Greta Garbo - Filmography

Filmography

Film credits
Year	Title	Role	Director	Co-star	Notes
1920	Mr. and Mrs. Stockholm Go Shopping	Elder sister			Swedish: Herrskapet Stockholm ute på inköp; An advertisement. Garbo's segment is often known as How Not to Dress. The commercial premiered 12 December 1920.
1921	The Gay Cavalier	Garbo played an extra.			Swedish: En lyckoriddare; Uncredited. The film is lost.
1921	Our Daily Bread	Companion			Swedish: Konsum Stockholm Promo; An advertisement
1922	Peter the Tramp	Greta			Swedish: Luffar-Petter; A two-reel comedy; Garbo's first part in a commercial film
1924	Saga of Gosta Berling, TheThe Saga of Gosta Berling	Elizabeth Dohna	Stiller, MauritzMauritz Stiller	Hanson, LarsLars Hanson	Swedish: Gösta Berling's Saga; Garbo’s first leading part in a feature-length film, directed by her mentor, the celebrated Mauritz Stiller.
1925	Joyless Street, TheThe Joyless Street	Greta Rumfort	Pabst, G. W.G. W. Pabst	Nielsen, AstaAsta Nielsen	German: Die freudlose Gasse; Garbo plays the principal role in this German film made by renowned director Pabst
1926	Torrent	Leonora Moreno aka La Brunna	Bell, MontaMonta Bell	Cortez, RicardoRicardo Cortez	First American movie. All of Garbo's subsequent movies were made in Hollywood and produced by MGM.
1926	Temptress, TheThe Temptress	Elena	Niblo, FredFred Niblo	Moreno, AntonioAntonio Moreno	Stiller was originally assigned to direct; his directing methods and personality led to conflicts with MGM producer Irving Thalberg who fired him.
1926	Flesh and the Devil	Felicitas	Brown, ClarenceClarence Brown	Gilbert, JohnJohn Gilbert	First of seven Garbo movies directed by Clarence Brown and first of four with co-star John Gilbert
1927	Love	Anna Karenina	Goulding, EdmundEdmund Goulding	Gilbert, JohnJohn Gilbert	Adapted from the novel Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
1928	Divine Woman, TheThe Divine Woman	Marianne	Seastrom, VictorVictor Seastrom	Hanson, LarsLars Hanson	The film is lost; only a 9 minute reel exists.
1928	Mysterious Lady, TheThe Mysterious Lady	Tania Fedorova	Niblo, FredFred Niblo	Nagel, ConradConrad Nagel
1928	Woman of Affairs, AA Woman of Affairs	Diana Merrick Furness	Brown, ClarenceClarence Brown	Gilbert, JohnJohn Gilbert	The first of seven Garbo films with actor Lewis Stone who, with the exception of Wild Orchids, played secondary roles.
1929	Wild Orchids	Lillie Sterling	Franklin, SidneySidney Franklin	Asther, NilsNils Asther
1929	Single Standard, TheThe Single Standard	Arden Stuart Hewlett	Robertson, John S.John S. Robertson	Asther, NilsNils Asther, Brown, John MackJohn Mack Brown
1929	Kiss, TheThe Kiss	Irene Guarry	Feyder, JacquesJacques Feyder	Nagel, ConradConrad Nagel	Garbo's, and MGM's, last silent picture
1930	Anna Christie	Anna Christie	Brown, ClarenceClarence Brown	Bickford, CharlesCharles Bickford, Dressler, MarieMarie Dressler	Garbo's first talkie and first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
1930	Romance	Madame Rita Cavallini	Brown, ClarenceClarence Brown	Gordon, GavinGavin Gordon	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
1930	Anna Christie	Anna Christie	Feyder, JacquesJacques Feyder	Junkermann, HansHans Junkermann, Viertel, SalkaSalka Viertel	MGM's German version of Anna Christie was also released in 1930; Salka Viertel, Garbo's close friend, later co-wrote several of her screenplays.
1931	Inspiration	Yvonne Valbret	Brown, ClarenceClarence Brown	Montgomery, RobertRobert Montgomery
1931	Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)	Susan Lenox	Leonard, Robert Z.Robert Z. Leonard	Gable, ClarkClark Gable
1931	Mata Hari	Mata Hari	Fitzmaurice, GeorgeGeorge Fitzmaurice	Novarro, RamonRamon Novarro	After the multi-star Grand Hotel, Garbo's highest grossing film
1932	Grand Hotel	Grusinskaya	Goulding, EdmundEdmund Goulding	Barrymore, JohnJohn Barrymore, Barrymore, LionelLionel Barrymore, Crawford, JoanJoan Crawford, Beery, WallaceWallace Beery	Academy Award for Best Picture
1932	As You Desire Me	Zara aka Marie	Fitzmaurice, GeorgeGeorge Fitzmaurice	Douglas, MelvynMelvyn Douglas, Stroheim, Erich vonErich von Stroheim	First of three movies with Douglas
1933	Queen Christina	Queen Christina	Mamoulian, RoubenRouben Mamoulian	Gilbert, JohnJohn Gilbert
1934	Painted Veil, TheThe Painted Veil	Katrin Koerber Fane	Boleslavski, RichardRichard Boleslavski	Brent, GeorgeGeorge Brent
1935	Anna Karenina	Anna Karenina	Brown, ClarenceClarence Brown	March, FredricFredric March	New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
1936	Camille	Marguerite Gautier	Cukor, GeorgeGeorge Cukor	Taylor, RobertRobert Taylor	New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Best Acting Award Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
1937	Conquest	Countess Marie Walewska	Brown, ClarenceClarence Brown	Boyer, CharlesCharles Boyer	Because the final cost for this extravagant production vastly exceeded its budget, coupled with its poor box office receipts, the film lost $1,397,000.
1939	Ninotchka	Nina Ivanovna "Ninotchka" Yakushova	Lubitsch, ErnstErnst Lubitsch	Douglas, MelvynMelvyn Douglas	National Board of Review Best Acting Award Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
1941	Two-Faced Woman	Karin Borg Blake	Cukor, GeorgeGeorge Cukor	Douglas, MelvynMelvyn Douglas	National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Best Acting Award