Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982), Swedish actor, born in Stockholm, and educated at the Royal Dramatic Theater School, Stockholm. She quickly became a star in Swedish films. Her performance in Intermezzo (1936), her 11th film, brought her to the attention of American film producers. Her first film in the U.S. was an English-language version of Intermezzo (1939). She appeared in more than a score of American and European films in the next three decades, including Casablanca (1942), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Saratoga Trunk (1945), Spellbound (1945), Notorious (1946), Stromboli (1949), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), Cactus Flower (1969), and Autumn Sonata (1978). For her performances in Gaslight (1944), Anastasia (1956), and Murder on the Orient Express (1973) she received Academy Awards. Bergman acted on the stage in New York City in Liliom (1940), Joan of Lorraine (1946), More Stately Mansions (1967), and Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1972), as well as in many European stage productions. Despite a lapse in popularity during her relationship with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini (subsequently her second husband), she returned to public favor. Her autobiography, Ingrid Bergman: My Story, was published in 1980.

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish motion-picture actor whose career spanned more than 40 years. Her first successful film, Intermezzo, was made in Sweden in 1936. Her last film, Autumn Sonata, was made in 1978 by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (who was not related to her). Possibly Bergman's best-known role was that of Ilsa in the American film Casablanca (1942).

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