Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress often regarded as one of the most influential screen figures in cinematic history. Her illustrious career spanned five decades during which she won numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Volpi Cup. She was also one of the few actresses to have received at least three acting Academy Awards, second only to Katharine Hepburn. Born in Stockholm to a Swedish father and German mother, Bergman began her acting career in Swedish and German films. Her introduction to the U.S. audience came in the English-language remake of Intermezzo (1939) and she later starred in iconic films like Casablanca (1942) and Gaslight (1944).

In 1950, Bergman was involved in a scandalous affair with Roberto Rossellini, an affair that resulted in her pregnancy before their marriage. This scandal prompted her to remain in Europe for several years during which she starred in Rossellini's Europa '51 and Journey to Italy and also won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. Bergman returned to Hollywood in the mid-1950s and received two more Academy Awards for her roles in Anastasia (1956) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974). She continued to work until shortly before her death from breast cancer on her sixty-seventh birthday. Bergman was fluent in five languages – Swedish, English, German, Italian, and French, and her acting spanned each one of them.