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Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 - 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress.

She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute.

She is best remembered for her role as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942), a World War II drama co-starring Humphrey Bogart.
Before becoming a star in American films, she had already been a leading actress in Swedish, French, German, Italian, and British films.

Her first introduction to American audiences came with her starring role in the English remake of Intermezzo in 1939.

In America, she brought to the screen a ""Nordic freshness and vitality"", along with extreme beauty and intelligence, and according to the St.James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, she quickly became ""the ideal of American womanhood"" and one of Hollywood's greatest leading actresses.
Her producer David O.Selznick, who called her ""the most completely conscientious actress"" he had ever worked with, gave her a seven-year acting contract, thereby assuring her continual stardom.

A few of her other starring roles, besides Casablanca, included For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Gaslight (1944), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946), and Under Capricorn (1949), and the independent production, Joan of Arc (1948).
In 1950, after a decade of stardom in American films, she starred in the Italian film Stromboli, which led to a love affair with director Roberto Rossellini while they were both already married.

The affair created a scandal that forced her to return to Europe until 1956, when she made a successful Hollywood comeback in Anastasia, for which she won her second Academy Award, as well as the forgiveness of her fans.

Many of her personal and film documents can be seen in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives.

This book is your ultimate resource for Ingrid Bergman. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away: Ingrid Bergman chronology of performances, Intermezzo (1936 film), A Woman's Face (1938 film), Intermezzo (1939 film), June Nights, Adam Had Four Sons, Rage in Heaven, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film), Casablanca (film), For Whom the Bell Tolls (film), Swedes in America, Gaslight (1944 film), Saratoga Trunk, Spellbound (1945 film), The Bells of St. Mary's, Notorious (1946 film), Arch of Triumph (1948 film), Joan of Arc (1948 film), Under Capricorn, Stromboli (film), Europa '51, We, the Women, Giovanna d'Arco al rogo, Journey to Italy, La Paura, Anastasia (1956 film), Elena and Her Men, Indiscreet (1958 film), The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, Goodbye Again (1961 film), The Visit (1964 film), The Yellow Rolls-Royce, Cactus Flower (film), Henri Langlois, A Walk in the Spring Rain, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973 film), Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film), A Matter of Time (1976 film), Autumn Sonata

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Contents

Articles Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman chronology of performances Intermezzo (1936 film) A Woman's Face (1938 film) Intermezzo (1939 film) June Nights

Adam Had Four Sons Rage in Heaven Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) Casablanca (film) For Whom the Bell Tolls (film) Swedes in America Gaslight (1944 film) Saratoga Trunk Spellbound (1945 film) The Bells of St. Mary's Notorious (1946 film) Arch of Triumph (1948 film) Joan of Arc (1948 film) Under Capricorn Stromboli (film) Europa '51 We, the Women Giovanna d'Arco al rogo Journey to Italy

La Paura Anastasia (1956 film) Elena and Her Men Indiscreet (1958 film) The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Goodbye Again (1961 film) The Visit (1964 film) The Yellow Rolls-Royce Cactus Flower (film)

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64 68 70 82 84 88 92 95 98 101 103 105 107 110 112 114 117 120 122 125

Henri Langlois A Walk in the Spring Rain From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973 film) Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film) A Matter of Time (1976 film) Autumn Sonata

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Ingrid Bergman

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Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman, 1944 29 August 1915Stockholm, Sweden

29 August 1982 (aged`67)London, England

Actress

Years active1935–1982

Spouse

Children

Aron Petter Lindstram (m.`1937–1950) Roberto Rossellini (m.`1950–1957) Lars Schmidt (m.`1958–1975)

Pia Lindstram, born on 20 September 1938 Roberto Ingmar Rossellini, born on 2 February 1950 Isabella Rossellini, born on 18 June 1952 Ingrid Rossellini, born on 18 June 1952

Ingrid Bergman(29 August 1915–29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European [1] and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute. She is best remembered for her role as Ilsa Lund inCasablanca(1942), a World War II drama co-starring Humphrey [2] Bogart.

Before becoming a star in American films, she had already been a leading actress in Swedish, French, German, Italian, and British films. Her first introduction to American audiences came with her starring role in the English remake ofIntermezzoin 1939. In America, she brought to the screen a "Nordic freshness and vitality", along with extreme beauty and intelligence, and according to theSt. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, she quickly [3] became "the ideal of American womanhood" and one of Hollywood's greatest leading actresses.

Her producer David O. Selznick, who called her "the most completely conscientious actress" he had ever worked with, gave her a seven-year acting contract, thereby assuring her continual stardom. A few of her other starring roles, besidesCasablanca, includedFor Whom the Bell Tolls(1943),Gaslight(1944),The Bells of St. Mary's(1945), Alfred Hitchcock'sSpellbound(1945),Notorious(1946), andUnder Capricorn(1949), and the independent production,Joan of Arc(1948).

In 1950, after a decade of stardom in American films, she starred in the Italian filmStromboli, which led to a love affair with director Roberto Rossellini while they were both already married. The affair created a scandal that forced her to return to Europe until 1956, when she made a successful Hollywood comeback inAnastasia, for which she won her second Academy Award, as well as the forgiveness of her fans. Many of her personal and film documents [4] can be seen in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives.

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Early years: 1915–1938 Bergman, named after Princess Ingrid of Sweden, was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 29 August 1915 to a Swedish [5] father, Justus Samuel Bergman, and a German mother, Friedel Adler Bergman. When she was three years of age, her mother died. Her father, who was an artist and photographer, died when she was thirteen. In the years before he died, he wanted her to become an opera star, and had her take voice lessons for three years. But she always "knew from the beginning that she wanted to be an actress", sometimes wearing her mother's clothes and staging plays in [6] her father's empty studio. Her father documented all her birthdays with a borrowed camera. After his death, she was then sent to live with an aunt, who died of heart complications only six months later. She then moved in with her aunt Hulda and uncle Otto, who had five children. Another aunt she visited, Elsa Adler, first told Ingrid, when she was 11, that her mother may have "some Jewish blood", and that her father was aware of that fact long before they married. But her aunt also cautioned her about telling others about her Jewishness as "there might be some difficult [5] :294 times coming."

At the age of 17, Bergman was allowed only one chance to become an actress by entering an acting competition with the Royal Dramatic [5] :30–31 Theatre in Stockholm. Bergman recalls her feelings during that competition:

"As I walked off the stage, I was in mourning, I was at a funeral. Her first film,Munkbrogreven(1934) at age 19. My own. It was the death of my creative self. My heart had truly broken... they didn't think I was even worth listening to, or watching." However, her impression was wrong, as she later met one of the judges who described how the others viewed her performance: "We loved your security and your impertinence. We loved you and told each other that there was no reason to waste time as there were dozens of other entrants still to come. We didn't need to waste any time with you. We [5] :31–33 knew you were a natural and great. Your future as an actress was settled." As a result she received a scholarship to the state-sponsored Royal Dramatic Theatre School, where Greta Garbo had years earlier also earned a similar scholarship. After a few months she was given a part in a new play,Ett Brott(A Crime), by Sigfrid Siwertz. Yet, this was "totally against procedure" at the school, notes Chandler, where girls were [5] :33 expected to complete three years of study before getting such acting roles. During her first summer break, she was also hired by a Swedish film studio, which consequently led to her leaving the Royal Dramatic Theatre to work in films full time, after just one year. Her first film role after leaving the Royal Dramatic Theatre was a small part in 1935'sMunkbrogreven(She had previously been an extra in the 1932 filmLandskamp). She later acted in a dozen films in Sweden, includingEn kvinnas ansikte, which was later remade asA Woman's Facewith Joan Crawford, and one film in Germany,Die vier Gesellen("The Four Companions") (1938).

Hollywood period: 1939–1949

Intermezzo: A Love Story(1939) Bergman's first acting role in America came when Hollywood producer David O. Selznick brought her to America to star inIntermezzo: A Love Story, an English language remake of her 1936 Swedish film,Intermezzo. Unable to speak English and uncertain about her acceptance by the American audience, she expected to complete this one film and [5] :63 return home to Sweden. Her husband, Petter, remained in Sweden with their daughter Pia. In the film she

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played the role of a young piano accompanist opposite Leslie Howard as a famous violin virtuoso. She arrived in Los Angeles on 6 May 1939, and stayed at the Selznick home until she could find another residence. According to David Selznick's son Danny, who was a child at the time, his father had a few concerns about Ingrid: "She didn't speak English, she was too tall, her name sounded too German, and her eyebrows were too thick." However, Bergman was soon accepted without having to modify her looks or name, despite some early suggestions [5] :6 by Selznick. "He let her have her way", notes a story inLife Magazine. Selznick understood her fear of Hollywood make-up artists, who might turn her into someone she wouldn't recognize, and "instructed them to lay off." He was also aware that her natural good looks would compete successfully with Hollywood's "synthetic [6] razzle-dazzle." During the weeks following, whileIntermezzowas being filmed, Selznick was also filmingGone with the Wind. In a letter to William Herbert, his publicity director, Selznick described a few of his early impressions of Bergman: "Miss Bergman is the most completely conscientious actress with whom I have ever worked, in that she thinks of absolutely nothing but her work before and during the time she is doing a picture ... She practically never leaves the studio, and even suggested that her dressing room be equipped so that she could live here during the picture. She never for a minute suggests quitting at six o'clock or anything of the kind... Because of having four stars acting inGone With the Wind, our star dressing-room suites were all occupied and we had to assign her a smaller suite. She went into ecstasies over it and said she had never had such a suite in her life... All of this is completely unaffected and completely unique and I should think would make a grand angle of approach to her publicity... so that her natural sweetness and consideration and conscientiousness become something of a legend... and is completely in keeping with the fresh and pure personality and appearance which caused me [7] :135–136 to sign her..." Intermezzobecame an enormous success and as a result Bergman became a star. The film's director, Gregory Ratoff, said "She is sensational", as an actress. This was the "sentiment of the entire set", writesLife, adding that workmen would go out of their way to do things for her, and the cast and crew "admired the quick, alert [6] concentration she gave to direction and to her lines." Film historian David Thomson notes that this would become "the start of an astonishing impact on Hollywood and America" where her lack of makeup contributed to an "air of nobility." According toLife, the With Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca impression that she left on Hollywood, after she returned to Sweden, [8] was of a tall (5 ft. 9 in.) girl "with light brown hair and blue eyes [6] who was painfully shy but friendly, with a warm, straight, quick smile." Selznick appreciated her uniqueness, and [9] :76 with his wife Irene, they remained important friends throughout her career.

Casablanca(1942) After Germany initiated World War II, Bergman "felt guilty because she had so misjudged the situation in Germany" while she was there filmingDie vier Gesellen(The Four Companions). According to one of her biographers, Charlotte Chandler (2007), she had at first considered the Nazis only a "temporary aberration, 'too foolish to be taken seriously.' She believed Germany would not start a war." Bergman felt that "The good people there would not permit it." Chandler adds, "Ingrid felt guilty all the rest of her life because when she was in Germany at the end of the war, [5] :293–295 she had been afraid to go with the others to witness the atrocities of the Nazi extermination camps." After completing one last film in Sweden and appearing in three moderately successful films (Adam Had Four Sons, Rage in HeavenandDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) in the United States, Bergman co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in the 1942 classic filmCasablanca, which remains her best-known role. In this film, she played the role of Ilsa, the beautiful Norwegian wife of Victor Laszlo, played by Paul Henreid, an "anti-Nazi underground hero" who is in

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[5] Casablanca, a safe-haven from the Nazis. Bergman did not considerCasablancato be one of her favorite performances."I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is [10] that one with Bogart."In later years however, she stated, "I feel aboutCasablancathat it has a life of its own. There is something mystical about it. It seems to have filled a need, a need that was there before the film, a need that [5] :88 the film filled."

For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943) AfterCasablanca, with "Selznick's steady boosting", she played the part of Maria inFor Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), which was also her first color film. For the role she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. The film was taken from Ernest Hemingway's novel of the same title. When the book was sold to Paramount Pictures, Hemingway stated that "Miss Bergman, and no one else should play the part." His opinion came from seeing her in her first American role,Intermezzo, although he hadn't yet met her. A few weeks later, they did meet, [6] and after studying her said "YouareMaria!"

Gaslight(1944)

The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gaslight(1944), a film in which George Cukor directed her as a "wife driven close to madness" by co-star Charles Boyer. The film, according [9] :77 to Thomson, "was the peak of her Hollywood glory." Bergman next played a nun inThe Bells of St. Mary's(1945) opposite Bing Crosby, for which she received her third consecutive nomination for Best Actress.

Notorious(1946) With Cary Grant in Notorious Bergman starred in the Alfred Hitchcock filmsSpellbound(1945), Notorious(1946), andUnder Capricorn(1949). Unlike her earlier Hitchcock films,Under Capricorn, the only one of the three made in colour, was a slow-paced costume drama, and has never received the acclaim that the other films that Bergman made with Hitchcock have. Bergman was a student of the acting coach Michael Chekhov during the 1940s. Coincidentally, it was for his role inSpellboundthat Chekhov received his only Academy Award [11] nomination.

Joan of Arc(1948) Later, Bergman received another Best Actress nomination forJoan of Arc(1948), an independent film based on the Maxwell Anderson playJoan of Lorraine, produced by Walter Wanger, and initially released through RKO. Bergman had championed the role since her arrival in Hollywood, which was one of the reasons she had played it on the Broadway stage in Anderson's play. The film was not a big hit with the public, partly because of the scandal of Bergman's affair with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, which broke while the film was still in theaters. Even worse, it received disastrous reviews, and although nominated for several Academy Awards, did not receive a Best Picture nomination. It was subsequently shorn of 45 minutes, and it was not until its restoration to full length in 1998 and its 2004 appearance on DVD that later audiences could see it as it was intended to be shown. Between motion pictures, Bergman appeared in the stage playsLiliom,Anna Christie, andJoan of Lorraine. Furthermore, during a press conference in Washington, D.C. for the promotion ofJoan of Lorraine, she protested against segregation after seeing it first hand at the theater she was acting in. This led to a lot of publicity and some hate mail.

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Bergman went to Alaska during World War II to entertain American troops. Soon after the war ended, she also went to Europe for the same purpose, where she was able to see the devastation caused by the war. It was during this time that she began a relationship with the famous photographer Robert Capa. She became a smoker after needing to smoke for her role inArch of Triumph.

Personal life In 1937, at the age of 21, Bergman married dentist Petter Lindström, and a year and a half later had a daughter, Pia Lindström. After returning to America in 1940, she acted on Broadway before continuing to do films in Hollywood. The following year, her husband arrived from Sweden with daughter Pia. Lindström stayed in Rochester, New York, where he studied medicine and surgery at the University of Rochester. Bergman would travel to New York and stay [6] at their small rented stucco house between films, her visits lasting from a few days to four months. According to aLifemagazine article, the "doctor regards himself as the undisputed head of the family, an idea that Ingrid accepts cheerfully." He also insists that she draw the line between her film and personal life, as he has a "professional dislike for being associated with the tinseled glamor of Hollywood." He later moved to San Francisco, California, where he completed his internship at a private hospital, and they continued to spend time together when [6] she could travel between filmings.

Italian period with Rossellini: 1950–1957

Bergman strongly admired two films by Italian director Roberto Rossellini that she had seen in the United States. In 1949, Bergman wrote to Rossellini, expressing this admiration and suggesting that she make a film with him. This led to her being cast in his filmStromboli (1950). During production, Bergman fell in love with Rossellini, and they began an affair. Bergman became pregnant with Rossellini's son, Renato Roberto Giusto Giuseppe ("Robin") Rossellini (born 2 [12] :18 February 1950).

This affair caused a huge scandal in the United States, where it even led to Bergman being denounced on the floor of the U.S. Senate and Ed Sullivan choosing not to have her on his show, despite a poll [13] indicating that the public wanted her to appear. However, Steve Allen, whose show was equally popular, did have her on, laterWith husband Roberto Rossellini in 1951 explaining "the danger of trying to judge artistic activity through the [13] prism of one's personal life." Spoto notes that Bergman had, by virtue of her roles and screen persona, placed herself "above all that." She had played a nun inThe Bells of St. Mary's(1945) and a saint inJoan of Arc(1948), and Bergman herself later acknowledged, "People saw me inJoan of Arcand declared me a saint. I'm not. I'm just a [14] :300 woman, another human being."

As a result of the scandal, Bergman returned to Italy, leaving her husband and daughter, which led to a publicized divorce and custody battle for their daughter. Bergman and Rossellini were married on 24 May 1950. In addition to Renato, they had twin daughters (born 18 June 1952): Isabella Rossellini, an actress and model, and Isotta Ingrid Rossellini, a professor of Italian literature.

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Stromboliand "neorealism"

Rossellini completed five films starring Bergman between 1949 and 1955:Stromboli,Europa '51,Viaggio in Italia,Giovanna d'Arco al rogo, andLa paura. He also directed her in a brief segment of his 1953 documentary film,Siamo donne(We, the Women), which was devoted [12] :18 to film actresses. Rossellini biographer Peter Bondanella notes that problems with communication during their marriage may have inspired his films' central themes of "solitude, grace, and spirituality in [12] :19 a world without moral values."

Memorial plaque on the house in Stromboli where Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini lived during filming of "Stromboli" in 1949

In addition, Rossellini's use of a Hollywood star in his typically "neorealist" films, in which he normally used non-professional actors, did provoke negative reactions in some circles. Bondanella speculates that this change may have been intentional: he may have "intended to provoke a significant change in direction within Italian cinema." In Stromboli, Bergman's first film with Rossellini, her character was "defying audience expectations" in that Rossellini preferred to work without a script. This forced Bergman to act most of her scenes "inspired by reality while she [12] :98 worked", a style which Bondanella calls "a new cinema of psychological introspection." She was aware of his directing style before filming however, as Rossellini had earlier written her explaining that he worked from "a few [12] :19 basic ideas, developing them little by little" as a film progressed. After separating from Rossellini, Bergman starred in Jean Renoir'sElena and Her Men(Elena et les Hommes, 1956), a romantic comedy where she played a Polish princess caught in political intrigue. Although the film wasn't a success, it has since come to be regarded as one of her best performances.

Later years: 1957–1982

Anastasia(1956) With her starring role in 1956'sAnastasia, Bergman made a triumphant return to the American screen and won the [15] Academy Award for Best Actress for a second time. The award was accepted for her by her friend Cary Grant. Bergman would not make her first post-scandal public appearance in Hollywood until the 1958 Academy Awards, [16] when she was the presenter of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Furthermore, after being introduced by Cary Grant and walking out on stage to present, she was given a standing ovation. Bergman would continue to alternate between performances in American and European films for the rest of her career and also made occasional appearances in television dramas such as a 1959 production ofThe Turn of the ScrewforFord StartimeTV series for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress. During this time, Bergman also performed in several stage plays. In addition, she married the producer Lars Schmidt, a fellow Swede, on 21 December 1958. This marriage ultimately ended in divorce in 1975. He died on 18 October 2009. After a long hiatus, Bergman did the movieCactus Flowerin 1968, with Walter Matthau and Goldie Hawn. In 1972, U.S. Senator Charles H. Percy entered an apology into theCongressional Recordfor the attack made on Bergman 22 years earlier by Edwin C. Johnson. She was the President of the Jury at the 1973 Cannes Film [17] Festival.

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Murder on the Orient Express(1974) Bergman became one of the elite actresses to receive three Oscars when she won her third (and first for Best Supporting Actress) for her performance inMurder on the Orient Express(1974). Director Sidney Lumet offered Bergman the important part of Princess Dragomiroff, with which he felt she could win an Oscar. However, she insisted on playing the much smaller role of Greta Ohlsson, the old Swedish missionary. Lumet discussed Bergman's role: "She had chosen a very small part, and I couldn't persuade her to change her mind. She was sweetly stubborn. But stubborn she was... Since her part was so small, I decided to film her one big scene, where she talks for almost five minutes, straight, all in one long take. A lot of actresses would have hesitated over that. She loved [5] :246–247 the idea and made the most of it. She ran the gamut of emotions. I've never seen anything like it." Bergman could speak Swedish (her native language), German (her second language, learned from her German mother and in school), English (learned when brought over to United States), Italian (learned [18] while living in Italy) and French (her third language, learned in school). In addition, she acted in each of these languages at various times. Fellow actor John Gielgud, who had acted with her inMurder on the Orient Expressand who had directed her in the playThe Constant Wife, playfully mocked this ability when he remarked, "She [19] speaks five languages and can't act in any of them." With Liv Ullmann in Autumn Sonata (1978) Although known chiefly as a film star, Bergman strongly admired the great English stage actors and their craft. She had the opportunity to appear in London's West End, working with such stage stars as Sir Michael Redgrave inA Month in the Country(1965), Sir John Gielgud inThe Constant Wife (1973) and Dame Wendy Hiller inWaters of the Moon(1977–78).

Autumn Sonata(1978)

In 1978, Bergman played in Ingmar Bergman'sAutumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) for which she received her 7th Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on the big screen. In the film, Bergman plays a celebrity pianist who travels to Trondheim in Norway to visit her neglected daughter, played by Liv Ullmann. The film was shot in Norway. It is considered by many to be among her [18] best performances. She hosted the AFI's Life Achievement Award [20] Ceremony for Alfred Hitchcock in 1979.

A Woman Called Golda(1982)–her final role

In 1982 she was offered the starring role in a television mini-series,A Woman Called Golda, about the late Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. It was to be her final acting role and she was honored posthumously with a second Emmy Award for Best Actress.

At first, she couldn't imagine herself acting the part of a well-known world figure whose physical appearance, especially her height, was so different from her own. Her daughter, Isabella, described Ingrid's surprise at being offered the part and the producer trying to explain to

In A Woman Called Golda