Garbo

American  

[gahr-boh] / ˈgɑr boʊ /

noun

1. Greta Greta Lovisa Gustaffson, 1905–90, U.S. film actress, born in Sweden.

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Garbo ¹ British  

/ ˈɡɑːbəʊ /

noun

1. Greta (ˈɡrɛtə), real name Greta Lovisa Gustafson. 1905–90, US film actress, born in Sweden. Her films include Grand Hotel (1932), Queen Christina (1933), Anna Karenina (1935), Camille (1936), and Ninotchka (1939)

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garbo ² British  

/ ˈɡɑːbəʊ /

noun

1. informal a dustman

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Etymology

Origin of garbo

C20: from _garbage

Example Sentences

Byrne, possessed of the saddest, most compelling resting face since Garbo’s, broke through in the U.S. with “The Dead Girl,” “28 Weeks Later” and the FX series “Damages.”

From Los Angeles Times

But O’Neill’s 1921 drama poses ornery challenges for an actress—and not just because Greta Garbo immortalized the role in her first “talkie.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Palm Springs’ historic Plaza Theatre, which first opened in late 1936 with the world premiere of a Greta Garbo film, returns to the spotlight with help from Cynthia Erivo.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the few silent movie stars to transition successfully to the "talkies", Garbo moved away from Hollywood to New York, where she lived until her death in 1990 at the age of 84.

From BBC

In the face of so much frenzied curation and compulsory personal branding, how might a modern human maintain some iota of unshared selfhood, a soupçon of Greta Garbo mystique?

From New York Times