Ingrid Bergman Biography • Actress of Hollywood's Golden Era

Ingrid Bergman was one of the greatest actresses of Hollywood’s lamented Golden Era. Ingrid Bergman, a Swedish actress, was born in Stockholm on August 29, 1915. Bergman starred in a variety of European and American films. In 1933 she enrolled in the Royal Theatre of Dramatic Art but later changed to films instead. Before she came to Hollywood in 1939, she was already an established actress in Sweden.

Bergman suffered a sudden and disastrous fall from grace after her affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini, which began when she filmed Stromboli (1950) with him and caused a scandal in the US because she was married at the time. After being exiled from Hollywood for seven years, she came back with Anastasia (1956), which garnered her a second Academy Award. After all the years she spent away from Hollywood, she still managed to maintain her status as a major star, as the success of films like Indiscreet (1958) and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) showed. In the 1960s she concentrated in stage work and television appearances, collaborated with her third husband Lars Schmidt, who was also a theatrical producer, in such plays as The Turn of The Screw (1960) and Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman’s Life (1961). She didn’t appear in as many films after the 1960s as she had before, but she continued to win awards and accolades from the film industry.

One of her last performances was in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), for which she won her final Academy Award. Later she worked in Ingmar Bergman‘s Autumn Sonata (1978) and a TV mini-series, A Woman Called Golda (1982) (TV). In these two pieces, Bergman gave the performances of her lifetime, a fitting end to an extraordinary career and life. She died in her sleep at the end of her 67th birthday, 29th of August 1982.

Profile

Name: Ingrid Bergman
Other name: Ingrid Bergman,
Born: 29 August 1915
Birth Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 29 August 1982, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Height: 5 Feet 9 inches
Education:
Star Sign: Virgo
Profession: Actress
Years Active: 1932–82
Citizenship: Swedish
Language: English

Family

Children: Isabella Rossellini, Pia Lindström, Ingrid Rossellini, Renato Roberto Giusto Giuseppe Rossellini
Spouse: Lars Schmidt (m. 1958–1975), Roberto Rossellini (m. 1950–1957), Aron Lindström (m. 1937–1950)
Parents: Friedel Adler Bergman; Justus Samuel Bergman

Filmography

1982 A Woman Called Golda (TV movie)
1978 Autumn Sonata
1976 A Matter of Time
1974 Murder on the Orient Express
1973 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1970 A Walk in the Spring Rain
1969 Cactus Flower
1967 Stimulantia
1966 The Human Voice (TV movie)
1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 The Visit
1963 Hedda Gabler (TV movie)
1961 Kolka, My Friend
1961 Goodbye Again
1961 Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman’s Life (TV movie)
1959 Startime (TV series) – The Turn of the Screw (1959)
1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958 Indiscreet
1956 Anastasia
1956 Elena and Her Men
1954 Giovanna d’Arco al rogo
1954 Fear
1954 Journey to Italy
1953 Of Life and Love
1952 The Greatest Love
1950 Stromboli
1949 Under Capricorn
1948 Joan of Arc
1948 Arch of Triumph
1946 Notorious
1945 The Bells of St. Mary’s
1945 Saratoga Trunk
1945 Spellbound
1944 Gaslight
1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls
1942 Casablanca
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941 Rage in Heaven
1941 Adam Had Four Sons
1940 Juninatten
1939 Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939 Only One Night
1938 A Woman’s Face
1938 Die vier Gesellen
1938 Dollar
1936 Intermezzo
1936 På solsidan
1935 Walpurgis Night
1935 Swedenhielms Family
1935 The Surf
1935 Munkbrogreven
1932 Landskamp

Awards Nominated & Won

Nominated

1944 – Academy Award – Best Actress – – For Whom the Bell Tolls
1946 – Academy Award – Best Actress – The Bells of St. Mary’s
1949 – Academy Award – Best Actress – Joan of Arc
1959 – BAFTA – Best Foreign Actress – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1959 – Golden Globe – Best Motion Picture Actress – Drama – – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1959 – Golden Globe – Best Motion Picture Actress – Comedy/Musical – Indiscreet
1961 – Emmy Award – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie – 24 Hours in a Woman’s Life
1970 – Golden Globe – Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy – Cactus Flower
1979 – Academy Award – Best Actress – Autumn Sonata (Swedish title: Höstsonaten)
1979 – Golden Globe – Best Motion Picture Actress – Drama – Autumn Sonata (Swedish title: Höstsonaten)

Won

1945 – Academy Award – Best Actress – Gaslight
1945 – Golden Globe – Best Actress – Motion Picture – Gaslight
1946 – Golden Globe – Best Actress – Motion Picture – The Bells of St. Mary’s
1946 – NYFCC Award – Best Actress – Spellbound
1947 – Tony Award – Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play – Joan of Lorraine
1956 – NYFCC Award – Best Actress – Anastasia
1957 – Academy Award – Best Actress – Anastasia
1957 – Golden Globe – Best Motion Picture Actress – Drama – Anastasia
1958 – NBR Award – Best Actress – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1960 – Emmy Award – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie – Turn of the Screw
1975 – Academy Award – Best Supporting Actress – Murder on the Orient Express
1975 – BAFTA – Best Supporting Actress – Murder on the Orient Express
1976 – César Award – Honorary Award –
1978 – NBR Award – Best Actress – Autumn Sonata (Swedish title: Höstsonaten)
1978 – NYFCC Award – Best Actress – Autumn Sonata (Swedish title: Höstsonaten)
1979 – NSFC Award – Best Actress – Autumn Sonata (Swedish title: Höstsonaten)
1982 – Emmy Award – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie – A Woman Called Golda
1983 – Golden Globe – Best Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television – A Woman Called Golda