Ingrid Bergman

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Ingrid Bergman
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Born:
August 29, 1915 in Stockholm, Sweden
Death:
August 29, 1982 in London, England, UK
Biography:Famed for her saintly, natural beauty, "Ingrid Bergman" was the most popular actress of the 1940s; admired equally by audiences and critics, she enjoyed blockbuster after blockbuster -- until an unprecedented scandal threatened to destroy her career. Born August 29, 1915, in Stockholm, Sweden, Bergman was only two years old when her mother died; her father passed on a decade later, and the spinster aunt who had become her guardian perished only a few months after that. Her inheritance allowed her to study at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre, and in 1934 she made her screen debut after signing to Svenskfilmindustri with a small role in Munkbrovregen. Bergman's first lead performance followed a year later in Brunninger, and with the success of the 1936 melodrama "Valborgsmassoafen", she rose to become one of Sweden's biggest stars. Later that year, she starred in the romance "Intermezzo", which... Full Biography
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