Greta Garbo than $1 million at the box office, becoming one of the studio's biggest failures of the decade. Garbo's popularity had considerably dropped, and when her contract expired soon thereafter, she returned briefly to Sweden. On 3 May 1938, Garbo was among the many stars—including Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Luise Rainer, Katharine Hepburn, Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire, Dolores del Río and others—dubbed to be "Box Office Poison" in an article published by Harry Brandt on behalf of the Independent Theatre Owners of America. After the box office failure of "Conquest", MGM decided a change of pace was needed to
Greta Lee Greta Lee Greta Lee (born 1982/1983) is an American actress. Lee was born to Korean immigrants in Los Angeles, where she grew up as well. While attending Harvard-Westlake School she became interested in the performing arts. After high school she went on pursuing that interest and studied communication and theater at Northwestern University. Then she moved to New York City to work as an actress. She has played Soojin in "Girls" and Homeless Heidi in "High Maintenance". She was a guest star in the TV shows "New Girl" and "Wayward Pines". She costarred as Hae Won in "Sisters" alongside Tina