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Ingrid Bergman

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.

Ingrid Bergman

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.

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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

Filmography

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

External Links

More Information Ingrid Bergman: Wiki | IMDb

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