Editing Greta Garbo (section)

== Awards and honors ==
Garbo was nominated four times for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. In 1930, a performer could receive a single nomination for their work in more than one film. Garbo received her nomination for her work in both ''Anna Christie'' and for ''Romance''.<ref name="Kennedy1999">. The
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She lost out to [[Irving Thalberg]]'s wife, [[Norma Shearer]], who won for ''[[The Divorcee]]''. In 1937, Garbo was nominated for ''Camille'', but [[Luise Rainer]] won for ''[[The Good Earth (film)|The Good Earth]]''. Finally, in 1939, Garbo was nominated for ''Ninotchka'', but again came away empty-handed. ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone With the Wind]]'' swept the major awards, including Best Actress, which went to [[Vivien Leigh]].<ref name="Levy2003">{{Cite book |first=Emanuel |last=Levy |title=All about Oscar: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dH2Lb_YhIhAC&pg=PA328 |access-date=25 July 2010 |date= 2003 |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8264-1452-6 |page=329 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403150802/https://books.google.com/books?id=dH2Lb_YhIhAC&pg=PA328 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ParishStanke1975">{{Cite book |first1=James Robert |last1=Parish |first2=Don E. |last2=Stanke |title=The Debonairs |url=https://archive.org/details/debonairs00pari |url-access=registration |access-date=25 July 2010 |year=1975 |publisher=Arlington House |location=New Rochelle, NY |isbn=978-0-87000-293-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/debonairs00pari/page/95 95]}}</ref> In 1954, however, she was awarded an [[Academy Honorary Award]] "for her luminous and unforgettable screen performances".<ref name="awardsdatabase.oscars.org" /> Predictably, Garbo did not show up at the ceremony, and the statuette was mailed to her home address.<ref name="Levy2003" />

Garbo twice received the [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress]]: for ''Anna Karenina'' in 1935, and for ''Camille'' in 1936. She won the [[National Board of Review]] Best Acting Award for ''Camille'' in 1936; for ''Ninotchka'' in 1939; and for ''Two-Faced Woman'' in 1941. The Swedish royal medal [[Litteris et Artibus]], which is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture (especially music, dramatic art, or literature) was presented to Garbo in January 1937.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757280,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103122614/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757280,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2011 |access-date=24 July 2010 |newspaper=Time |date=11 January 1937 |quote=In Council of State King Gustaf of Sweden decorated Cinemactress Greta Garbo with the nation's gold medal litteris et artibus, highest Swedish award for artistic achievement. |title=People, Jan.&nbsp;11, 1937}}</ref> In a 1950 [[Variety (magazine)|''Daily Variety'']] opinion poll, Garbo was voted "Best Actress of the Half Century",<ref>{{Cite news |title=Cinema: Best of the Half-Century |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858696,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417030248/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858696,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2008 |access-date=14 July 2010 |newspaper=Time |date=6 March 1950}}</ref> In 1957, she was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by [[George Eastman House]] for distinguished contribution to the art of film.<ref>[http://www.eastmanhouse.org/museum/awards.php "Awards granted by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415183637/http://www.eastmanhouse.org/museum/awards.php |date=15 April 2012 }}. [[George Eastman House]]. Retrieved 30 April 2012.</ref>

In November 1983, she was made a Commander of the Swedish [[Order of the Polar Star]] by order of [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|King Carl XVI Gustaf, the King of Sweden]].<ref name="NYTimes1983-honored" /> In 1985, she was awarded the [[Illis quorum]] by the government of Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2006 |title=Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn |url=https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/61bab671f59a46af81cb11ee99e0d0eb/regeringens-beloningsmedaljer-och-regeringens-utmarkelse-professors-namn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102152834/https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/61bab671f59a46af81cb11ee99e0d0eb/regeringens-beloningsmedaljer-och-regeringens-utmarkelse-professors-namn |archive-date=2021-11-02 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Regeringskansliet |language=sv}}</ref> In 1985, [[International Star Registry|a star was nicknamed after her]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greta Garbo Star Registry Certificate  |url=https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/121/lot/52297 |website=[[Julien's Auctions]] |access-date=27 August 2022 |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827223125/https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/121/lot/52297 |url-status=live }}</ref> For her contributions to cinema, in 1960, she was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6901 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greta Garbo |url=https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/greta-garbo |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=Legacy Project Chicago |language=en |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827223124/https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/greta-garbo |url-status=live }}</ref>

Garbo appears on a number of postage stamps, and in September 2005, the [[United States Postal Service]] and Swedish [[Posten (Sweden)|Posten]] jointly issued two [[commemorative stamp]]s bearing her image.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Healey |first=Matthew |title=Arts, Briefly; Another Garbo Role |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E5DD1F31F934A2575AC0A9639C8B63 |access-date=17 July 2010 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=17 September 2005 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313142506/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E5DD1F31F934A2575AC0A9639C8B63 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Greta Garbo Has Starring Role on U.S. Postal Stamp |publisher=United States Postal Service |date=25 June 2012 |url=http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_045.htm |access-date=30 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051017193908/http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_045.htm |archive-date=17 October 2005 |quote=... the U.S. Postal Service and Sweden Post jointly issued two commemorative postage stamps bearing her likeness. Both stamps, issued near what would have been her 100th birthday, are engravings based on a 1932 photograph&nbsp;...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |editor-first=William J. |editor-last=Gicker |year=2006 |title=Greta Garbo 37¢ |journal=USA Philatelic |volume=11 |issue=3 |page=12}}</ref>
On 6 April 2011, [[Sveriges Riksbank]] announced that Garbo's portrait was to be featured on the 100-[[Swedish krona|krona]] banknote, beginning in 2014–2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sweden's new banknotes and coins |url=http://www.riksbank.com/templates/Page.aspx?id=46685 |date=6 April 2011 |publisher=[[Sveriges Riksbank]] |location=Stockholm |access-date=6 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927172146/http://www.riksbank.com/templates/Page.aspx?id=46685 |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref>