Why Greta Garbo Disappeared From Hollywood & Her Tragic Ending - Here's Why

[@Hudpix16]

I hate the exploitative titles, “her sad ending”. The woman was 84, she died rich and lived to an old age. She chose the way she wanted to live. She stayed away from the limelight and valued her privacy and independence, thus he hated being recognized. That doesn’t mean she was lonely or unhappy.

[@ShannonRobison-t7p]

Thank you!

[@kevinbergin9971]

Don't blame us, talk to ROBO voice about it.

[@ingeabrahamsen4684]

Well said. She lived (as far as I can see) a full and adventurous life in freedom and independence, had plenty of interesting friends and was loved by many. She experienced all the downsides of living a life of overwhelming fame, glamour. and also Hollywoods darker sides and poisonous and controlling influence on their stars. So for the rest of her life, she cherised her right to live in anonymity, away from spotlight and public prying and violations of her privacy. She was reclaiming control of her life. Nothing sad about that.

[@familypondman]

@@ingeabrahamsen4684 It was sad for sure, no real love and children, that's no choice and many adored her as I did, but no one realy cared for her, many wanted that, but she was only interested in herself, I am sure!

[@LaurenceDay-d2p]

She had many famous friends, and was a regular guest on Aristotle Onassis's yacht. She never said, "I vant to be alone." That is just a line in GRAND HOTEL. She lived her life as a private person, but that does not mean she was unhappy.

[@richardmcleod1930]

The photograph at approximately 5:00 (is Tallulah Bankhead, not Greta Garbo. The two Actresses looked somewhat alike, especially when they were young. With as many photographs that exist of Greta Garbo, it is hard to believe such a mistake could be made. I always felt they looked alike when younger, which is a complement to Tallulah Bankhead. Every Actress in Hollywood wanted to look like the great Garbo.

[@familypondman]

A big mistake , only Norma Shearer looked sometimes a bit like Garbo in her movies!

[@richardmcleod1930]

No one in Hollywood truly looked like Greta Garbo, but the fan magazines are full of photographs showing how other Actresses tried in vain to in some way capture the "Garbo look"). and none succeeded in doing so although they tried.@@familypondman

[@familypondman]

@@richardmcleod1930 She was always the only woman for me my whole live, the way she smiled and danced in Conquest in her black dress, still makes it easy to love her!

[@familypondman]

It was in the movie, Anna karenina!

[@davidstevens8122]

Many pronunciation mistakes (and irritating ones at that) in this video. Photograph error. And, you know, still worth cringing through. It astonishes me that the most famous performer of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, the most admired actress and sought after person on earth for decades and decades, is now rarely recognised even by people in the film and theatre worlds. Their loss, although, in fairness, what was cutting edge film making in her time is now as creaky as early television.

[@lesafowers8142]

My favorite actress has been Greta Garbo the moment I saw her on screen. RIP 🙏🙏🙏

[@patrickhicks9880]

She did everything on her own terms she could tell the difference between Hollywood and life

[@alancrisp1582]

😢 Hard to believe that one of her American movies 🎥 is missing, and now lost. I am referring to The Divine Woman, 1928 . Sad 😔

[@ingeabrahamsen4684]

At 5.12 the picture shown is NOT Greta Garbo.

[@boborrahood]

Yes, Tallullah Bankhead.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

I was wondering.

[@percyweasley9301]

❤️❤️ Thanks for great video..

[@allenblaine6551]

Remove the photo at 5:01.. it's not Garbo.. do your research

[@jamesyoung1167]

Stunning

[@quietguy1948]

. . . Wise beyond her years and time. Rest Easy, Miss Garbo.

[@marionmarino1616]

Tragic ending?? She died in her 70s of cancer. After leaving Hollywood she lived a life of luxury in NYC. Sadly, we all die, let me know of anything different.

[@JohnLee-pt5jz]

only celebraties get the tragic ending.

[@richardmcleod1930]

Garbo was age 84 (Easter Sunday, April 15, 1990) at the time of her death in New York City. The cause of death is listed as kidney failure, not cancer.

[@asyrofal-ghifari8491]

@@richardmcleod1930 She suffered from breast cancer, but still it's not the cause of her death

[@LaurenceDay-d2p]

She died at 84, after a long and successful life. She was satisfied being single and had a large circle of friends. What's "tragic" about that?

[@marionmarino1616]

She received long term dialysis at a N.Y. hospital an indication of kidney cancer. She owned an entire floor of an East side apt filled with an expensive art collection. At her death it was revealed her fortune was left to a relative with virtually nothing given to a companion who had cared for her for 30 years.

[@trevormichael4906]

Atta girl. Keep it in the family.

[@asyrofal-ghifari8491]

Well she put her family first, no reason to blame her it's her right!

[@valeriebingham1483]

Never be faithful or loyal to rich people because they ask for it but they never give it back.

[@andreakarchmer6225]

I attended the viewing and auction at Sotheby's, of her art collection. She owned many Monet's, including the renderings of London, the bridge and tower.

[@audreydaleski1067]

So beautiful.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

She was also a great actress. She was so charming in Ninotchka.

[@JohnLee-pt5jz]

I believe Greta left her entire fortune to a neice or Grand neice, who she was close to. According to a biography I saw years ago.

[@jmj5388]

Gray Reisfeld

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

niece

[@stevendaniel8126]

I cherish her independence !!

[@olavbjortomt1596]

Queen Christina was not a "fictional" monarch. She is probably the most famous monarch in Sweden's history

[@sandrakenney567]

She left acting at the age if 35 and said ive had enough my contracts up ive made enough money and reclused herself from society. SAYING( I WANT TO BE ALONE ) Rest in peace Goreto.Godbless you🙏🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🌷🌷🌷🌷🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🦋🕊AMEN

[@LaurenceDay-d2p]

That line is from a film, GRAND HOTEL. She never said that in real life. What she said was "I want to be let alone." Big difference. Contrary to popular belief, she had a large circle of friends, including many famous people.

[@sandrakenney567]

@@LaurenceDay-d2p i no she never said it for real .its the paparazzi people that annoyed her and id say would probably have reclused her not from her friends but from cameras clicking in her face 24 hrs a day.That would annoy me to reclusing myself away from society.But in the acting or singing business you no what your up agenst .so in some ways i dont have sympathy for those people they knew there lives would never be the same once they signed that contract.

[@lray1948]

@@sandrakenney567 Signing an entertainment industry contract does not ensure eternal renown. It only opens the possibility of that happening. Ask some of the starlets of the 60s, 70s and 80s who signed contracts, never made it big in movies and ended up waitressing or bartending in L. A. or Las Vegas.

[@jumpingship3001]

I enjoyed this interview. I'm reading a book A house in Sicily by Daphne Phelps and Garbo was brought up.

[@alfredbonnabel7022]

Her ending was a choice, just like her leaving Hollywood.

[@guilhermebarboza9108]

Garbo!!!❤.

[@CKDH-YT]

0:42 how about just posting the answer to the question in the title of your video?

[@familypondman]

It was sad for sure, not have been realy loved and cared for her, so she didn't chose but didn't gave love herself, so nobody to give it to!

[@carasmith549]

4:58 - Tallulah Bankhead not Garbo.

[@terencehennegan1439]

5:05… that’s not Garbo.

[@Thesavageeye]

Had she make an effort to help at the Hollywood Canteen, it might have boosted her moral and saved her from EXTINCTION.

[@LaurenceDay-d2p]

"As the sands of time swept forth into nineteen thirty three.." Who wrote this video, a frustrated poet?

[@mariafilotas879]

She did not have a *tragic ending*

[@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780]

On one picture it isn’t Greta my god byway I love Greta

[@dianarodio]

Грета Гарбо прожила СВОЮ ЖИЗНЬ!!! Ей можно только позавидовать. Причём тут "tragic ending"? Грета прекрасно поняла жизнь с её двуногими обитателями, хищными и подлыми.

[@lray1948]

These types of short bios tend to greatly overdramatize and sadden the stories of the people they cover.. Everything is a "tragedy." I guess it is a way to get people to read them.

[@Thesavageeye]

And TALLULAH would be livid with you!

[@PalmerMaddox-n7b]

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[@cliftonbowers6376]

She was a hoot would run into in NYC...loved her

[@cliftonbowers6376]

She loved bargains or thrift ...