Both films were extremely successful and resulted in a meeting between Louis B Mayer of MGM and Stiller after which both Garbo and Stiller travelled to America and signed contracts with MGM. Through Stiller she had major roles in two silent movies, firstly in Sweden 'Gösta Berlings Saga' (The Story of Gösta Berling) in 1924, and then the following year in Germany 'Die Freudlose Gasse' (The Street of Sorrow).
He gave her invaluable grounding in movie acting technique and also persuaded her to change her name to Greta Garbo. She was at the school for 2 years and during that time she met the foremost Swedish director, Mauritz Stiller, who became her lover and mentor. This sparked in Greta an ambition to become an actress and in the same year she enrolled in the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. Petschler, who gave her a small part in his next movie 'Luffarpetter' ('Peter the Tramp') in 1922. The advert was seen by Swedish Director, Erik A. Her first appearance on film was in a short advertisement for the store. She had no thoughts at this time of a movie career and after working in a barbershop for a short time she was employed in the offices of a Stockholm department store. She attended the Katarina Grammar School but had to leave when she was 14, on the death of her father, in order to help the family finances. She had an older sister and brother, Alva and Sven.
Search Amazon for Greta Garbo Biography Greta Garbo was born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson on 18 September 1905, in Stockholm, Sweden. The list of Greatest Screen Legends by the American Film Institute. Unforgettable screen performances" and was ranked at number five in Records' as the most beautiful woman who ever lived.Īfter four unsuccessful Best Actress Oscar nominations during her active career, Greta Garbo received an Honorary Academy Award in 1955 "for her Large, expressive eyes and she was voted in 'The Guinness Book of She had exquisite facial features with a beautiful bone structure and Remarkably successful movie career, started in the silent film eraĪnd ended with Garbo as one of the most celebrated actresses in the Greta Garbo was a Swedish actress whose short but Greta Garbo was forming and that legend has continued to grow to We spoke with Samuelson about Descriptive Narration and how it has affected his his life as a performer.Even before her death the legend of the enigmatic and charismatic Commercially he has been the voice for Quaker, State Farm, Direct TV, Ford, Target, Stand Up 2 Cancer, Rent A Center, Sketchers and multiple spots for McDonald’s. Samuelson's resume includes several Hollywood films including Spider-Man: Homecoming, Atomic Blonde, The Hateful Eight, Krampus, Fate of the Furious and so many more.
Samuelson is leading the charge of this emerging concept. There is now a push in the entertainment industry to market Descriptive Narration outside of the visually impaired community where fans can listen to their favorite films and television, much like listening to books on tape. The narrator provides descriptions of key elements without interfering with the audio or dialogue of a program or movie.
However, even being one of the voice of National Public Radio (NPR), Samuelson is becoming most recognizable as a Descriptive Narrator for films that assist people who are blind and visually impaired to get the full experience of full length feature films.
He has been the voice of Raphael in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game based on the recent Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films, the narrator for the series Cheating Vegas and the voice over for the series Mata Hari. Roy Samuelson is a voice actor that has worked on numerous movies, animated series and video games.