Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman in Notorious

Ingrid Bergman  Ingrid Bergman (info • help) (August 29 1915 – August 29 1982) was a Swedish actress.

Life and Career

Born in Stockholm, Ingrid Bergman enrolled at Royal Dramatic Drama School and began acting in films in Sweden before being taken by producer David O. Selnick to Hollywood in 1939. Her first film there was a remake of a Swedish film she appeared in called Intermezzo.

The public quickly took to her and she soon established herself as one of the most popular movie stars of the time. Some of her most famous films include; Casablanca (1942), Gaslight (1944), Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946).

At the height of her fame and success, she scandalized the world, when she began an affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini, while still married to her first husband Dr. Peter Lindström. She and Rossellini were eventually married in 1950.

She returned to Hollywood in 1956 with Anastasia, which won her the Academy Award for best actress, followed by The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958). She went on appearing in films in both America and Europe. Her last role was in a television miniserie on the life of Golda Meir (1982).

Miss Bergman died in London, England, after a long battle with breast cancer.

She had a daughter Pia (b. 1938) by her first husband Dr. Lindström, and a son Robertino (b. 1950) and twin daughters Isabella and Isotta (b. 1952) with Rossellini.

References

• The Illustrated Who's Who of Cinema, Portland House, New York, 1987.