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  • Born: 29 August 1915
  • Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
  • Died: 29 August 1982 (cancer)
  • Best Known As: Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

Ingrid Bergman is the actress to whom Humphrey Bogart says "Here's looking at you, kid" in the 1942 film Casablanca. She came to Hollywood from Sweden in 1939 and became a tremendous star in the 1940s, starring in Gaslight (1944, with Charles Boyer), in the Alfred Hitchcock classics Spellbound (1945, co-starring Gregory Peck) and Notorious (1946, with Cary Grant) , and the biopic Joan of Arc (1948). While filming Stromboli in 1949, she fell in love with director Roberto Rossellini and became pregnant by him -- despite already being married to and having a child with Dr. Peter Lindstrom. The infidelity shocked her fans. As her official website states, "She became a pariah in America virtually overnight. She was even denounced on the floor of the U.S. Senate, where she was called 'Hollywood's apostle of degradation.'" Seven years later she made a triumphant return to U.S. theaters in Anastasia (1956, as the possibly long-lost daughter of Russian czar Nicholas II), for which she won her third Academy Award (she also won Oscars as best actress for Gaslight and as best supporting actress for 1974's Murder on the Orient Express). Her later films include Cactus Flower (1969, starring Walter Matthau) and the TV movie A Woman Called Golda (1982, she played Golda Meir).

Her daughter with Rossellini is the actress and model Isabella Rossellini (co-star in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986)... Bergman is no relation to film director Ingmar Bergman, but he did direct her last film, 1978's Autumn Sonata... She won a posthumous Emmy Award for playing Golda Meir in the 1982 TV miniseries A Woman Called Golda.

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(born Aug. 29, 1915, Stockholm, Swed. — died Aug. 29, 1982, London, Eng.) Swedish film and stage actress. After appearing in Intermezzo in Sweden, she went to the U.S. to act in the English-language version (1939). Her radiance and unaffected charm made her a star in films such as Casablanca (1942), Gaslight (1944, Academy Award), and Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945) and Notorious (1946). The scandal caused by her love affair with Roberto Rossellini (1949) kept her off the U.S. screen for seven years, and she made films in Europe before being welcomed back to Hollywood in Anastasia (1956, Academy Award). Her later films include Indiscreet (1958) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974, Academy Award).

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American Theater Guide: Ingrid Bergman
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Bergman, Ingrid (1915–82), actress. The wholesome‐looking, blonde Swedish leading lady made her New York debut as Julie in a 1940 revival of Liliom, and in 1941 she toured in the title role of Anna Christie. After a highly successful career in films, Bergman returned to the stage as Joan of Lorraine (1946), then portrayed Deborah Harford, the loving mother of a weak son, in Eugene O'Neill's More Stately Mansions (1967). Her last appearances were in revivals, playing Lady Cicely in Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1972) and Constance Middleton in The Constant Wife (1975).

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Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) was known for her luminous beauty and enigmatic talent. Though she appeared on both stage and television, Bergman's film work - "Casablanca" (1942) and "Notorious" (1946) - cemented her international reputation.

Bergman was born on August 29, 1915, in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the daughter and only child of Justus Samuel Bergman, a Swede, and his wife, Friedel Adler Bergman, a native of Hamburg, Germany. Bergman's mother died when she was a toddler, and her father, who ran a photography shop, was responsible for raising the young child. Bergman had an active fantasy life as a child, creating many imaginary friends. Justus Bergman encouraged his daughter's artistic interests, taking her to the theater at a young age. These excursions inspired Bergman to pursue an acting career. Bergman's father died when she was about 12 years old. After living for a short time with a maiden aunt, she moved in with the family of an uncle who did not want her to become an actress.

Despite the wishes of her guardian, Bergman worked towards her goal and appeared as a film extra as a teenager. While attending a private academy, Lyceum Flickor, Bergman appeared in many stage productions. In 1932, she played the leading role in a school production that she also wrote and directed. Bergman graduated from Lyceum Flickor in 1933 and entered the Royal Dramatic Theater School in Stockholm. Though she only studied there for one year, she made her professional stage debut while still a student. Two years later, Bergman appeared in her first film role, as a maid in Munkbrogreven (also known as Count from Munkbro and The Count of the Monk's Bridge). Her dramatic abilities were noticed by Swedish film director Gustaf Molander, who signed Bergman to a contract in 1935.

Within a short time, Bergman had become one of Sweden's up and coming actresses, with increasingly large roles in films such as Astrid in Swedenhielms (The Family Swedenhielms; 1936). The movie that propelled her star higher was Intermezzo (1936). In that film, Bergman played pianist Anita Hoffman, who has an illicit affair with a famous, but still married, violin player. After a period together, Bergman's character ultimately gives him up and he goes back to his wife and family. After the success of Intermezzo, Bergman appeared in three more films directed by Molander in 1937: Swedenhielms (1937), Dollar (1937), and Pa Solsidan. She was married on June 10, 1937 to Petter Lindstrom, a dentist who later became a neurosurgeon. The couple had a daughter, Pia, in 1938.

Came to Hollywood

Bergman's performance in Intermezzo was brought to the attention of Hollywood movie producer, David O. Selznick. He bought the rights for an American remake of the film, with Bergman attached to the project. However, Bergman was undecided about the offer. She had film opportunities in Germany as well, and made Die Vier Gesellen in 1937. After making two more films in Sweden with Moldander - En Enda Natt (Only One Night; 1938) and En Kvinnas Ansikte (A Woman's Face; 1938) - Bergman went to the United States in 1939. Based on the the acclaim for her work in the film, Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939), Selznick signed her to a seven-year contract.

After a brief return to Sweden to make Juninatten (A Night in June; 1940), Bergman spent the next eight years in the United States. While Selznick had Bergman under contract, he wanted her to play wholesome roles. Yet she actually only made two films for him, while the rest were productions to which Selznick loaned her services. Under Selznick's guidance, Bergman became a beloved figure in the United States in the 1940s, and was regarded as a saint. Her first roles - Adam Had Four Sons and Rage in Heaven (both 1941) - set the tone.

Bergman hoped to play more than just idealized women. When she was cast as the rich fiancee of Dr. Jekyll in a version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), she and costar Lana Turner approached director, Victor Fleming, and movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about switching roles. Bergman showed her range by playing a lewd barmaid. Though many believed that this was ultimately a good move for her career, some contemporary critics believed the role was wrong for her and that her performance was not successful. Bergman made other career choices that were important to her future. She insisted on doing some theater, making her Broadway debut in 1940 while appearing in Liliom for three months. In 1941, she also appeared on stage in Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie. The production was produced by the Selznick Company.

Throughout the 1940s, Bergman played characters both dark and refined. In 1942, she appeared in one of her best known and most beloved roles, Casablanca, with Humphrey Bogart. As Ilsa Lund Lazlo, a woman torn between two lovers, Bergman displayed her talent for playing women in tormented, suffering romances. While films like Casablanca were a success creatively and at the box office, not all had both qualities. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) did well at the box office, though it was not a great movie. Critics made similar arguments for Rage in Heaven (1945), Saratoga Trunk (1945) - in which Bergman unconvincingly played a Creole - and Bells of St. Mary (1945). Though Bergman won several awards for her role as nun in Bells, the movie was considered rather light.

Bergman did make other movies that attracted a large audience while being artistically challenging. She won awards for her work in the thriller Gaslight (1944), in which she played a wife driven to the brink of insanity. Bergman also appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In Spellbound (1945), Bergman played a psychiatrist. Some critics believed that her best acting work came in his Notorious (1946), an espionage film. Her character's descent into alcoholism and other means of self-destruction is halted only by a federal agent (played by Cary Grant) who falls in love with her. Notorious was the last movie made under Bergman's contract with Selznick. She was finally free to make her own career moves.

Bergman's decision to play Joan of Arc in the 1946 Broadway production of Joan of Lorraine was one of her best. In its 25-week appearance, box-office receipt records were shattered and critics were nearly unanimous in their praise. Bergman's work also led to her first Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award. Her next three films featured mediocre performances and failed at the box office. Bergman was forgettable as a hooker in Arch of Triumph (1948). She then played Joan of Arc in a movie based on the same source as her successful stage play. Though this was Bergman's favorite film role, the film lost $3 million. Unhappy in Hollywood, Bergman returned to Europe to make another film with Hitchcock in London. Under Capricorn (1949), in which she played a drunken Irish aristocrat, was also unsuccessful.

Affair with Rossellini Caused Scandal

Bergman had admired the work of Italian neo-realist director, Roberto Rossellini, for several years before sending him a fan letter. In the note, she told him she was available for any film roles he might have. Bergman hoped that making a film with Rossellini would jump start her career. Rossellini rewrote a part in his new script for her. The movie was Stromboli (1949). During the course of making the film, Bergman and Rossellini had a love affair, though both were married to other people. Bergman had had numerous affairs during her years in Hollywood, and had been seriously unhappy in her marriage as early as 1946. Rossellini was separated from his wife Marcella de Marchis, but seriously involved with another actress, Anna Magnani. When Bergman became pregnant with Rossellini's child, they both sought divorces from their respective spouses. Bergman's husband did not want a divorce, but eventually agreed, though Bergman lost custody of her daughter. Just before marrying Rossellini in 1950, Bergman gave birth to a son, Roberto Guisto Guiseppe. Two years later they had twin daughters, Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna (who became an actress and model) and Isotta Ingrid Frieda Giuliana.

The affair did more than throw Bergman's personal life into turmoil. She was vilified in the United States for her actions and unable to find work in Hollywood for seven years. Senator Edward C. Johnson denounced her and the film company who distributed Stromboli on the Senate floor. He proposed a licensing system for foreign actors so they could be thrown out of the country on immoral grounds. Further, the six films Bergman made with Rossellini were all box office failures. Only a couple of them were artistic successes for Bergman. The first Stromboli (1949) was among them. In the movie, she played a Lithuanian immigrant who tries to build a new life on an island off of Sicily. The film explored her reaction to this unfamiliar world. Bergman's work in Europa '51 (1952) and Viaggio in Italia (Voyage in Italy; 1953) was also noteworthy.

In the first five years of their marriage, Rossellini did not allow Bergman to work with anyone else. In 1955, he permitted her make a film with the famed French director, Jean Renoir. Elena et les hommes (Paris Does Strange Things) helped to reestablish Bergman's reputation. At the same time, her relationship with Rossellini had soured. They separated in 1956, and their marriage was annulled the following year.

Returned to Hollywood

Bergman returned to Hollywood in 1956 and played the title role in Anastasia, for which she won an Academy Award. Though she would continue to work regularly in film throughout the 1950s and 1960s, it was not until the 1970s that she made great movies again. Bergman was remarried to Lars Schmidt, a Swedish theatrical producer. In 1959, she made her television debut, and would appear often in the medium for several years. She won an Emmy for her television appearance as Miss Giddens in The Turn of the Screw. By the mid-1960s, Bergman returned to the stage. She made her London stage debut in 1965 with A Month in the Country. In 1967, she appeared on the American stage for the first time in 21 years in More Stately Mansions.

In the 1970s, Bergman continued to appear on stage and television, but it was in film that she received most acclaim. In 1974, she appeared in Murder on the Orient Express and won an Oscar for best supporting actress. In 1978, Bergman worked with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman in his Autumn Sonata. Many thought this was one of Bergman's best performances, playing a talented pianist who failed as a mother. Her work won multiple awards. Around the time she divorced her third husband, in 1975, Bergman was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. While she fought the disease, Bergman continued to work - but only if the role interested her. She told Murray Schumach of The New York Times, "Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left."

Bergman's last role was on television in 1982. She played Israeli prime minister, Golda Meir, in the miniseries A Woman Called Golda. Though Bergman was ill, she received critical kudos for her accurate performance. Bergman finally succumbed to cancer on her 67th birthday, August 29, 1982, in London, England. She had told Judy Kelmesrud of The New York Times a couple of years before her death, "I'm happy it all happened to me. I've had a very rich life. There was never a dull moment. When I was very young in Sweden, I used to pray 'God, please don't let me have a dull life.' And He obviously heard me."

Further Reading

American National Biography, volume 2, edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, Oxford University Press.

Cassell Companion to Cinema, Cassell, 1997.

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers-3: Actors and Actresses, edited by Amy L. Unterburger, St. James Press, 1997.

Thomson, David, A Biographical Dictionary of Film, third edition, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

The New York Times, October 7, 1980, p. 1; August 31, 1982, p.A1.

Variety, September 1, 1982, p. 2.

 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Ingrid Bergman
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Bergman, Ingrid (bûrg'mən), 1915-82, Swedish actress, b. Stockholm. Specializing in portrayals of strong, dignified, and sophisticated women, Bergman was acclaimed for her performance in Joan of Lorraine (1946) both on stage and on screen (1949). Her most notable films include Intermezzo (1939), Casablanca (1942), Notorious (1946), Stromboli (1950) and, with director Ingmar Bergman, Autumn Sonata (1978). She won Academy Awards for Gaslight (1944), Anastasia (1956), and Murder on the Orient Express (1974). She also won an Emmy Award (1982) for her portrayal of Golda Meir in the made-for-television film Golda. Bergman was married to Roberto Rossellini.

Bibliography

See her autobiography (1980); biography by C. Chandler (2007); L. J. Quirk, Films of Ingrid Bergman (1970).

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Quotes:

"Happiness is good health and a bad memory."

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous."

"No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight of the soul."

"I have no regrets, I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say."

Actor: Ingrid Bergman
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  • Born: Aug 29, 1915 in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Died: Aug 29, 1982 in London, England, UK
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'70s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Romance
  • Career Highlights: Autumn Sonata, Notorious, Casablanca
  • First Major Screen Credit: Valborgsmassoafton (1935)

Biography

Famed for her saintly, natural beauty, Ingrid Bergman was the most popular actress of the 1940s; admired equally by audiences and critics, she enjoyed blockbuster after blockbuster -- until an unprecedented scandal threatened to destroy her career. Born August 29, 1915, in Stockholm, Sweden, Bergman was only two years old when her mother died; her father passed on a decade later, and the spinster aunt who had become her guardian perished only a few months after that. Her inheritance allowed her to study at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre, and in 1934 she made her screen debut after signing to Svenskfilmindustri with a small role in Munkbrovregen. Bergman's first lead performance followed a year later in Brunninger, and with the success of the 1936 melodrama Valborgsmassoafen, she rose to become one of Sweden's biggest stars. Later that year, she starred in the romance Intermezzo, which eventually made its way to New York where it came to the attention of producer David O. Selznick. After signing a Hollywood contract, she relocated to America where her first film, 1939's Intermezzo: A Love Story, was an English-language remake of her earlier success.

Bergman's fresh-scrubbed Nordic beauty set her squarely apart from the stereotypical movie starlet, and quickly both Hollywood executives and audiences became enchanted with her. After briefly returning to Sweden to appear in 1940's Juninatten, Selznick demanded she return to the U.S., but without any projects immediately available he pointed her to Broadway to star in Liliom. Bergman was next loaned to MGM for 1941's Adam Had Four Sons, followed by Rage in Heaven. She then appeared against type as a coquettish bad girl in the latest screen adaptation Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. However, it was 1942's Casablanca which launched her to superstardom; cast opposite Humphrey Bogart after a series of other actresses rejected the picture, she was positively radiant, her chemistry with Bogart the stuff of pure magic. Now a major box-office draw, she won the coveted lead in 1943's For Whom the Bell Tolls with the blessing of the novel's author, Ernest Hemingway; when her performance earned an Academy Award nomination, every studio in town wanted to secure her talents.

Bergman next starred in Sam Wood's Saratoga Trunk, but because the studio, Warner Bros., wanted to distribute more timely material during wartime, the picture's release was delayed until 1944. As a result, audiences next saw her in Gaslight, starring opposite Charles Boyer; another rousing success, her performance won Best Actress honors from both the Oscar and Golden Globe voters. The 1945 Spellbound, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was another massive hit, and a year later they reunited for Notorious. Sandwiched in between was The Bells of St. Mary's, and all told, the three pictures helped push Bergman to the position of Hollywood's top female box-office attraction. Upon fulfilling her contract with Selznick, she began freelancing, starring as a prostitute in 1948's Arch of Triumph; the public, however, reacted negatively to her decision to play against type, and later that year she was even more saintly than usual as the title heroine in Joan of Arc. Expected to become a blockbuster, the film performed to only moderate success, and after a similarly tepid response to the 1949 Hitchcock thriller Under Capricorn, she began to reconsider her options.

Like so many viewers around the world, Bergman had been highly moved by director Roberto Rossellini's Italian neorealist masterpiece Roma Citta Aperta; announcing her desire to work with him, she accepted the lead in 1950's Stromboli. During production, Bergman and Rossellini fell in love, and she became pregnant with his child; at the time, she was still married to her first husband, Swedish doctor Peter Lindstrom, and soon she was assailed by criticism the world over. After divorcing Lindstrom, Bergman quickly married Rossellini, but the damage was already done: Stromboli was banned in many markets, boycotted by audiences in others, and despite much curiosity, it was a box-office disaster. Together, over the next six years, the couple made a series of noteworthy films including Europa '51, Siamo Donne, and Viaggio in Italia, but audiences wanted no part of any of them; to make matters worse, their marriage was crumbling, and their financial resources were exhausted. In 1956, Bergman starred in Jean Renoir's lovely Elena et les Hommes, but it too failed to return her to audience favor.

Few stars of Bergman's magnitude had ever suffered such a sudden and disastrous fall from grace; even fewer enjoyed as remarkable a comeback as the one she mounted with 1957's Anastasia, a historical tale which not only proved successful with audiences but also with critics, resulting in a second Academy Award. For director Stanley Donen, Bergman next starred in 1958's Indiscreet, followed by The Inn of the Sixth Happiness. Also in 1958, she married for the third time, to Swedish impresario Lars Schmidt, and when a series of planned projects failed to come to fruition she simply went on sabbatical, appearing in a television presentation of The Turn of the Screw in 1959 but otherwise keeping out of the public eye for three years. She resurfaced in 1961 with Aimez-Vous Brahms? Another three-year hiatus followed prior to her next feature project, The Visit. After 1965's The Yellow Rolls Royce, Bergman appeared in the 1967 Swedish anthology Stimulantia and then turned to the stage, touring in a production of Eugene O'Neill's More Stately Mansions.

Bergman's theatrical success re-ignited Hollywood's interest, and Columbia signed her to star in 1969's hit Cactus Flower; 1970's Spring Rain followed, before she returned to stage for 1971's Captain Brassbound's Conversion. After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in 1974's Murder on the Orient Express, Bergman appeared opposite Liza Minnelli in 1976's A Matter of Time before returning to Sweden to star in 1978's superb Herbstsonate, the first and only time she worked with her namesake, the legendary director Ingmar Bergman. After penning a 1980 autobiography, Ingrid Bergman: My Story, in 1982, she starred in the television miniseries A Woman Called Golda, a biography of the Israeli premier Golda Meir; the performance was her last -- on August 29 of that year she lost her long battle with cancer. In subsequent years, her daughter, Isabella Rossellini, emerged as a top actress and fashion model. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
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Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman, 1944
Born 29 August 1915(1915-08-29)
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 29 August 1982 (aged 67)
London, England, UK
Occupation Film and stage actress
Years active 1935–1982
Spouse(s) Aron Petter Lindström
(1937–1950)
Roberto Rossellini
(1950–1957)
Lars Schmidt
(1958–1975)

Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress noted for her starring roles in 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 spy drama co-starring Humphrey Bogart.[1]

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, quickly became "the ideal of American womanhood" and one of Hollywood's greatest leading actresses.[2]

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 the films For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Gaslight (1944), 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 and had 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.

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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 father, Justus Samuel Bergman, and a German mother, Friedel Adler Bergman.[3] 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 her father's empty studio. Her father documented all her birthdays with a borrowed camera.[4]

In her first film, Munkbrogrefen, 1934, at age 19

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 times coming."[3]:294

At the age of 17, Bergman was allowed only one chance to become an actress by entering an acting competition with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.[3]:30-31 Bergman recalls her feelings during that competition:

"As I walked off the stage, I was in mourning, I was at a funeral. 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 knew you were a natural and great. Your future as an actress was settled."[3]:31-33

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 expected to complete three years of study before getting such acting roles.[3]:33 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's Munkbrogreven (She had previously been an extra in the 1932 film Landskamp). She later acted in a dozen films in Sweden, including En kvinnas ansikte, which would later be remade as A Woman's Face with Joan Crawford, and one film in Germany, Die vier Gesellen (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 in Intermezzo: 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 return home to Sweden. Her husband, Peter, remained in Sweden with their daughter Pia.[3]:63 In the film she plays the role of a young piano accompanist opposite the late Leslie Howard as a famous violin virtuoso.

She arrived in Los Angeles on May 6, 1939, and stayed at the Selznick home until she could find another residence. According to Danny Selznick, David Selznick's son, 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 by Selznick.[3]:6 "He let her have her way," notes a story in Life 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 razzle-dazzle."[4]

During the weeks following, while Intermezzo was being filmed, Selznick was also filming Gone with the Wind, which would win 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In a letter to William Herbert, his publicity director, Selznick described a few of his early impressions of Bergman:

"Miss Bergman (sic) 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 in Gone 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 to sign her. . . ." [5]:135-136
With Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca

Intermezzo became 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," writes Life, adding that workmen would go out of their way to do things for her, and the cast and crew "admired the quick, alert concentration she gave to direction and to her lines."[4] 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 to Life, the impression that she left on Hollywood, after she returned to Sweden, was of a tall (5 ft. 7 in.) girl "with light brown hair and blue eyes who was painfully shy but friendly, with a warm, straight, quick smile."[4] Selznick appreciated her uniqueness, and with his wife Irene, they remained important friends throughout her career.[6]:76

Casablanca (1942)

After Germany initiated World War II, Bergman "felt guilty because she had so misjudged the situation in Germany" while she was there filming Die vier Gessellen (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, she had been afraid to go with the others to witness the atrocities of the Nazi extermination camps."[3]:293-295

After completing one last film in Sweden and appearing in three moderately successful films (which included Adam Had Four Sons, Rage in Heaven and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) in the United States, Bergman co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in the 1942 classic film Casablanca, 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 Henried, an "anti-Nazi underground hero" who is in Casablanca, a safe-haven from the Nazis.[3] Bergman did not consider Casablanca to 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 that one with Bogart."[7] In later years however, she stated, "I feel about Casablanca that 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 the film filled."[3]:88

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

After Casablanca, with "Selznick's steady boosting," she played the part of Maria in For 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 ws 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, and after studying her said "You are Maria!"[4]

Gaslight (1944)
With Cary Grant in Notorious

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 to Thomson, "was the peak of her Hollywood glory."[6]:77 Bergman next played a nun in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) for which received her third consecutive nomination for Best Actress.

Notorious (1946)

Bergman starred in the Alfred Hitchcock films Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946), and Under Capricorn (1949). Unlike her earlier Hitchcock films, Under Capricorn, the only one of the three made in color, was a slow-paced costume drama, and has never received the acclaim that the other films that Bergman made with Hitchcock have. Ingrid Bergman was a student of the acting coach Michael Chekhov during the 1940s. Coincidentally, it was his role in Spellbound, of which she was a star, that he received his only nomination for an Academy Award.[8]

Joan of Arc (1948)

Later, Bergman would receive another Best Actress nomination for Joan of Arc (1948), an independent film based on the Maxwell Anderson play Joan of Lorraine, produced by Walter Wanger, and initially released through RKO. Bergman had championed the role since her arrival in Hollywood, which is one of the reasons she had played it on the Broadway stage in Anderson's play. Partly because of the pregnancy-out-of-wedlock scandal involving Bergman with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, the film, which was still in theatres when the scandal broke, was not a big hit with the public. 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 plays Liliom, Anna Christie, and Joan of Lorraine. Furthermore, during a press conference in Washington, D.C. for the promotion of Joan 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.

Bergman went to Alaska during World War II in order to entertain US 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 in Arch 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. Bergman remembered this first romance:

"I was a virgin when I married, not because I gave it any importance. . . . Before Petter, I had no suitors, and I didn't mind a bit. In fact, I was glad . . . . I needed all of my time and energy to prepare myself as an actress. I could not imagine any greater thrill than acting. . . . I think my innocence and naïveté were a great part of my attraction for Petter and why he wanted to marry me."[3]:51

After returning to American in 1940, she acted on Broadway before continuing to do films in Hollywood. The following year, her husband arrived from Sweden with daughter Pia. Lindstrom stayed in Rochester, New York, where he studied medicine and surgery at the University of Rochester. Bergman would travel to New York and stay at their small rented stucco house between films, her visits lasting from a few days to four months.[4]

According to a Life magazine 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 she could travel between filmings.[4]

Italian period with Rossellini: 1950-1957

With second husband Roberto Rossellini in 1951

In 1949, Bergman met Italian director Roberto Rossellini in order to make the film Stromboli (1950), after having been a fan of two of his previous films that she had seen while in the United States. During the making of this movie, she fell in love with him and became pregnant with a son, Renato Roberto Giusto Giuseppe ("Robin") Rossellini (born 2 February 1950).[9]:18

The pregnancy 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 chosing not to have her on his show, despite a poll indicating that the public wanted her to appear.[10] However, Steve Allen, whose show was equally popular, did have her on, later explaining "the danger of trying to judge artistic activity through the prism of one's personal life."[10] Spoto notes that Bergman had, by virtue of her roles and screen persona, placed herself "above all that." She had played a nun in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) and a saint in Joan of Arc (1948), and Bergman herself later acknowledged, "People saw me in Joan of Arc and declared me a saint. I'm not. I'm just a woman, another human being."[11]:300

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. On 18 June, 1952, she gave birth to twin daughters, Isabella Rossellini, who became an actress and model, and Isotta Ingrid Rossellini, who became a professor of Italian Literature.

Stromboli and "neorealism"

Rossellini completed five films staring Bergman between 1949 and 1955: Stromboli, Europa '51, Viaggio in Italia, Giovanna d'Arco al rogo, and La paura. He also directed her in a brief segment of his 1953 documentary film, Siamo donne (We, the Women), which was devoted to film actresses.[9]:18 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 a world without moral values."[9]:19

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," as in Bergman's first film Stromboli, her character was "defying audience expectations" in that Rossellini preferred to work withoug a script. This forced Bergman to act most of her scenes "inspired by reality while she worked," a style which Bondanella calls "a new cinema of psychological introspection."[9]:98 She was aware of his directing style before filming however, as Rossellini had earlier written her explaining that he worked from "a few basic ideas, developing them little by little" as a film progressed.[9]:19

After separating from Rossellini, Bergman starred in Jean Renoir's Elena 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's Anastasia, Bergman made a triumphant return to the American screen and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for a second time. The award was accepted for her by her friend Cary Grant.[12] Bergman would not make her first post-scandal public appearance in Hollywood until the 1958 Academy Awards, when she was the presenter of the Academy Award for Best Picture.[13] 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 of The Turn of the Screw for Startime 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 led to divorce in 1975. He died on October 18, 2009.

After a long hiatus, Bergman did the movie Cactus Flower in 1968, with Walter Matthau and Goldie Hawn.

In 1972, Senator Charles H. Percy entered an apology into the Congressional Record for the attack made on Bergman 22 years earlier by Edwin C. Johnson. She was the President of the Jury at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.[14]

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 in Murder on the Orient Express (1974). Director Sidney Lumet offered Bergman the important part of Princess Dragomiroff, which he felt she could win an Oscar. However, she insisted on playing the much smaller role of Greta Ohlsson, the old Swedish missonary. 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 the idea and made the most of it. She ran the gamut of emotions. I've never seen anything like it."[3]:246-247
With Liv Ullmann in Autumn Sonata (1978)

Bergman could speak Swedish (her native language), German (her second language), English (learned when brought over to United States), Italian (learned while exiled in Italy [15]) and French (learned formally from language teachers) fluently. In addition, she acted in each of these languages at various times. Fellow actor John Gielgud, who had acted with her in Murder on the Orient Express and who had directed her in the play The Constant Wife, playfully mocked this ability when he remarked, "She speaks five languages and can't act in any of them."[16]

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 in A Month in the Country (1965), Sir John Gielgud in The Constant Wife (1973) and Dame Wendy Hiller in Waters of the Moon (1977-78).

Autumn Sonata (1978)
In A Woman Called Golda

In 1978, Bergman played in Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) for which she received her 7th Academy Award nomination and made her final performance on the big screen. This was very confusing for the film crew and cast, as the two share very similar names. In the film, Bergman plays a celebrity pianist who returns to Sweden to visit her neglected daughter, played by Liv Ullmann. The film was shot in Norway. It is considered by many to be among her best performances. [15] She hosted the AFI's Life Achievement Award Ceremony for Alfred Hitchcock in 1979.[17]

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 her, "People believe you and trust you, and this is what I want, because Golda Meir had the trust of the people." Isabella adds, "Now that was interesting to mother." She was also persuaded that Golda was a "grand-scale person," one that people would assume was much taller than she actually was. Chandler notes that the role "also had a special significance for her, as during World War II, Ingrid felt guilty because she had so misjudged the situation in Germany."[3]:293

According to Chandler, "Ingrid's rapidly deteriorating health was a more serious problem. Insurance for Ingrid was impossible. Not only did she have cancer, but it was spreading, and if anyone had known how bad it was, no one would have gone on with the project." After viewing the series on TV, Isabella commented,

She never showed herself like that in life. In life, Mum showed courage. She was always a little vulnerable, courageous, but vulnerable. Mother had a sort of presence, like Golda, I was surprised to see it. . . When I saw her performance, I saw a mother that I'd never seen before—this woman with balls."[3]:290

Ingrid was frequently ill during the filming although she rarely complained or showed it. Four months after the filming was completed, she died. After Ingrid's death it was her daughter Pia who accepted her Emmy.[3]:296

Death and Legacy

Ingrid Bergman's grave at Norra begravningsplatsen.

Bergman died in 1982 on her 67th birthday in London, England, following a long battle with breast cancer. Her body was cremated in London and her ashes taken to Sweden where some were scattered in the sea and the rest placed next to her parents.

According to biographer Donald Spoto she was "arguably the most international star in the history of entertainment," acting in five languages she was seen on stage, screen, and television, and had won 3 Academy Awards plus many others.[11] After her American film debut in the 1939 film Intermezzo: A Love Story, co-starring Leslie Howard, Hollywood saw her as a unique actress who was completely natural in style and without need of makeup. Film critic James Agee wrote that she "not only bears a startling resemblance to an imaginable human being; she really knows how to act, in a blend of poetic grace with quiet realism."[2]

Scene from Casablanca, with Humphrey Bogart saying, "Here's looking at you kid."

As a tall, natural-looking, and intelligent Swedish actress, fluent in English, she "always strove to be a 'true' woman," notes film historian David Thomson, and adds:

"There was a time in the early and mid-1940s when Bergman commanded a kind of love in America that has been hardly ever matched. In turn, it was the strength of that affection that animated the 'scandal' when she behaved like an impetuous and ambitious actress instead of a saint."[6]:76

Nonetheless, Life magazine wrote about her first years in Hollywood, stating, "All Bergman vehicles are blessed," noting that "they all go speedily and happily, with no temperament from the leading lady."[4] She was "completely pleased" with her early career's management by David O. Selznick, who always found excellent dramatic roles for her to play, and equally satisfied with her salary, once saying, "I am an actress and I am interested in acting, not in making money." Life adds that "she has greater versatility than any actress on the American screen . . . . her roles have demanded an adaptability and sensitiveness of characterization to which few actresses could rise."[4]

She continued her acting career even while fighting an eight-year battle with cancer, and still won international honors for her final roles. "Her spirit triumphed with remarkable grace and courage," adds Spoto.[11] Director George Cukor once summed up her contributions to the film media when he said to her, "Do you know what I especially love about you, Ingrid, my dear? I can sum it up as your naturalness. The camera loves your beauty, your acting, and your individuality. A star must have individuality. It makes you a great star. A great star."[3]:11

For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Bergman has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6759 Hollywood Blvd.

Autobiography

In 1980, Bergman's autobiography was published under the title Ingrid Bergman: My Story. It was written with the help of Alan Burgess, and in it she discusses her childhood, her early career, her life during her time in Hollywood, the Rossellini scandal and subsequent events. The book was written after her children warned her that she would only be known through rumors and interviews if she did not tell her own story. It was through this autobiography that her affair with Robert Capa became known.

Awards

Year Group Award Won? Film/Play
1944 Academy Award Best Actress No For Whom the Bell Tolls
1945 Academy Award Best Actress Yes Gaslight
Golden Globe Best Actress - Motion Picture
1946 Academy Award Best Actress No The Bells of St. Mary's
Golden Globe Best Actress - Motion Picture Yes
NYFCC Award Best Actress Yes
Spellbound
1947 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Yes Joan of Lorraine
1949 Academy Award Best Actress No Joan of Arc
1956 NYFCC Award Best Actress Yes Anastasia
1957 Academy Award
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
1958 NBR Award Best Actress Yes The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1959 BAFTA Best Foreign Actress No
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama No
Best Motion Picture Actress - Comedy/Musical Indiscreet
1960 Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Yes Turn of the Screw
1961 Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie No 24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1970 Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy No Cactus Flower
1975 Academy Award Best Supporting Actress Yes Murder on the Orient Express
BAFTA
1976 César Award Honorary Award Yes
1978 NBR Award Best Actress Yes Höstsonaten
NYFCC Award
1979 Academy Award Best Actress No
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
NSFC Award Best Actress Yes
1982 Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Yes A Woman Called Golda
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1983 Golden Globe Best Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Filmography

Notes

  1. ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars". American Film Institute. http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/stars.aspx. Retrieved 2006-10-23. 
  2. ^ a b St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, Gale Publishing (2000)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Chandler, Charlotte (2007). Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 21; 294. ISBN 0-7432-9421-1. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Carlile, Thomas, and Speiser, Jean. Life Magazine, July 26, 1943, pgs 98-104
  5. ^ Selznick, David O. Memo from David O. Selznick, Selected and edited by Rudy Behlmer, Viking Press (1972), in letter dated June 22, 1939
  6. ^ a b c Thomson, David. The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y. (2002)
  7. ^ The Official Ingrid Bergman Website.
  8. ^ Adam J. Ledger. "Michael Chekhov". Literary Encyclopedia. The Literary Dictionary Company Limited. http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5949. Retrieved 2007-03-06. 
  9. ^ a b c d e Bondanella, Peter E. The Films of Robert Rossellini, Cambridge Univ. Press (1993)
  10. ^ a b "Steve Allen". The Mike Wallace Interview. ABC, New York City. 1957-07-07. Transcript.
  11. ^ a b c Spoto, Donald. Notorious: The Life of Ingrid Bergman, HarperCollins (1997), Intro.
  12. ^ "1957 Academy Awards". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1957. Retrieved 2006-10-23. 
  13. ^ Gary Moody. "All the Oscars: 1958". the OscarSite.com - A celebration of all things Oscar. http://theoscarsite.com/1958.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-10. 
  14. ^ "Ingrid Bergman Profile". Cannes Film Festival. http://www.festival-cannes.fr/perso/index.php?langue=6002&personne=4296444. Retrieved 2006-10-23. 
  15. ^ a b Leamer, Laurence (1986). As Time Goes By: The Life of Ingrid Bergman. Harper & Row. ISBN 0060154853. 
  16. ^ "The Punch Line". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2002-08-26. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Aug-26-Mon-2002/news/19489130.html. Retrieved 2006-10-22. 
  17. ^ "The American Film Institute Salute to Alfred Hitchcock". Internet Movie Database. http://imdb.com/title/tt0268597/. Retrieved 2006-10-23. 

References

  • Bergman, Ingrid and Burgess, Alan (1980). Ingrid Bergman: My Story. New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-440032-99-7. 
  • Chandler, Charlotte (2007). Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-9421-1. 
  • Leamer, Laurence (1986). As Time Goes By: The Life of Ingrid Bergman. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-060154-85-3. 
  • Dagrada, Elena (2008). Le Varianti Trasparenti. I Film con Ingrid Bergman di Roberto Rossellini. Milano: LED Edizioni Universitarie. ISBN 978-88-7916-410-8. 

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