Actress Bergman Ingrid: biography, personal life, filmography

This actress was for Americans a symbol of purity and holiness. They worshiped her and loved every role. Her name was Ingrid Bergman. Biography of this artist - a mixture of happy and tragic episodes, like her heroines in the cinema.

Sad childhood

The girl was born in August 1915 in the capital of the country - Stockholm. It was named in honor of the Princess of Sweden - Ingrid. Her mother's name was Friedel. Father - Justus Bergman. Ingrid could grow up to be a carefree child, surrounded by maternal affection and paternal care. But this did not happen. The mother of the future actress died when the girl was only three years old. Later Ingrid will say with regret that he does not remember his mother, even the features of her face.

Justus owned the store, which sold cameras. He was one of the first in the city to become the owner of a personal movie camera, which he often rented his only daughter. It Justus Bergman settled in the head of his daughter thought that she can become a great actress. It was he who took her for the first time to the theater, where she, as spellbound, looked at the acting. Then Ingrid realized finally what she wanted to do in life.

When the girl was twelve years old, a new tragedy burst into her life. Fearingly beloved father - Justus Bergman. Ingrid began to live with her aunt, who tried to protect the baby from all misfortunes. But even this kind woman soon died.

Youth

The girl was taken to her by distant relatives, but there was not much hope for an abundance of attention. There were already five children in the house.

Ingrid did not part with her dream for a second. And as soon as she turned seventeen, she entered the acting academy, which was patronized by the Royal Swedish Drama Theater. But to study at the most prestigious school in Europe had only a year. She was seized by a new passion - cinema.

Her first role she played in 1932. It was a tiny episode without words. Then she was offered a more significant role in the film "The Count of Munkbro" directed by E. Adolfson.

At the Academy, everyone condemned Bergman. Ingrid was considered a promising theatrical actress, and cinema at that time was not considered art, considered something frivolous.

At this time the girl gets to know her first husband - Peter Lindstrom. This union was considered by many to be strange. And the truth is, she's spinning in the theatrical circles, already almost famous, and he's a simple dentist who does not belong to her surroundings. Nevertheless, they were married in 1936, a year later their daughter Piya appeared.

Discovery of America

The actress managed to star in a dozen Swedish films, when she noticed the directors of Hollywood. Ingrid Bergman, whose personal life was developing successfully, was afraid of something to decide. But since in the framework of the Swedish cinema she was already cramped, the family council decided to go to America.

Ingrid left alone, leaving her husband and little Pius in Sweden. In the US, she was shot in a remake of the Swedish film Intermezzo. He received positive reviews from film critics and public approval. Actress Ingrid Bergman signed a new contract for the film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." By that time, she had already reunited with a family that had fled from a war-torn Europe.

Peter was engaged in his business, and quite successfully, and also took over the role of his wife's manager. With its practicality and pragmatism, Ingrid managed to get favorable contracts.

Career Rise

In 1942, the Warner Brothers film company launched a new project called Casablanca. Ingrid hesitated a long time. The role seemed dubious to her, and she knew about the film only from the words of the director. The script was not ready completely, even when the work on the picture began. No one on the set floor knew what the film would end. But as it turned out, Bergman Ingrid played her most famous role that year, and the film received an Oscar and was recognized as one of the best in the history of cinema.

For this role, the actress was not awarded any awards. Later, she did not like to remember and talk about her, considering that her portfolio contains much more remarkable works.

Then there were films "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (a screen version of Hemingway's novel) and "Gas Light". The last in 1945 brought Bergman long-awaited "Oscar". She became the most popular actress in America and, most importantly, the highest paid.

Saint Bergman

The actress had a lot of fans. After she starred in several Hitchcock films, their number increased. She was appreciated for being natural and dissimilar to others. He loved to say: "Be yourself." The world worships the genuine. "

The films "The Bells of Saint Mary" and "Jeanne d'Arc" raised it to the pedestal of innocence and purity. Now Ingrid was thought of as a person divinely beautiful and highly spiritual, not capable of bad deeds. Such power was her talent, that the spectator began to identify the heroines on the screen with Ingrid herself.

The personal life of the actress during this period gave a break. Relations with Peter went wrong. It became known that Ingrid has a novel on the side. Of course, the fans did not want to believe in these gossip. But soon the "goddess" herself confirmed all their fears and worries.

Italian love

In 1946, Ingrid Bergman, whose films were known all over the world, saw the movie of the Italian Rossellini called "Rome - an open city." Also has understood, that wishes to be removed from this person. She wrote him a letter with a proposal for cooperation, and a few years later, in 1949, Roberto found a role for her.

Ingrid flew to Italy, personally met with the director Rossellini and fell in love with him. Soon the whole world spoke of their novel. The "yellow press" was full of headlines about this "vicious link". All Americans took up arms against the once-beloved actress.

The first joint film by Ingrid and Roberto was boycotted in America. Many were in favor of banning pictures with a Swedish actress. And in Congress they seriously talked about putting into legislation a project on the moral behavior of movie stars, in particular Ingrid Bergman.

Quotations from newspapers spread all over the world. Later, the actress said that all had taken up arms against her, the fans had become enemies.

Peter finally agreed to a divorce, but forbade his ex-wife to see his daughter. She and Pia met only eight years later!

Now Ingrid could be really happy. But it was not there. Their joint work with the spouse was not appreciated neither by the audience, nor by critics. For a while, Ingrid completely gave herself to family care (the couple had three children: the son of Robertino and the twin girls Isotte and Isabella). By the mid-1950s, relations with Roberto were finally upset, and Ingrid returned to the States.

Return

At first, she was not happy in America, but the actress proved by her work that she is worthy of love and respect. For the film "Anastasia" she received her second "Oscar" and was forgiven by outraged fans. To this, Bergman said: "Popularity is a punishment that looks like a reward."

In 1958, Ingrid Bergman, whose films have once again raised her pedestal, for the third time is getting married. This time for the Swedish producer. Marriage with Lars Schmidt was the longest in the life of the actress, but not the happiest. They divorced in 1975.

Ingrid continued to actively withdraw, having played nine diverse roles in the films during this period, including the film "Murder in the Orient Express", which brought her the third "Oscar".

Bergman played the role of accomplice in the murder, which was investigated by the famous detective Hercule Poirot.

Last years

Ingrid, despite her age, did not intend to leave the cinematograph. Even after she was diagnosed with oncological disease in 1973, she did not leave the film set. One of the last films of the actress was "Autumn Sonata". Ingrid Bergman agreed to this role, because the film was shot by a Swedish film director, and besides, her namesake.

This film is about a complex relationship in the family between the mother and daughter. In many ways, it was a reflection of the personal situation of the actress. After all, she had not communicated with her eldest daughter for many years.

In 1973, Ingrid became one of the members of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Also from this time she began to work on her autobiography, which was co-authored with Alain Burgess under the title "My Life".

Nine years, the actress struggled with cancer. In the end, the disease won. Ingrid passed away in 1982, the day of her birth. She was buried in London. At a modest farewell ceremony were only her relatives and a few closest friends. The news about the death of America's most beloved actress was modestly highlighted by the New York Times.