Swedish actress, nationalized American. The most famous star of its time, well-known like the Divine one. Its true name was Greta Gustaffson, was born in Stockholm in a family of low class and it formed in the Swedish Dramatic Academy.

After carrying out with great success the personage of countess Elizabeth Dohna in the Swedish film the legend of Gösta Berling (1923), M. Stiller and to take part in the German the street without joy or Under the mask of the pleasure (1925) of G.W. Pabst, was contracted by American MGM. His first film in the United States, the torrent (1926), Sum Bell, was a great success, whom they followed the Earth of all (1926), Mauritz Stiller and F. Niblo the demon and the meat (1927, C. Brown), that one of the most famous actresses of the moment did of her.

His first sonorous film was the impressive Ana Christie (1930), also directed by C. Brown, cradle in the work of Eugene O'Neill. Other magnificent creations were Susan Lenox (1931), of Robert Z. Leonard, next to Clark Gable, Great Hotel (1932, E. Gouldiup), queen Cristina of Sweden (1933, R. Mamoliur), Ana Karénina (1935, C. Brown), Margarita Gautier (1936, George Cukor), and Ninotchka (1939, E. Lubitsch).

One retired, when it was in the top of his race, after finishing the woman of the two faces (1941, of George Cukor), when finalizing his contract with the producer, and is satiated with the papers that forced to him to interpret. The best actress of first half of century twenty in a survey organized by the Variety magazine was chosen in 1950. American in 1951 nationalized itself and received a special Oscar in 1954, although during his race always she had been ignored by the Academy.