchi Greta Scacchi (; born 18 February 1960) is an Italian-Australian actress known for her roles in the films "White Mischief", "Presumed Innocent", "The Player" and "Looking for Alibrandi". She