Garbo
Encyclopedia
People
- Greta GarboGreta GarboGreta Garbo , born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish film actress. Garbo was an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods. Many of Garbo's films were sensational hits, and all but three were profitable...
(1905–1990), Swedish actress - Gunnar GarboGunnar GarboGunnar Garbo is a Norwegian journalist, politician and ambassador. He represented the Liberal Party of Norway at the Norwegian Parliament during four electorial periods, from 1958 to 1973, and was leader for the party from 1964 to 1970...
(born 1924), Norwegian journalist, politician and former Ambassador to Tanzania - Ingvald GarboIngvald GarboIngvald Garbo was a Norwegian resistance member.He was born in Bergen, to a mother from Bergen and a father from Førde. He married Sara Haugland in 1924, and had two children. His son Gunnar Garbo, born 1924, was a notable politician.He was a teacher by occupation. He also contributed to...
(1891–1941), member of the Norwegian Resistance in World War II - Raffaellino del GarboRaffaellino del GarboRaffaellino del Garbo was a Florentine painter of the early Renaissance.His real name was Raffaello Capponi; Del Garbo was a nickname, bestowed upon him seemingly from the graceful nicety of his earlier works. He has also been called Raffaello de Florentia, and Raffaello de Carolis or Karli...
(1466 or perhaps 1476–1524), Florentine painter - codename for Joan Pujol Garcia (1912–1988), double agent for the British during the Second World War
- Greg GarbowskyGreg GarbowskyGregory Robert "Greg" Garbowsky also known as Garbo, is an American musician originally from South Plainfield, New Jersey, and is best known as the bass guitarist for the pop rock bands Ocean Grove and the Jonas Brothers....
(born 1986), bassist for the Jonas Brothers - Jorge GarbajosaJorge GarbajosaJorge Garbajosa Chaparro, Jr., nicknamed "Garbo" , is a Spanish professional basketball player. At 2.07 m , he plays both power forward and small forward.-Pro career:*1994-97 Taugres*1997-00 TAU Cerámica...
(born 1977), basketball player - Garbo, fictional character in the American television drama DirtDirt (TV series)Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now Dirt (styled...
Films
- Garbo (film), 1992 Australian film directed by Ron CobbRon CobbRon Cobb is an American cartoonist, artist, writer, film designer, and film director.By the age of 18, with no formal training in graphic illustration, Cobb was working as an animation "inbetweener" artist for Disney Studios in Burbank, California. He progressed to becoming a breakdown artist on...
about a refuse collector (or Garbo in Australian slang) - Garbo (2005 film), a documentary about Greta Garbo co-directed and co-written by Kevin BrownlowKevin BrownlowKevin Brownlow is a filmmaker, film historian, television documentary-maker, author, and Academy Award recipient. Brownlow is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era. Brownlow became interested in silent film at the age of eleven. This interest grew into a career spent...