Ingrid Bergman

Cast

Born

August 29, 1915 · Stockholm, Sweden

Died

August 29, 1982

“The best way to stay young is to keep going with what keeps you active. For me, that's working, and working hard. And when you finish a job, you have to relax and have fun.” Ingrid Bergman was one of the most iconic and respected actresses in history. She was born in Sweden and became a star of European and Hollywood cinema. She was best known for playing Ilsa Lund in the classic film Casablanca (1942). Ingrid decided to become an actress to combat her extreme shyness, studying at the Royal Drama School in Stockholm, and at the age of 19, she played her first role in a Swedish movie. In 1939, after starring in a dozen films in Sweden, she escaped Nazism and moved to the United States, where she began her career in Hollywood. Shortly thereafter, she starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, a film that brought her to stardom. With For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), she achieved her first Oscar nomination, a statuette she would win a year later for Gaslight (1944). Ingrid participated in hits such as Notorious (1946), Spellbound (1945), both directed by Hitchcock, Anastasia (1956), Elena and her men (1956) by Renoir, among others. During the 50's and the 60's, she continued making films, but directed most of her energy to the theater, where she made G.B.Shaw and Cocteau, among others. Her last films before her death were Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Autumn Sonata (1978). With her captivating stage presence and unmatched charisma, Ingrid Bergman displayed an exceptional passion and talent that established her as an immortal figure in the history of cinema.