HighlightsBergman’s last role was in the television miniseries "A Woman Called Golda" in 1982.Ingrid starred in Ingmar Bergman’s "Autumn Sonata" in 1978, which earned her a nomination for the Best Actress Academy Award. This was also her last film."Anastasia" (1956) marked Ingrid’s return to Hollywood, earning her an Oscar for Best Actress and a place in her estranged fans’ hearts.Her affair and consequent marriage with director Roberto Rossellini during the making of the 1949 film "Stromboli" sparked controversy and outrage in the United States, and she remained in Italy for the next six years, working with her new husband on five films.She made three films with Alfred Hitchcock: "Spellbound," "Notorious" and "Under Capricorn."In 1942, she began filming both Ernest Hemingway’s "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and the perennial classic, "Casablanca."She won her first Oscar for Best Actress in the 1944 film "Gaslight."Ingrid made her Broadway debut in 1940’s production of "Liliom." the play that the music "Carousel" would later be based upon.In 1939, she moved to Hollywood to film the remake of "Intermezzo."In 1935, Ingrid had her first speaking role in a film, Gustaf Molander’s "Munkbrogreven."Films1982 :A Woman Called Golda" (TV) Golda Meir 1978 "Hoestsonaten" [aka Autumn Sonata] Charlotte 1976 "A Matter of Time" Countess Sanziani 1974 "Murder on the Orient Express" Greta Ohlsson 1973 "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" [aka "The Hideaways"] Mrs. Frankweiler 1970 "Walk in the Spring Rain" Libby Meredith 1969 "Cactus Flower" Stephanie Dickinson 1967 "Fugitive in Vienna" 1967 "The Human Voice" (TV) 1967 "Stimulantia" Mathilde Hartman 1965 "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" Gerda Millet 1964 "The Visit" Karla Zachanassian 1963 "Hedda Gabler" (TV) Hedda Gabler 1961 "Goodbye Again" [aka "Aimez-vous Brahms?"] Paula Tessier 1961 "Twenty-four Hours in a Woman's Life" (TV) 1959 "The Turn of the Screw "(TV) Governess 1958 "Indiscreet" Anna Kalman 1958 "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" Gladys Aylward 1956 "Anastasia" Anastasia 1956 "Elena et les Hommes" [aka Paris Does Strange Things] Elena Sokorowska 1955 "La Paura" [aka Angst; aka Fear] Irene Wagner 1954 "Giovanna d'Arco al Rogo" [aka "Joan at the Stake"; aka "Joan of Arc at the Stake"] Joan of Arc 1953 "Siamo Donne" [aka "Of Life and Love"; aka "Questa e la Vita"; aka "We, the Women"] 1953 "Viaggio in Italia" [aka "Journey to Italy"; aka "Strangers"; aka "Voyage to Italy"] Katherine Joyce 1952 "Europa '51" [aka "The Greatest Love"] Irene Girard 1949 "Stromboli" Karin 1949 "Under Capricorn" Henrietta Flusky 1948 "Joan of Arc" Joan of Arc 1948 "Arch of Triumph" Joan Madou 1946 "Notorious" Alicia Huberman 1945 "The Bells of St. Mary's" Sister Benedict 1945 "Saratoga Trunk" Clio Dulaine 1945 "Spellbound" Dr. Constance Peterson 1944 "Gaslight" Paula Alquist 1943 "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Maria 1942 "Casablanca" Ilsa Lund Laszlo 1941 "Adam Had Four Sons" Emilie Gallatin 1941 "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Ivy Peterson 1941 "Rage in Heaven" Stella Bergen 1940 "Juninatten" [aka "June Night"] Kerstin Nordback 1939 "Intermezzo" (USA) Anita Hoffman 1939 Enda Natt Eva 1938 "Dollar" Julia Balzar 1938 "En Kvinnas Ansikte" [aka "A Woman's Face"] Anna Holm 1938 "Die Vier Gesellen" Marianne 1936 "Intermezzo" (Sweden) Anita Hoffman 1936 "Pa Solsidan" Eva Bergh 1935 "Branningar" Karin Ingman 1935 "Munkbrogreven" Elsa Edlund 1935 "Swedenhielms" Astrid 1935 "Valborgsmassoafton" Lena Bergstrog 1932 "Landskamp" Girl waiting in line
Ingrid Bergman
Add to My Profile | More VideosIngrid Bergman was born in Stockholm, Sweden on August 29, 1915. Her mother, Friedel Adler Bergman, a Hamburg, Germany native, died when Ingrid was just three years old. Ingrid’s father, Justus Samuel Bergman, a Swede, raised Ingrid until his death, when she was 12. Justus, who owned a photography shop, encouraged Ingrid’s artistic pursuits and even caught some scenes of her as a small child with a motion picture camera. Many years later, the famous director Ingmar Bergman (no relation), with whom Ingrid worked, compiled and edited these home movies. After her father’s death, Ingrid was left to the care of an unmarried aunt, who died within months, and she eventually spent her teenage years with an uncle and his family.As a teenager, Ingrid appeared as a film extra, in addition to acting in productions at the private school she attended. After graduating in 1933, she attended the Royal Dramatic Theater School in Stockholm for a year, during which time she made her professional stage debut. Her first speaking role in a film came in Swedish director Gustaf Molander’s "Munkbrogreven" in 1935, in which she played the maid of a hotel that sold illegal liquor.The Move to HollywoodIn 1936, Ingrid made the film that would change her life. The picture "Intermezzo," written and directed by Molander, tells the story of a famous violinist who has an affair with his daughter’s piano teacher, played by Ingrid. Her performance caught the attention of Hollywood film producer David O. Selznick, who bought the rights to remake the film in Hollywood with Ingrid in the starring role. Between making the two versions of "Intermezzo, Ingrid worked on the Swedish films "En Enda Natt" ("Only One Night") and "En Kvinnas Ansikte"("A Woman’s Face), among others, and the German film Die Vier Gesellen.In 1939, at David O. Selznick’s request, Ingrid made the transition to Hollywood. With this move she began a career that would span five decades, win her three Oscars, two Emmys and a Tony Award, and see her image go “from saint to whore and back to saint again,†as Ingrid once described it herself. The Hollywood version of "Intermezzo: A Love Story"was a success, and resulted in Selznick signing Ingrid to a seven-year contract. While she only made two movies with Selznick during the duration of their contract, Ingrid made several other movies and starred in some stage productions during these years as well.From quintessential “good girl†to Hollywood heavyweightThe combined forces of Ingrid’s angelic natural beauty, which she did not embellish with the heavy makeup worn by most actresses at the time, and Selznick’s desire to cast her in “wholesome†roles, won her both the adoration of American audiences and an impeccable image that would follow her throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Ingrid had married Swedish dentist and later neurosurgeon Petter Lindstrom in 1937, and gave birth to a daughter, Friedel Pia, in 1938. Her roles as wife and mother further contributed to her seeming fulfillment of society’s expectations for females and the morality of the period. Both this stereotyping of her image on-screen and the public’s perception of her family life would change dramatically in the years to come as a result of her career choices and her relationship with Roberto Rossellini.Ingrid’s roles in Hollywood films, including "Adam Had Four Sons" and "Rage in Heaven," both in 1941, helped to create this pure persona. However, she wanted to spread her wings as an actress by taking on more diverse roles. She was originally cast as Dr. Jekyll’s fiancée in the 1941 version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," with Lana Turner as a barmaid named Ivy Peterson. Ingrid approached Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the movie’s director, Victor Fleming, and asked to switch parts with Lana. The change allowed both Ingrid and Lana to portray characters very different from the ones they usually played. While some critics balked at this alteration to Ingrid’s usual on-screen persona, the role of Ivy Peterson gave her a chance to show some of her incredible range as an actress. She had also been showing her range in different media, debuting on Broadway in Liliom in 1940 and starring in a production of Eugene O’Neill’s "Anna Christie" in 1941.Jekyll and Hyde 1941 Film Classic
Add to My Profile | More VideosIngrid’s most famous and enduring role came in 1942, when she played Humphrey Bogart’s long-lost love, Ilsa, in the wartime romance "Casablanca." The film was a box office success at the time and has become an enduring classic, giving Ingrid a place in the hearts of fans for years to come. She then took the role of Maria in the film version of Ernest Hemingway’s novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in 1942, beating out Norwegian ballet dancer Vera Zorina. While she had not been nominated for "Casablanca," Ingrid was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "For Whom the Bell Tolls." The Oscar still proved elusive, however: she lost the award to Jennifer Jones for "The Song of Bernadette."Casablanca Casablanca
Add to My Profile | More VideosIngrid was to win her first Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of a Victorian housewife who was being driven to insanity by her husband in the 1944 film "Gaslight." The next year, she was nominated for Best Actress again, for the film "The Bells of St. Mary’s," but lost to Joan Crawford. Then, Ingrid worked on two films with Alfred Hitchcock: "Spellbound" (1945), and "Notorious" (1946), opposite Cary Grant. Many consider this second Hitchcock film to be Ingrid’s finest work.Ingrid returned to Broadway in 1946, playing Joan of Arc for 25 weeks in the play "Joan of Lorraine," to much acclaim. It also won her a Tony Award for Best Actress. In 1948, she starred in the film version of this play and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, although the film itself was not a commercial success.Scandal and AdversityIn 1949, Ingrid wrote a fan letter to Italian director Roberto Rossellini, expressing her desire to work in one of his films. He responded by writing a part for her in his 1949 film "Stromboli." During the production of this film, Ingrid and Rossellini began an affair that would change her previous wholesome image forever and cause her to lose many fans in America. Ingrid was still married to Petter Lindstrom at the time, although their marriage had not been happy for many years. Rossellini was still married to another woman as well, although they were separated. Ingrid became pregnant, and she and Rossellini sought divorces from their respective spouses so they could marry each other. Ingrid gave birth to a son, Roberto, before the couple were married in 1950. Moralists and fans in America expressed outrage at this seeming downfall of their former idol and denounced her as immoral. Although her marriage had been unhappy for quite some time, the public had only seen Ingrid’s saintly image before, and balked at the revelation of her affair. United States Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado even criticized Ingrid, condemning her publicly as “a powerful influence for evil.â€Ingrid lived in Italy with Rossellini, away from America’s outrage, and made five movies with him between 1950 and 1955. Among these films was "Europa ‘51" in 1952, which was released the same year she bore twin daughters, Isabella, who later became a famous model and actress, and Isotta. Ingrid did not work with any filmmakers besides her husband until 1956, when she made the film "Elena et les hommes" with French director Jean Renoir. This film began to resurrect her career in the eyes of international audiences, although she had enjoyed success in Italy with her Rossellini films.The Triumphant ReturnIngrid returned to Hollywood in 1956 to star in "Anastasia" and her marriage to Rossellini ended months later in 1957. This return to Hollywood further rejuvenated her career, and Ingrid began to regain much of her former popularity in America, in addition to winning another Oscar for Best Actress for "Anastasia." Around this time she also married Lars Schmidt, a theatrical producer from Sweden.Over the next decade, Ingrid worked in films, television and on the stage. She won an Emmy in 1959 for the television miniseries adaptation of Henry James’s "The Turn of the Screw". She made her London theater debut in 1965 with the play "A Month in the Country." Ingrid also starred in the play "More Stately Mansions" back in the States in 1967.In 1974, Ingrid won a Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar for "Murder on the Orient Express." In the years since her separation from Rossellini, Ingrid had regained much of her previous adoration from her American fans. Her career was coming to a close, however. In 1975, in the same year she divorced third husband Lars Schmidt, Ingrid found out that she had breast cancer. Despite her failing health she continued to work and completed her last film, Ingmar Bergman’s "Autumn Sonata," in 1978.Ingrid’s last acting role was in the 1982 television miniseries "A Woman Called Golda," in which she portrayed Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, a role that won her both an Emmy and a Golden Globe. Then, on August 29, 1982, on her 67th birthday, Ingrid lost her seven-year battle with cancer, and died in her London home. Her funeral was held in the Swedish church in West London. Her remains were cremated and her ashes were scattered off the coast of Sweden except for a tiny part, which were kept to be interred in the Norra Begravningsplatsen cemetery in Stockholm.People Sept. 19, 1983 The stars fell on Venice to honor Ingrid Bergman on the first anniversary of her death.They came to Venice from all over the world--stars, friends and family--to honor the late Ingrid Bergman, who died a year ago after a long struggle with cancer. The occasion: a benefit for cancer research and the Italian Red Cross. Among the many guests were Gregory Peck, Walter Matthau, Audrey Hepburn, Roger Moore, Charlton Heston, Prince Albert of Monaco and such Old Hollywood stalwarts as Claudette Colbert and Olivia de Havilland. "The last time I saw Ingrid was in 1979 at a tribute for Alfred Hitchcock," recalled De Havilland. "Ingrid was very sick, but she was still beautiful--she had an incredible luminescence. Since there wasn't a seat at Hitch's table, she knelt down to talk to him."For five days, the guests wined, dined and fondly recalled Bergman and the impact she had on a generation of actresses through her work in such films as Notorious, Spellbound and Casablanca. For some the memories were whimsical. Matthau, who co-starred with Bergman and Goldie Hawn in 1969's Cactus Flower, remembers that Bergman was nervous as they began, so they all decided to go out to lunch. "She had three martinis," says Matthau, "and I remarked how well she held her liquor. She said, 'Ya, isn't it terrible? Hitch calls me The Sponge.' If I'd had three martinis, I would have taken the afternoon off."The highlight of the Venice festivities was a concert on Aug. 30, a year and a day after Bergman died on her 67th birthday. It was held at La Fenice, Venice's oldest theater, and featured an 80-piece orchestra playing selections from Bergman's movies while a multi-image slide show flashed across a screen. Pia Lindstrom, 44, Bergman's daughter, introduced a remarkable home movie showing Ingrid as a child with her parents in Sweden, then choked up after she explained that her mother always kept the film with her because it was the only picture she had of her own mother, who died when Ingrid was 3.Ingrid's children plainly feel the same sense of loss. Said Roberto Rossellini, 33, a son by the second of Bergman's three marriages: "It's only been a year, but it seems as if my mother died just yesterday. It's very hard to lose a mother--it shouldn't happen to anybody."
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