Woman Empowerment Wednesday: Greta Garbo - popcorn and red wine

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Woman Empowerment Wednesday: Greta Garbo




  • Worked for the Secret Intelligence Service during WW2
  • Never gave interviews or attended premieres
  • One half of the famous woman-on-woman kiss in "Queen Christina"
  • Would threaten studio heads with the possibility of moving back to Sweden if something was not to her liking
  • Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984, had a mastectomy and given the all clear three months later
  • Demanded closed sets while doing her close ups. "When people are watching, I'm just a woman making faces for the camera. It destroys the illusion. If I am by myself, my face will do things I cannot do with it otherwise."
  • Remedied her personal depression with Eastern philosophy and healthy eating
  • Through her work in the SIS, helped Danish physicist Niels Bohr and King Gustav V of Sweden meet up, resulting in the rescue of Danish Jews

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