Baby, our [Hollywood series] is meeting you again
The last time I wrote Julie Andrews ↓
In the comments section there is Baby Wish who says he wants to see Greta Garbo ↓
Today, Sister Waste will tell you the story of this legendary Actress of Hollywood.
When people think of Garbo, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely her amazing beauty.
She has been hailed as the "Mona Lisa of the 20th Century" and "The Face of a Thousand Years".
Hitler and Romain Rolland are her fanatical fans, and it is said that the former's star-chasing madness is no less than the current "brain-dead fans"...
He kept writing letters and phone calls to her, and even watched "La Traviata" she starred in 6 times.
In those days, the beauty of men and women was clearly distinguished, but Garbo had a temperament that was difficult to distinguish between male and female.
Actress Joan Crawford once said that just because of a chance encounter, Garbo's beauty almost bent her ↓
In the era of Hollywood silent films, Garbo's acting skills are equally remarkable.
She rarely uses exaggerated body movements or facial expressions when acting, but only through some details, she can accurately shape the character ↓
Of course, in addition to the appearance and acting skills, what makes fans more obsessed is the unique "mysterious feeling" on Garbo.
As a famous movie star, she is unusually lonely and cold, rarely exposed, and has retired from the circle early.
She has been nominated for an Oscar three times, but none of them have been successfully awarded.
She never married, and was even rumored to be a same-sex scandal...
So, what kind of person is Garbo?
It all started with her childhood.
In 1905, a poor family in Stockholm, Sweden, had its third child.
From left to right: Garbo's father, mother, brother, sister
It was a beautiful girl, and her parents named her Greta Loviza Gstaffson, later Greta Garbo.
Life in this family is very difficult, the family of five lives in a small three-bedroom apartment, mainly relying on their father as a butcher's assistant and gardener to support a large family.
I don't know whether it is because of the innate personality, or because of the inferiority caused by family poverty, Garbo has had a melancholy and coldness that does not fit his age since childhood.
She described herself to her classmates as a "dull, tired and boring woman."
He also said "No one will marry me because I can't cook".
Even more tragically, when Garbo was 14 years old, her father lost his job and contracted the flu.
At this time, she had to find a job in a barbershop while also taking on the responsibility of caring for her father.
However, even though Garbo took good care of him, his father eventually died.
After the death of his father, Garbo was devastated.
It is said that in the early days, she would often run to the cemetery in the middle of the night to see if her father was still alive to confirm that he was not buried alive.
After that, she did not continue her studies, but instead went to work in department stores, sometimes working part-time as a model, shooting commercials, and even playing a small role in movies.
With this period of experience, Garbo was admitted to the Royal Academy of Theatre and Performance in Stockholm three years later.
At school, she still suffers from poverty.
Most of her classmates at the Royal Academy had no worries about food and clothing, but she sometimes had to rely on the free meals provided by her uncle to fill her hunger.
Fortunately, "gold always shines", and when Garbo was about to graduate, the famous director Stiller took a look at her and concluded that the girl's future was unlimited.
Since then, Stiller has spared no effort to teach her, let her play the heroine, and even go around to network her.
Garbo, on the other hand, is also extremely dependent on Stiller.
It seems that after the death of his father, this mentor who was about the same age as his father had become the most important elder in Garbo's mind.
But Stiller also has a harsh side.
In order to make Garbo stand out, he often pointed out her shortcomings without mercy, the worst of which was being too fat.
Under the cultivation and supervision of Stiller, Garbo's acting skills and appearance and temperament have improved rapidly...
But there is no doubt that her inferiority complex is also faintly increasing.
A year later, when Garbo was 20, Stiller decided the time was finally ripe and took her to Hollywood, signing a contract with MGM.
Unexpectedly, MGM's founder, Meyer, complained about Garbo no less than Stiller: still too fat, not neat enough teeth, and did not speak English.
So Garbo could only anxiously and busily accept the company's arrangement: crazy weight loss, orthodontics, learning English...
This makes Garbo, who has just arrived in a foreign country, feel bitter.
To make matters worse, not long after Garbo arrived in the United States, his sister died suddenly and prematurely, and the two sisters' farewell at the train station became a farewell.
Fortunately, Garbo, who has just arrived in Hollywood, has gained a lot in his career.
She collaborated with Stiller on several films in succession and began to make a name for herself in the film industry.
However, the good times did not last long, and not long after, Garbo's mentor Stiller was forced to return to China in frustration because of his disagreement with MGM.
Before leaving, Stiller asked Garbo if he would like to go back together. Perhaps out of fear of poverty, she did not dare to say yes.
In the end, Stiller had to leave alone, and died of depression not long after returning home.
It is said that he still held a picture of Garbo in his hand before he died.
Important people leave with regrets one after another, and these experiences seem to awaken the fear of Garbo's teenage years because of the death of her father...
During this period, Garbo became increasingly withdrawn and depressed; but his love life and career always seemed to be going well.
Under the company's arrangement, she collaborated with John Gilbert, one of the hottest actors of the silent film era, on "Flesh and the Devil".↓
As soon as this film was released, many viewers said that "I feel that the two are really doing it in a fake play.".
Career-wise, from 1930 to 1931, Garbo starred in two films in succession and was nominated for the Third Academy Awards for Best Actress ↓
The love career has been double harvested, but Garbo's inferior and lonely personality has not changed at all.
She was severely socially intimidated and often asked to clear the scene during filming
I don't even dare to make eye contact with people when I rest.↓
She was afraid to talk openly and had very few sporadic interviews in her life↓
In the entertainment industry, vanity fair, Garbo is out of place, and many big celebrities who ask to see her are turned away ↓
Some people think that this is a person specially created by MGM for Garbo, but the waste sister is more inclined to think that her personality is like this.
Perhaps in Garbo's view, people only like the perfect self on the screen, not the real self - a foreign, poor, fat little girl.
Therefore, only by living in isolation can we maintain the existing perfect image.
It was also for this reason that although Garbo and Gilbert fought fiercely, when the other party proposed to her, she suddenly fled.
Garbo said he felt stupid and poor, and did not match the intelligent and wealthy Gilbert at all. In the end, you can only choose to be friends with each other.
It is said that she also has several suspected boyfriends, but she also does not dare to let them see her "real and humble" self.
In the case of perennial non-marriage, some people began to suspect that Garbo, who preferred to wear men's clothes, liked women.
In particular, you may have a different feeling for the old window Mimi, such as gazing at the group photo with deep affection ↓
I will use many ambiguous sentences in the letter ↓
When Mimi's child was born, she also referred to herself as "father" in the letter
Some people think garbo is bisexual, others think she is gay, and the relationship with Gilbert is just a smoke bomb...
In the view of the waste sister, both statements have a certain truth.
But in either case, choosing "impossible love" is probably what Garbo really wants.
Because Mimi is a woman and has long been married, no matter what kind of relationship between her and her, it is safe.
As long as it doesn't start, it never ends.
They will not leave them like their fathers, sisters, and mentors.
The screen shines brightly, the private life is monotonous and boring, and Garbo's life moves forward peacefully until an accident suddenly arrives.
Gilbert's career slipped, and Garbo risked playing a big name and replaced the male protagonist of the movie he starred in with him.
Unfortunately, this did not save his career. In 1936, Gilbert died of depression at the age of 39.
Years later, Gilbert's daughter said in a documentary: "I believe that in the depths of Garbo's heart, there is a deep love for my father.
Subtly, after Gilbert's death, Garbo's play path began to change quietly, and she gradually tried to show her "ordinary" side:
In 1939, she took on a comedy film and laughed uncharacteristically in the film
Because of the good response, she immediately took on another comedy film, playing an ordinary woman ↓
This time, however, the audience was disappointed and accused her of collapsing her goddess image.
After this film, Garbo retired to seclusion at the age of 36.
Perhaps in her opinion, her former fears have been confirmed: people really can't accept the real self.
All who have seen the true self will leave themselves.
After withdrawing from the circle, Garbo's society is likely to increase unabated...
Every time you shop, you have to dress tightly and spend a long time overcoming shyness to dare to enter the store↓
Want to go on a trip and scare off every time the car arrives at the station.
In this way, Garbo spent years and years in isolation...
After living in seclusion for nearly half a century, she died quietly in 1990 at the age of 85.
It is said that she said to a friend many years after she quit the circle:
"I wasted my life and it's too late to change it... When I walk alone, I think of my past... I'm not happy with the life I've created for myself. ”
Perhaps looking back, she still regretted living the garbo that others liked, rather than the real herself.
Is it worth exchanging yourself for fame, status, and money?
Maybe everyone's answer is different.