Ingrid Bergman was awarded the Academy Award three times and the Golden Globe Award four times. In addition, a variety of tea from the hybrid tea class was named after her. Natural beauty, high intelligence and acting talent made Ingrid Bergman one of the most vivid and memorable movie stars of the 20th century.
Life before moving to the USA
Actress Ingrid Bergman, born in Stockholm in 1915, had a difficult childhood. To her thirteen years, she became an orphan: when she was two years old, her mother died (her name was Friedel Henrietta), and ten years later her father died (his name is Justus Samuel Bergman). After that, Ingrid lived in the family of an uncle, who, incidentally, had five of his own children.
Having received school education, the young girl decided to test herself in the acting profession. At the age of seventeen, she managed to get a job at the Royal Drama Theater, but she soon left the stage for the sake of a movie career. Ingrid's first serious film role was the charming employee of the Elsa Hotel in the 1935 film "Count of Munkbro" (according to the script, one of the main characters falls in love with Elsa). After that, the Swedish directors began to actively invite the spectacular young artist in various projects.
In 1936, Ingrid played the pianist in the Swedish film Intermezzo. Once she was watched by the influential Hollywood film producer David Selznik. He decided to make a remake of this tape and invited Ingrid to Hollywood. At that time, the girl was already married to a dentist Peter Lindstrom (they signed in July 1937). However, her husband, realizing perfectly what a brilliant chance Ingrid had, let her go alone to sunny California. Soon, a contract was signed between the Swedish actress and film company Selznick International.
Actress career from 1939 to 1949
A remake called "Intermezzo: A Love Story" was released worldwide in 1939 and instantly became a hit. The audience, of course, also paid attention to Ingrid - the girl conquered not only with talent, but also with beauty that did not fit into Hollywood standards.
In 1942, Ingrid starred in the legendary melodrama "Casablanca". She played Ilsa, the wife of the leader of Czech anti-fascist resistance. Bergman herself did not immediately agree to take part in the filming of Casablanca, the role of Ilse seemed banal to her. And subsequently she constantly emphasized that in her career there are brighter works.
In 1943, Bergman was nominated for an Oscar for participating in the film For Whom the Bell Tolls. And in 1945, she first received the coveted statuette - for the role of Paula, who is on the verge of insanity, in the film "Gas Light" (directed by George Cukor).
In the second half of the forties, Bergman often began acting with the master of the thriller Alfred Hitchcock. The Swedish beauty can be seen in his films such as “Bewitched”, “Notoriety”, “Under the Sign of Capricorn”.
Collaboration with Rosselini and receiving a second Oscar
The turning point for the biography of the artist was 1949. It was then that she met Italian neorealist director Roberto Rossellini, and he offered Ingrid the role in his film "Stromboli, the land of God" (1950). Quite quickly, a love story began between them. And Ingrid, despite the fact that she was still married to Lindstrom, became pregnant and gave birth to a son from Rosselini. This brought down her reputation in Hollywood - films with her participation literally boycotted for some time.
Bergman eventually divorced her first husband, arranged a marriage with Rossellini and later gave birth to two more girls from him - Isotta and Isabella. From 1952 to 1954, Rossellini shot the Swedish beauty in several of his films - “Fear”, “Europe-51”, “Travel to Italy”. In addition to this, he gave Ingrid the main role in the theatrical production of Joan of Arc at the Bonfire, which was warmly received by the audience in many European cities.
In 1956, Bergman was again offered a job in Hollywood. She played the alleged daughter of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II in the movie "Anastasia" who allegedly escaped execution. Bergman's return to American cinema was triumphant - for Anastasia, she won the second Oscar.
