Ingrid Bergman

Born:

August 29, 1915

Died:

August 29 ,1982

I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart

Remarkable:

Ingrid always refused to play any part that required her to be nude or seminude.

Biography:

Ingrid was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Despite shyness she enrolled in the Swedish Royal Theatre but decided that stage acting was not for her. Her screen debut in Munkbrogreven, The Count of the Monk's Bridge (1935), was followed by challenging roles in such Swedish films as the original Intermezzo (1936) and En kvinnas ansikte, A Woman's Face (1938).

Bergman went to the USA to reprise her role in Intermezzo opposite Leslie Howard. The film's critical and commercial success instantly established Bergman as a star. She achieved tremendous popularity through a series of critical and commercial successes that included Casablanca (1942), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Gaslight (1944) and two thrillers directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Spellbound (1945) and Notorious (1946).

She fell in love with the Italian director Roberto Rossellini, while performing in his film Stromboli (1950). Bergman left both her husband and daughter for Rossellini. The ensuing scandal¹ led to her ostracization from the US film industry and forced her to return to Europe, where she appeared in Italian and French films. Ingrid returned to the Hollywood scene² in 1956 to play Anastasia (1956).

Her last role was that of Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister, in A Woman Called Golda (1981). She was posthumously awarded an Emmy Award in 1982.

Selected Movies:

Casablanca (1942)
Notorious (1946)
Spellbound (1945)
Gaslight (1944)
Höstsonaten (1978)
For whom the bell tolls (1943)
Anastasia (1956)

Academy awards:

1979 Nominated Best Actress for: Höstsonaten (1978)
1975 Won Best Actress for: Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
1957 Won Best Actress for: Anastasia (1956)
1949 Nominated Best Actress for: Joan of Arc (1948)
1946 Nominated Best Actress for: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
1945 Won Best Actress for: Gaslight (1944)
1944 Nominated Best Actress for: For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

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-December 03, 2008
Now in shops: The Casablanca: Ultimate Collector's Edition on Blu-ray. Extras are: A pair of audio commentaries, the TCM movie special Bacall on Bogart a pair of featurettes and much more.
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Trivia

1. After her divorce, Bergman was branded as “Hollywood’s apostle of degradation” by senator Edwin C. Johnson.
--Source: Notorious: The Life of Ingrid Bergman, Page 296

2. Ingrid: “I’ve gone from saint to whore and back to saint again all in one lifetime”
--Source: The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History, Page 122

Alfred Hitchcock became a bit obsessed by his leading ladies. He once told friends that Ingrid refused to leave his bedroom until he made love to her. Bergman: “Some people really believed his story. I never got angry when it came back to me...I loved him, but not his way.”
--Source: Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies, Page 0

Actor John Gielgud: “She speaks five languages (Swedish, German, French, English and Italian) and can’t act in any of them”

One of Bergman’s children is the model and actress Isabella Rossellini.

Her shorter male co-stars, such as Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains, had to wear lifts to avoid looking small next to her 5’ 10” (1,78m)

In Fjall-backa, Sweden, there’s The Ingrid Bergman Square with a statue of her looking out over the water to her former home.
--Source: Rough Guide to Sweden, Page 174

Ingrid has a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
It’s located between Las Palmas and Highland avenues.

Seven writers worked on the Casablanca script and throughout the shoot they tried to keep up with director Curtiz. Ingrid Bergman: “Everytime I asked Curtiz who I was, what I felt, what i was doing, he said: Well, we’re not really sure, but let’s do this scene and tomorrow we’ll let you know”
--Source: Notorious: The Life of Ingrid Bergman, Page 125

Producer David Selznick said the name Bergman was too German. He wanted to rename her Ingrid Berryman. Ingrid:“Bergman is a good name and I like it. If I fail in America, I can go back to Sweden and still be Ingrid Bergman”
--Source: Notorious: The Life of Ingrid Bergman, Page 69

Selznick had no problems with that: “Miss Bergman feels reluctant to change it when there is no positive assurance that she will make any more than one picture here [in America]”
--Source: Memo from David O. Selznick, Page 140

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