Ingrid Bergman

INGRID BERGMAN

Swedish and American actress.

She was born on August 29, 1915, in Stockholm (Sweden).

When Ingrid was 3 years old, her mother died and 10 years later her father Justus Samuel Bergman died. An aunt took over the upbringing of the girl, but she passed away six months later. Then Bergman had to move to another aunt, who with her husband brought up their five children.

She graduated from school at the Royal Dramatic Theater in 1933.

She made her film debut in 1934. After playing a young girl who falls in love with a married man in the Swedish melodrama Intermezzo (1936), Bergman was invited to Hollywood in 1939 to participate in a remake of the film. Intermezzo, A Love Story made her a movie star.

For the first time she contrasted the traditional image of a Hollywood star with her natural appearance and relaxed acting. Among the most memorable of her works is the film "Casablanca" (Casablanca, 1943), where her partner was Humphrey Bogart.

Besides Casablanca, her best films of the 1940s were For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), The Bells of St. Mary's Church (1946) and two successful films by Alfred Hitchcock - Spellbound (1945) and Evil Glory (1946).

In 1944, Bergman received her first Oscar for the role of unhappy sadist wife in the movie "Gaslight" (Gaslight).

In cinema Bergman showed a unique combination of vulnerability, responsiveness and spiritual fortitude. With her radiant, healthy beauty, she was the epitome of femininity itself.

In 1949, her reputation with the public derailed: while married to Dr. Petter Lindström, the actress began an affair with the Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. This was the end of her career in Hollywood, and the films she made with Rossellini were boycotted.

The actress starred with Rossellini for a long time, while playing in the theater and raising three children, Robertino, Isabella and Ingrid (her daughter from her first marriage, Pia, lived in the States with her father). Subsequently, Isabella Rossellini became a famous actress.

In 1956, a brightly played role in the film "Anastasia" helped her regain her position, and she received a second "Oscar".

The third Oscar the actress won for her supporting role in the detective "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974).

Ingrid Bergman divorced Roberto Rossellini and soon married the theater producer Lars Schmidt. The marriage lasted several years.

Bergman's latest work ranks among her best roles: the not-so-young pianist Charlotte in Ingmar Bergman's "Autumn Sonata" (1978) and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the TV movie "A Woman Called Golda" (1982).

In 1973 Ingrid Bergman was diagnosed with cancer. After nine years of fighting the disease, she died surrounded by loved ones on her 67th birthday, August 29, 1982 in London (UK).

Ingrid co-authored an autobiography with writer Alain Burgess called My Story (translated in Russian as My Life).

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Academy Award:

1944 - Best Actress ("Gaslight")

1956 - Best Actress (Anastasia)

1974 - Best Supporting Actress (Murder on the Orient Express)

Oscar Nominations:

1943 - Best Actress ("For Whom the Bell Tolls")

1945 - Best Actress ("The Bells of Saint Mary").

1948 - Best Actress in "Joan of Arc")

1978 - Best Actress (Autumn Sonata)

Golden Globe Award:

1944 - Best Actress ("Gaslight")

1945 - Best Actress ("The Bells of Saint Mary").

1956 - Best Actress, Drama ("Anastasia")

1982 - Best Actress in a Mini-Series/TV Movie ("A Woman Called Golda")

Golden Globe nomination:

1958 - Best Actress, Drama ("Sixth Degree Happiness Inn")

1958 - Best Actress, Comedy/Musical (The Lovely Sir).

1969 - Best Lead Actress, Comedy/Musical (Cactus Flower)

1978 - Best Actress, Drama ("The Autumn Sonata")

BAFTA Award (1974):

Best Supporting Actress ("Murder on the Orient Express")

Nominated for a BAFTA (1958):

Best Foreign Actress ("Sixth Degree Happiness Inn")

Emmy Award (1982):

Best Actress, Mini-Series/TV Movie ("A Woman Named Golda")

Honorary Cesar (1975)

David di Donatello Award:

1957 - Best Foreign Actress ("Anastasia")

1979 - Best Foreign Actress (Autumn Sonata).

Silver Ribbon Award (1953):

Best Actress ("Europe 51").

Tony Award (1947):

Best Actress in a Play ("Jeanne of Lorraine")