METHUSELAH ARCHIVE PEOPLE / GRETA GARBO
Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
1905–1990 · Swedish-American
role:Swedish-American film actress
nationality:Swedish-American
connection:Time magazine's 16 February 1942 profile of Hauser ('Medicine: Garbo's Gayelord') describes Garbo as Hauser's 'good friend' and records her attending, seated hidden behind a screen, his nutrition lecture to Manhattan society women at the St. Regis Hotel. Wikipedia's biographical entry on Hauser also names Garbo among his notable clients and describes his diets as among the first celebrity diets, with Garbo an early follower. The archive records Garbo as a documented client/associate rather than a patient in any clinical sense: Hauser sold dietary advice, not a medical treatment with a measurable outcome for her.
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Greta Garbo (1905-1990) was a Swedish-American film actress, one of the most celebrated stars of Hollywood’s silent and early sound era. Time’s 16 February 1942 profile of Gayelord Hauser records her as his “good friend,” attending a Hauser nutrition lecture at Manhattan’s St. Regis Hotel while seated hidden behind a screen so as not to be seen by the rest of the audience. Her association with Hauser’s wonder-foods regimen is recorded here as a documented client relationship: Hauser’s approach was dietary advice and lifestyle coaching, not a medical procedure with a measured clinical outcome, so no treatment result for Garbo is described in the sources.