Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman was a legendary actress from Hollywood's ill-fated Golden Age. Her natural and unadorned beauty, along with her enormous acting skill, made her one of the most recognized personalities in American movie history. Bergman is also one of the most Oscar-nominated actresses, along with Meryl Streep and Frances McDormand for second place, trailing only Katharine Hepburn.

Ingrid Bergman was born on August 29, 1915, in Stockholm, Sweden, to a German mother, Frieda Henrietta (Adler), and a Swedish father, artist and photographer Justus Samuel Bergman. Her mother died when she was two years old, and her father died when she was twelve. She moved in with her elderly uncle.

After completing her formal education, the woman who would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1940s opted to pursue a career as an actor. She received her first taste of acting at the age of 17 when she had an uncredited role as a girl standing in line in the Swedish film Landskamp (1932) in 1932 - not a bad start for a girl who would go on to be renowned as "Sweden's famous gift to Hollywood." Her parents died when she was a child, and the uncle she lived with didn't want to get in the way of Ingrid's ambition. The next year, she enrolled in Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre School but concluded that stage acting was not for her.

Detailed information:
Born: August 29, 1915, in Stockholm, Sweden
Died: August 29, 1982, in Chelsea, London, England, UK (lymphoma complications following a breast cancer operation)
Height: 5' 10" (1,78 m)