Greta Garbo what we really ought to look at is the girl… The girl, look at the girl!" After the screening, his daughter reported, he was unwavering: "I'll take her without him. I'll take her "with" him. Number one is the girl." In 1925, Garbo, then 20 and unable to speak English, was brought over from Sweden at the request of Mayer. Both Garbo and Stiller arrived in New York in July 1925 after a 10-day trip on the SS "Drottningholm". But they remained in New York for more than six months without any word from MGM. They decided to travel to
Greta Garbo was mailed to her home address. She twice received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for "Anna Karenina", 1935, and "Camille", 1936. She won the National Board of Review Best Acting Award for "Camille", 1936, "Ninotchka", 1939, and "Two-Faced Woman", 1941. The Swedish royal medal, Litteris et Artibus, awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art or literature, was presented to Garbo in January 1937. In a 1950 "Daily Variety" opinion poll, Garbo was voted Best Actress of the Half Century, In 1957, she was awarded The George Eastman Award,