Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

 

This glamorous mystery woman got her start at 17. She was an actress at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic School. Mauritz Stiller, a film director, saw her there and cast her as the Countess Elizabeth Dohna. He also changed her name from Greta Gustafsson to  Greta Garbo. With this name she became a star. She had an intensity and unique insight that set her apart on and off the screen. During WWII she was employed by British Intelligence to track down Nazi sympathizers. The film directors tried to hide the fact that she wasn't in Hollywood. *Interestingly enough around that time Sophia Loren's mom was asked to move from Italy to Hollywood to play Greta Garbo's body double but turned down the offer.

She came back to her movie career without skipping a beat and in 1954 she received a Honorary Academy Award for her amazing on screen performances.

She was in a total of 28 films in about 20 years then disappeared from the eyes of Hollywood.

On the 23rd of September 2005, her 100th birthday, she was pictured on a 35 cent USA commemorative stamp.  She might have been out of sight but was never out of mind. 

 

 

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Sofia Loren

 

"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got."-Sophia Loren

Believe it or not, this beautiful swan started off more like the ugly duckling. In fact her wet nurse said Sophia was "the ugliest child I ever saw in my life." It wasn't until she turned 15 that her stick like figure was transformed. Her mother, who was a Gretta Garbo look alike, saw her potential and entered her into a beauty contest. She was crowned the Princess of the Sea. This started her acting and modeling career. In 1957 she stared in "The Pride and the Passion" with Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. Cary Grant ended up professing his love for Sofia but she turned him down. Instead she married a man said to be twice her and half her height. They were married for 50 years until he passed away in 2007. They were able to find that mysterious balance between an acting career and a successful marriage. In 1961 she won the academy award for Best Lead Actress in "two Women." She was the first actress to win this award for a non-english-speaking language film.

Sophia Loren has always had a special place in her heart for her Italian heritage. Maybe that's her secret; to embrace who you are and to know how to work it!

 

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