Ingrid
Bergman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 29th August, 1915.
Educated at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm, she made
her film debut in Branningar (1935).
Bergman established herself as one of Sweden's leading stars in films
such as Munkbroggreven
(1935), Swedenheilms (1935)
and Intermezzo (1936), a film
where Bergman played a pianist who falls in love with a married violinist.
Intermezzo was seen by the American producer, David O. Selznick.
He was so impressed he invited her to do a remake in Hollywood. Her
husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom went
with her and he eventually became one of America's leading brain surgeons.
The Hollywood version of Intermezzo
was a great success and Bergman followed this with other popular films
such as Adam had Four Sons (1941),
Rage in Heaven (1941), Casablanca
(1942), For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1943), Gaslight
(1944), The Bells of St. Mary's
(1945), Spellbound (1945),
Notorious (1946) and Joan of
Arc (1948).
In August, 1949, Bergman became the centre of a major scandal when
it was revealed by her husband, Dr. Peter
Lindstrom, that she had abandoned Pia, her ten year old daughter,
to live with the Italian film director, Roberto Rossellini. Politicians
became involved in the case and one senator, Edwin Johnson of Colorado,
denounced her behaviour as "an assault upon the institution of
marriage" and described her as a "powerful influence of
evil".
Bergman was unable to work in Hollywood for seven years but made a
triumphant return in Anastasia
(1956) for which she won an Academy Award.
Other successes included The Inn of the Sixth
Happiness (1958), The Yellow Rolls-Royce
(1964) and the Murder on the Orient Express
(1974). Ingrid Bergman died on 29th August, 1982.
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