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 one film. Garbo received her nomination for her work in both "Anna Christie" and "Romance". She lost out to Irving Thalberg's wife, Norma Shearer, who won for "The Divorcee". In 1937, Garbo was nominated for "Camille", but Luise Rainer won for "The Good Earth". Finally, in 1939, Garbo was nominated for "Ninotchka", but again came away empty-handed. "Gone With the Wind" swept the major awards, including Best Actress, which went to Vivien Leigh. She was awarded an Academy Honorary Award "for her luminous and unforgettable screen performances" in 1954. She did not show up at the ceremony, and the statuette