Greta Garbo Los Angeles on their own, but another five weeks passed with no contact from the studio. On the verge of returning to Sweden, she wrote to her boyfriend back home: "You're quite right when you think I don't feel at home here… Oh you lovely little Sweden, I promise that when I return to you my sad face will smile as never before." A Swedish friend in Los Angeles helped out by contacting MGM producer Irving Thalberg, who agreed to give Garbo a screen test. According to author Frederick Sands, "the result of the test was electrifying. Thalberg was impressed
Greta Gerwig Greta Gerwig Greta Celeste Gerwig (; born August 4, 1983) is an American actress, writer, and director. She first garnered attention after working on and appearing in several mumblecore films. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in a number of films by Joe Swanberg, some of which she co-wrote and co-directed. Since the early 2010s, Gerwig has collaborated with Noah Baumbach on several films, including "Greenberg" (2010), "Frances Ha" (2012), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and "Mistress America" (2015). She has also performed in "Damsels in Distress" (2011), "To Rome with Love" (2012), "Jackie" (2016), and "20th