2. Bergman, named after Princess Ingrid of Sweden, was
born on 29 August 1915 in Stockholm, to
a Swedish father, Justus Bergman, and
his German wife, Frieda Bergman.
When she was two years of age, her mother died. Her
father, who was an artist and photographer, died
when she was 13.
After his death, she was sent to live with an aunt, who
died of heart disease only six months later.
She then moved in with her Aunt Hulda and Uncle
Otto, who had five children
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4. At 17, in 1932, Bergman was allowed only one chance to
become an actress by entering an acting competition with
the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm
Her first film role after leaving the Royal Dramatic Theatre
was a small part in 1935's Munkbrogreven .
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6. Bergman's first acting role in the United States came
when Hollywood producer David O. Selznick brought her to
America to star in Intermezzo: A Love Story . Intermezzo became
an enormous success and as a result Bergman became a star.
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8. Ingrid Bergman is considered one of the world’s greatest female film
stars of all times and gained icon status after starring against
Humphrey Bogart in the film Casablanca,(1942)
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10. Her role in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)was Ingrid
Bergman’s first Oscar nomination in her long career.
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12. The peak of her Hollywood glory came in 1944 with
Gaslight; she won her first Academy Award for her work
on this movie.
16. Working with Alfred Hitchcock,
Bergman starred in two of his thrillers:
Spellbound (1945) with Gregory Peck,
and Notorious (1946) with Cary Grant.
She was especially praised for her
portrayal of a spy in Notorious, which is
considered one of her greatest
performances.
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18. In 1937, at the age of 21, Bergman married dentist Petter Aron
Lindström (later to become a neurosurgeon), and they had a
daughter, Friedel Pia Lindström (born 20 September 1938). .
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20. In 1950 Bergman had an affair with Italian director Roberto
Rossellini during the filming of Stromboli . In the same month the film
was released, she gave birth to a boy, Robertino Rossellini (born 2
February 1950). A week after her son was born, she divorced Lindström
and married Rossellini in Mexico
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22. On 18 June 1952 she gave birth to the twin daughters
Isotta Ingrid Rossellini and Isabella Rossellini. In 1957
she divorced Rossellini.
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26. In 1958 she married Lars Schmidt, a theatrical entrepreneur
from a wealthy Swedish shipping family. That marriage lasted
nearly two decades, until 1975 when they divorced.
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28. Bergman died in 1982 on her 67th birthday in London,
of breast cancer. Her body was cremated at Kensal Green
Cemetery, London, and her ashes taken to Sweden.
29. Ingrid Bergman is arguably the greatest film actress of the
20th century. In conjunction with her upcoming 100th
birthday, which will be celebrated on 29 August 2015, her four
children—Pia Lindström, Isabella, Ingrid and Roberto
Rossellini—have given Schirmer/Mosel access to the treasure
trove of the family archive and commissioned us to produce
the actress’s essential, quasi-official pictorial biography.
