Four-time Oscar nominee (never a winner) in the 1930s

• Greta of "Grand Hotel"
• Greta who never actually said "I vant to be alone"
• Actress from Stockholm
• Greta who played Mata Hari
• She played Anna Christie, Anna Karenina, and Mata Hari
• Greta of old films
• Film great
• 'Ninotchka' actress

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
screen surname of Swedish actress Greta Gustaffson (1905-1990); her name was used allusively to indicate aloofness by 1934; her legendary avoidance of publicity began with her retirement from films in the mid-40s. Related: Garbo-esque .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context Australia informal English) A rubbish collector.