Greta Garbo of 1931 and 1932, respectively, and Garbo was dubbed "the greatest money-making machine ever put on screen." Garbo's close friend Mercedes de Acosta then penned a screenplay for her to portray Joan of Arc but producers rebuffed the idea and the film was shelved. After appearing in "As You Desire Me" (1932), the first of three Garbo films which co-starred Melvyn Douglas, Garbo's MGM contract expired and she returned to Sweden. After nearly a year of negotiations, Garbo agreed to renew her contract with MGM on the condition she would star in "Queen Christina" and her salary would be increased
Greta Schröder with struggling actor Ernst Matray, she was married to actor and film director Paul Wegener until his death in 1948. According to the Austrian writer Kay Weniger, Greta Schröder died in 1980, though some sources mention 1967. Greta Schröder Greta Schröder (27 June 1892 – 8 June 1980) was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and Count Orlok's victim in the 1922 silent film "Nosferatu". In the fictionalized 2000 film, "Shadow of the Vampire", she is portrayed as having been a famous actress during the making of "Nosferatu", but in fact she