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Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Acting

Born: August 29, 1915Stockholm, Sweden

Ingrid Bergman (August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, television movies, and plays. With a career spanning five decades, she is often regarded as one of the most influential screen figures in cinematic history. According to the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, upon her arrival in the U.S. Bergman quickly became "the ideal of American womanhood" and a contender for Hollywood's greatest leading actress. David O. Selznick once called her "the most completely conscientious actress" he had ever worked with. In 1999, the American Film Institute recognised Bergman as the fourth greatest female screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema. She won numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, four Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Award and a Volpi Cup. She is one of only four actresses to have received at least three acting Academy Awards (only Katharine Hepburn has four). Born in Stockholm to a Swedish father and a German mother, Bergman began her acting career in Swedish and German films. Her introduction to the U.S. audience came in the English-language remake of Intermezzo (1939). Known for her naturally luminous beauty, she starred in Casablanca (1942) as Ilsa Lund, her most famous role, opposite Humphrey Bogart. Bergman's notable performances in the 1940s include the dramas For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Gaslight (1944), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), and Joan of Arc (1948), all of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress; she won for Gaslight. She made three films with Alfred Hitchcock: Spellbound (1945), with Gregory Peck, Notorious (1946), opposite Cary Grant and Under Capricorn (1949), alongside Joseph Cotten. In 1950, she starred in Roberto Rossellini's Stromboli, released after the revelation she was having an affair with Rossellini; that and her pregnancy prior to their marriage created a scandal in the U.S. that prompted her to remain in Europe for several years. During this time she starred in Rossellini's Europa '51 and Journey to Italy (1954), now critically acclaimed, the former of which won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She had a successful return to working for a Hollywood studio in Anastasia (1956), winning her second Academy Award for Best Actress. Soon after, she co-starred with Grant in the romance Indiscreet (1958). In 1969, she starred in the acclaimed and highly successful film Cactus Flower. In later years, Bergman won her third Academy Award, this one for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Murder on the Orient Express (1974). In 1978, she starred in Ingmar Bergman's (no relation) Swedish Autumn Sonata receiving her sixth Best Actress nomination. Bergman spoke five languages – Swedish, English, German, Italian and French – and acted in each. In her final role, she portrayed the late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the television miniseries A Woman Called Golda (1982) for which she posthumously won her second Emmy Award for Best Actress. In 1974, Bergman discovered she was suffering from breast cancer but continued to work until shortly before her death on her sixty-seventh birthday.

Known For
Filmography
Two Bergmans

Two Bergmans

Self speaking English / Self speaking Italian (archival footage)

2025
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

Self (archive footage)

2024
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe

Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe

2022
Becoming Marilyn

Becoming Marilyn

2022
The Rossellinis

The Rossellinis

Self (archive footage)

2021
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2020
Beautiful Like a Poem

Beautiful Like a Poem

Self (archive footage)

2020
Julie Andrews Forever

Julie Andrews Forever

Self (archive footage)

2019
Becoming Cary Grant

Becoming Cary Grant

Self (archive footage)

2017
Hitler's Hollywood

Hitler's Hollywood

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2017
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman

Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman

2016

Viva Ingrid!

Self (archive footage)

2015
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Self (archive footage)

2015
The War of the Volcanoes

The War of the Volcanoes

Self (archive footage)

2012
Hollywood sul Tevere

Hollywood sul Tevere

2009
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

Self (archive footage)

2009
Warner at War

Warner at War

(archive footage)

2008
Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali

Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali

Self (Archive Footage)

2008
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'

Self (archive footage)

2006
Året var 1955

Året var 1955

Self (archive footage)

2005
Reflections on 'Gaslight'

Reflections on 'Gaslight'

Self (archive footage)

2003
As Time Goes By: The Children Remember

As Time Goes By: The Children Remember

Self (archive footage)

2003
Heart of the Festival

Heart of the Festival

Self (archive footage)

2002
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

Self (archive footage)

2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

Self (archive footage)

2001
Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Self (archive footage)

2000

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

1999
Glorious Technicolor

Glorious Technicolor

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998
Rossellini Under the Volcano

Rossellini Under the Volcano

Karen (archive footage)

1998
Bogart: The Untold Story

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage)

1997

Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain

Self - actress, wife

1996
Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Self (archive footage)

1996
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

Self (segment "Salute to Orson Welles") (archive footage)

1995
Stjärnbilder

Stjärnbilder

(archive footage)

1995
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

Dr. Constance Petersen (archive footage) (uncredited)

1995
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

1994
Minns ni?

Minns ni?

(archive footage)

1993
Rossellini Through His Own Eyes

Rossellini Through His Own Eyes

Self (archive footage)

1993
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

Self (archive footage)

1992
Anthony Quinn: An Original

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Self (archive footage)

1990
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Self (archive footage)

1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Gregory Peck: His Own Man

Self (archive footage)

1988
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "Notorious") (archive footage)

1982
A Woman Called Golda

A Woman Called Golda

Golda Meir

1982
Ingrid Bergman at the National Film Theatre

Ingrid Bergman at the National Film Theatre

Interviewee

1981
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

Self

1979
The Making of Autumn Sonata

The Making of Autumn Sonata

Self

1978
Autumn Sonata

Autumn Sonata

Charlotte

1978
Ersatz

Ersatz

Ilsa Lund (voice) (archive sound)

1978
A Matter of Time

A Matter of Time

Contessa Sanziani

1976

A Tradition of Romance

Herself

1976
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

(archive footage)

1975
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Greta Ohlson

1974
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Mrs. Frankweiler

1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

1972
Langlois

Langlois

Self

1970
A Walk in the Spring Rain

A Walk in the Spring Rain

Libby Meredith

1970
Cactus Flower

Cactus Flower

Stephanie Dickinson

1969
Stimulantia

Stimulantia

Mathilde Hartman

1967
The Human Voice

The Human Voice

A Woman

1966
The Car That Became a Star

The Car That Became a Star

Gerda Millett (archive footage)

1965
The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Gerda Millett

1964
The Visit

The Visit

Karla Zachanassian

1964

Pappa Sandrew

1964
Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

1962
Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Self (uncredited)

1961
Auguste

Auguste

Cameo Appearance (uncredited)

1961
Goodbye Again

Goodbye Again

Paula Tessier

1961
24 Hours in a Woman's Life

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

Clare Lester

1961
The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

Governess

1959
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

Gladys Aylward

1958
Indiscreet

Indiscreet

Anna Kalman

1958
Anastasia

Anastasia

Anna Koreff / Anastasia

1956
Elena and Her Men

Elena and Her Men

Elena Sokorowska

1956
Joan of Arc at the Stake

Joan of Arc at the Stake

Joan of Arc

1954
Fear

Fear

Irene Wagner

1954
Journey to Italy

Journey to Italy

Katherine Joyce

1954
Med Ingrid Bergman på Berns

Med Ingrid Bergman på Berns

1953
The Chicken

The Chicken

Ingrid

1953
We, the Women

We, the Women

Ingrid (segment "Ingrid Bergman")

1953
A Brief Encounter with the Rossellini Family

A Brief Encounter with the Rossellini Family

Self

1953
Europa '51

Europa '51

Irene Girard

1952
Santa Brigida

Santa Brigida

Herself

1951
Stromboli

Stromboli

Karin Bjornsen

1950
Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn

Lady Henrietta Flusky

1949
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

1948
Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

Joan Madou

1948
Notorious

Notorious

Alicia Huberman

1946
The Bells of St. Mary's

The Bells of St. Mary's

Sister Mary Benedict

1945
Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk

Clio Dulaine

1945
Spellbound

Spellbound

Dr. Constance Petersen

1945
Breakdowns of 1944

Breakdowns of 1944

Self

1944
Gaslight

Gaslight

Paula Alquist

1944
Swedes in America

Swedes in America

Herself

1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Maria

1943
Casablanca

Casablanca

Ilsa Lund

1943
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Ivy Peterson

1941
Adam Had Four Sons

Adam Had Four Sons

Emilie Gallatin

1941
Rage in Heaven

Rage in Heaven

Stella Bergen

1941
June Night

June Night

Kerstin Norbäck

1940
Intermezzo: A Love Story

Intermezzo: A Love Story

Anita Hoffman

1939
Ingrid Bergman, "Intermezzo" Screen Test

Ingrid Bergman, "Intermezzo" Screen Test

Self

1939
Only One Night

Only One Night

Eva Beckman

1939
A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

Anna Holm

1938
The Four Companions

The Four Companions

Marianne Kruge

1938
Dollar

Dollar

Julia Balzar

1938
Cat Across the Road

Cat Across the Road

Woman in mirror

1937
Intermezzo

Intermezzo

Anita Hoffman

1936
On the Sunny Side

On the Sunny Side

Eva Bergh

1936
Walpurgis Night

Walpurgis Night

Lena Bergström

1935
Swedenhielms

Swedenhielms

Astrid

1935
Ocean Breakers

Ocean Breakers

Karin Ingman

1935
The Count of the Old Town

The Count of the Old Town

Elsa Edlund

1935
National match

National match

Girl Waiting in Line (uncredited)

1932