Ingrid Bergman: A Life from Beginning to End

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The Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman was one of America’s most beloved and successful performers. She was drawn to acting at a young age and was delighted to be invited to Hollywood in 1938 for the American remake of Intermezzo. With her flawless natural beauty and talent for acting, she was an instant success. After making several memorable movies, such as Casablanca and Gaslight, Bergman caused an international scandal by leaving her husband and daughter for an affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini. She was effectively ousted from American soil and choose to live in Europe for several years. When she divorced Rossellini in 1957, she slowly made her way back to Hollywood. Again, she had to leave her children behind. Ingrid Bergman was passionate enough about life to attempt to have it all—family, career, and independence—at a time when women were expected to stay at home and raise children. When she died of breast cancer at age 67, Bergman indicated she had no regrets, even if she did make mistakes.

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Genres: Biography, History, Nonfiction

61 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 9, 2021

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Reviews

[D. Thrush · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoy the Hourly History series of short biographies. This one was on Ingrid Bergman, the Swedish actress. I didn’t know much about her. I remembered there was a scandal when she got involved with Roberto Rossellini, the Italian director. She lived life as she chose though she had heartaches and her life was too short. There were a few errors. These books should be better edited.

[David Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sad and complex woman

What is true is that Ingrid Bergman lived life according to her own standards. She was never perfect and didn’t pretend to be; she merely wanted to be happy and loved, something she struggled with most of her life.

[Dr.J.G. · Rating 3 out of 5]

"“She has a combination of rare beauty, freshness, vitality and ability that is as uncommon as a century plant in bloom.”

"—Film critic about Ingrid Berman"

One recalls a beloved grandfather who appreciated Ingrid Bergman. One didn't ask why, but having liked her in every film one saw her in, one gets it. One may not like the film, but she rises tall above.

A rare quality, shared by very few women and especially all the more so by any in an industry that relies quite so much on looks, is that if she wishes to look not beautiful - not only she doesn't use ridiculous gadgets, but you dare not notice her beauty, because it wouldn't fit the role.

Other than Ingrid Bergman, only one more artist - Rakhee, who enchanted and impressed dauntingly with her performance, undeniably beautiful beyond most others - has had that quality.

When it's the role, the character that must impress, they magically have their beauty recede in clouds, and one only notices the matters ones meant to; one dare not stray and notice that these are beautiful women.
***

"In 1942, Selznick told Ingrid he wanted her to do a movie called Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart. Because there was still a chance to play Joan of Arc, she initially didn’t want to join this project. She didn’t really think the part of Ilsa had enough to give. In addition, the script kept changing; neither she nor the producers had any idea whether her character would end up with Bogart or Paul Henreid. How was she supposed to prepare for the part if she didn’t know who she was going to be with at the end? At first, she assumed the ending was being kept from her to help her acting, but that wasn’t the case. No one, whether producer, director, or writer, knew the ending. The making of the movie Casablanca could not have been more disorganized.

"One day, she met Bogart for lunch. All they had in common was a passionate desire to get out of making this movie. As it happened, Paul Henreid was just as unhappy about doing Casablanca. He assumed if he were going to play the secondary role of freedom fighter Victor Laszlo to Bogart’s leading character Rick Blaine, he would never become a leading actor. No one seemed to see any potential in what some people now consider the greatest movie ever made. At the time, the people involved in the making of Casablanca had no idea what they were creating or that the movie’s moral message about sacrificing love for the greater good would have such an immense appeal for the audience. Renouncing true love was more romantic than any happy ending could have been.

"The basic purpose of Casablanca was to create a patriotic war movie. When the film begins, a bitter Rick claims, “I stick my neck out for nobody.” He has become an indifferent isolationist who cares about no one. One of his staff states, “Rick never drinks with his customers.” That fact is, he wants nothing to do with people. His bitterness began years earlier, when his love, Ilsa, deserted him in war-torn Paris. He never knew the reason."

"Relationships are important in Casablanca. Rick and Sam, the black piano player and Rick’s partner, have been friends for years. It was extremely rare in the 1940s to see a simple friendship among members of different races. The best black actors could hope for were roles as servants. In Casablanca, Rick and Sam are equals."

" ... Renault helps Rick get Ilsa and Laszlo on the plane to freedom, after which the two former cynics, now noble characters ready to fight for the resistance, march off into the foggy evening while Rick mutters the famous line, “I think this is going to be the beginning of a wonderful friendship.” Undoubtedly, a part of the movie’s success was the concept that two indifferent cynics could grow into passionate fighters for good. People could choose their destiny.

"Casablanca received good, if not exalted, reviews. It was the seventh-best Hollywood moneymaker of 1943. By 1955, it had earned $6.8 million. Its message still speaks to new generations, and the movie appears frequently on cable television. It is considered one of the greatest movies of all time, a list which includes Citizen Kane and Gone with the Wind. It won three Academy Awards in 1943 and turned Ingrid Bergman into an important star while elevating Bogart to leading man status."

Author here is clueless about films and more. For example, part of the reason Bogart became a bigger figure, and why the film worked so well, has to fo with misogyny of West and the macho image of the bar owner played by Bogart. It's not before young wife of the older Laszlo is brought into complete submission by the bar owner refusing to help but making no attempt to seduce her, much less more, that he turns around in his attitude.

It's not about his being impressed by Laszlo and his sacrifices, it's about male ego of a lover who wavers between rage, bitterness and disdain for them, who has to be placate about the woman having left him standing on a train platform waiting, and vanished.

And the misogynistic West in general, US in particular, understood this male ego bit. When she's willing to give up her marriage to save the life of her husband, is when the bar owner turns around and tells her she must leave with him.

It's subtle revenge by a possessive man spurned, not a lover.
***

"“People saw me in Joan of Arc, and declared me a saint. I’m not. I’m just a woman, another human being.”

"—Ingrid Bergman"

If people expected her, or any other woman, to confirm to a life in image of an object of worship, it's usually due to misogyny in west. There have been men, normal but pulled over coals due to some propaganda against them, who suffered similarly in US - Charlie Chaplin, Ted Kennedy, ... Bill Clinton, ... , there are two sides to the issue.

One of them is a hypocrisy in US that expects public figures to confirm to a standard that not only most males, at least in youth, are expected to flout, but are almost branded unmanly if they don't.

And the other is that those who use such propaganda against these people aren't virtuous, although they could be monogamous, but are guilty of far more heinous misbehaviour by any but hypocritical standard.
***

"Alfred Hitchcock was still under contract with Selznick when he cast Ingrid in another thriller, Notorious, this time opposite Cary Grant and Claude Rains. Grant portrays FBI Agent Devlin, and Ingrid is Alicia Huberman, whose father is a known German spy. Devlin plans on recruiting Alicia for an undercover mission. Alicia is a patriotic American, but her questionable past is used against her, leaving her no choice but to agree to the mission."

"Notorious" is about a man who surprises himself by falling, against his will, for a young woman who's been notorious, rightly or wrongly, for having had affairs, even as he's asked to get her to play her part in the intrigue for sake of country and humanity.

"Notorious was one of the biggest movie hits of 1946 and made its debut in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. In October of that year, Ingrid starred in Joan of Lorraine on Broadway, a role for which she won a Tony Award. She was excited to do this as she had admired Joan of Arc all her life. The play is a play-within-a-play depicting a group of present-day actors rehearsing for a drama. Ingrid portrays both the actress playing Joan of Arc and the character of Joan. Joan of Lorraine reflects the changes that the play has on the actors staging the play.

"Following the run of the play, Ingrid finally got her wish and filmed the movie version of Joan of Arc. The film foregoes the play-within-a-play gimmick and is a straightforward portrayal of the life of Saint Joan. Ingrid was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal but lost to Jane Wyman.
***

"The two were in the midst of their affair while filming Stromboli. In fact, the movie is best remembered for the affair since it made every international headline. In it, Ingrid plays a Lithuanian woman named Karin. Karin is in an internment camp and arranges for her release by marrying an Italian fisherman. The fisherman tells her about his home, Stromboli, and how wonderful everything is where he lives. When they arrive, Karin finds the countryside barren and the simple people of the island unwilling to welcome a foreigner. Eventually, she leaves."

"Their movie may have bombed, but their affair thrived. It had quickly become major news around the world. Both were still married to other people, and many people in Hollywood claimed to be disappointed in Ingrid. Her behavior was rebuked harshly by the Hollywood Production Code, as well as several churches. She was even denounced by the Senate for moral turpitude, causing Hollywood studios to express reluctance to hire her for anything. It was questionable if she could ever return to America. Petter was unforgiving, and Pia, at the age of 12, understood enough of events to be embarrassed.

"In the same month that Stromboli was released, Ingrid gave birth to Rossellini’s son. They named him Renato Roberto but called him Robin. The press went crazy trying to get pictures. One reporter even checked himself into the hospital where Ingrid was staying. Shortly after Robin’s birth, Ingrid and Rossellini obtained their respective divorces and were married. Two years later, in 1952, their twin daughters Isabella and Isotta were born. Pia meanwhile lived with her father and didn’t see her mother again until 1957.
***

"Ingrid continued starring in Rossellini’s movies. She found that the Italian cinematic world was very different from Hollywood. In Hollywood, things ran as orderly as possible. In Italy, scripts kept changing, and no one ever knew what was going on. It was an adjustment for Ingrid. She had tremendous hopes of being able to stake a claim in the Italian film industry, but it was not to be. The movies she made with Rossellini were lauded as high art, but they simply weren’t filling theaters. She didn’t achieve the stardom that had been granted her in America.

"At this time, she petitioned a California court for permission to have Pia visit her. Petter bitterly opposed that request, stating he didn’t want his daughter under the influence of a man like Rossellini. When Ingrid considered flying to California to see her oldest daughter, Rossellini violently objected to her having any contact with Petter. Ingrid was torn between loyalties and didn’t know which way to turn.

"Although there were a number of talented Italian directors, such as Federico Fellini, Ingrid only made movies with Rossellini. Rossellini would not allow her to appear in anyone else’s film. He jealously guarded their relationship without feeling the necessity to be faithful himself. They were an attractive couple and extremely popular in Europe, where their relationship was not censored. It was American tourists that hit them with insults.

"Nevertheless, Ingrid’s American agent worked diligently on having Hollywood and its audience accept her return to the American cinema. Polls were taken, and Ingrid came out extremely negative. The scandal, especially her leaving behind her young daughter, was too much for some people to accept. Her audience expected her to be pure and perfect; when she acted otherwise, they turned against her.
***

"Refusing to give up, the agent presented Twentieth Century Fox with an excellent script: Ingrid would play the title role in the movie Anastasia, with the redoubtable Helen Hayes in the role of the Russian dowager empress. Ingrid jumped at the opportunity to do the film. In Anastasia, she plays a disheveled and confused woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to the executed tsar’s youngest daughter. She passes every test, including when questioned by the dowager empress. She appears to know things only the real Anastasia could have known. The dowager empress tries to arrange a grand and royal marriage for her. Instead, the woman believed to be Anastasis rejects the offer and marries a commoner. The film leaves vague the answer as to whether she is really Anastasia or not."

This film, certainly, either this author hasn't seen or didn't understand the obvious. He misses the key scene between the Dowager Queen and the young woman, whose being tutored by her backers hasn't helped convince the grieving grandmother, despite great detailed instruction.

As the older woman turns to go, disappointed that it's not her granddaughter, the younger woman who was found in a amnesiac state and recalls very little, coughs uncontrollably. The older woman turns, concerned a little, but the younger one tells her it's all right, she seems to cough when she's upset.

At this, startled, the older woman hastens to take the younger one in her arms, crying out.

This was the one little trait of her granddaughter, princess Anastasia, that wasn't known to outsiders, only the intimate family knew - and thus couldn’t have been a result of tutoring by anyone else.
***

"The film, which was released in 1956, was well-accepted, and Ingrid was nominated for another Oscar. Still, she didn’t feel comfortable returning to America. When she won the Academy Award, it was Cary Grant who went onstage to accept on her behalf.

"Meanwhile, now at the age of 18, Pia flew to Europe to see her mother for the first time in years. She tried to fit in with her young half-siblings and stepfather, all the while wondering what Petter would say."
***

"In 1958, Ingrid made a movie for Twentieth Century Fox called The Inn of the Sixth Happiness. It was an American film but shot in Wales. After this film was released, Ingrid flew to Los Angeles and attended the Academy Awards as a presenter. She hadn’t faced a Hollywood group since her scandalous marriage to Rossellini. Her good friend Cary Grant introduced her. Perhaps to her own surprised, she received a rapturous standing ovation.

"Ingrid’s legal struggle for her children by Rossellini continued for many years. Meanwhile, she alternated between Hollywood and Europe as she made movies on both continents. Moving between Europe and America made it easier for her to spend time with her children. It did nothing, however, to lessen Rossellini’s bitterness and determination that their children should never visit American soil.

"Isabella was diagnosed with curvature of the spine, scoliosis, at the age of 13. There were many painful treatments, which the girl endured with Ingrid at her side. At no time, however, would Rossellini relent and allow his daughter to be seen by an American doctor. He was very strict and controlling of both of his daughters. Isabella was 18 years old when she finally left Rossellini’s home and came to the United States. Ingrid was beyond delight, as was Pia, who had her younger half-sister move in with her. Soon afterward, Isotta would follow.
***

"In 1969, Ingrid made her first film in Hollywood in many years when she co-starred in Cactus Flower with Walter Matthau. Subsequently, she chose to take a small part in Murder on the Orient Express, which won her a third Oscar. Ingrid was not afraid to take roles that called for older women.

"In 1982, she starred in A Woman Called Golda, the story of Israel’s prime minister. It was to be Ingrid Bergman’s last acting role. Ingrid was a great admirer of Golda Meir, and she admitted to being especially anxious to play the part because she had misjudged the Nazi danger to such an extent during World War II. In addition, her health was slowly deteriorating during the making of the film. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer several years earlier, and it had spread. Ingrid finished the movie by sheer force of will. No one else knew the extent of her struggles.

"A few months after A Woman Named Golda was released, Ingrid Bergman passed away on her 67th birthday. It was her daughter Pia who accepted her posthumous Emmy Award for her performance as Golda Meir."
***

"The world loved Ingrid Bergman. Her beauty was luminous to the point of being entirely flawless. It was a natural beauty ... "

And yet, it's her performance that impressed, or rather, the fact that it was always the role that prevailed, the character that was more important.

" ... Ingrid Bergman was the rare type of woman whom other women also admired. At all times, she was down-to-earth and practical, refusing to wear designer gowns, too much makeup, or even high heels. Her image was that of a genuine person, and that is what people responded to. To many women, even her scandalous affair was an honest acknowledgment of her need to be loved and seen. This was something they could understand.

"Ingrid’s children adored her, even though she was not the mother-next-door. After her divorce from Petter, Pia hardly saw her for almost eight years. Likewise, when Ingrid divorced Rossellini, she lost custody of her three children by him. Fortunately, she was able to connect with her children when they were adults, and none of them appeared to resent her for her abandonment. Pia indicated she missed her mother terribly, but when Ingrid was around, she was a kind mother and fun person."
****

"“I have grown up alone. I’ve taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.”

"—Ingrid Bergman"

And she has the look, although subtly so - one recognises it if one has had a similar life, even if not exactly the same.
***

"Celebrated actress Ingrid Bergman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 29, 1915. She was much loved by her parents and had an almost idyllic early childhood until her mother died when she was barely three years old. This tragedy was followed by the death of her father eleven years later, leaving Bergman orphaned at age fourteen.

"Her dream had always been to become an actress, and a few years after her father’s passing, she was admitted into the prestigious Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm. Soon, Ingrid came to the attention of producer David O. Selznick and was offered a contract in America, which she accepted. There, she was an immediate success and had a long list of popular movies to her credit, such as Intermezzo, Casablanca, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and many others. The movies in which she starred have since become a part of Hollywood legend."

One has to give credit to David O. Selznick for not only making Gone With The Wind, then, and introducing Vivienne Leigh to US and to the rest of the world, but also for noticing this stupendous artist, too, and introducing her to US and to the world. All this, apart from other, excellent, films he made!

"In Sweden, Bergman was married to Petter Lindström, a neurosurgeon. With her success in Hollywood, she moved her husband and their daughter Pia to Los Angeles. As their marriage became more strained, Ingrid met Italian ....

[Sofia Seafarer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I dont know which book I read of hers, I do remember it being based on her dairys. I read about 1/4 until i got tired. It is real well-written though, and mighty interesting into another persons life, a normal person with flaws, which is real good at theatre and refuses, at least in the beginning, to be like the status quo actor.

Sicily and Back Again

She was ahead of her time. She wrote a diary like many did back then, I was encouraged too in kindergarten and school to do so, and started blogging in 2005. Anyway, she also did lots of portraits of herself I'm not sure if it was taken by her but she was a postmodern woman. The reason I only rated it 1 is she annoyed me.

But I learnt later of her life. For example, in the beginning of the book, she praises her first husband, that he says "don't raise your shoulders, don't wrinkle your forehead", then maybe 50 pages later, she says the same thing, but that shes annoyed by it. That's when I stopped reading, so maybe I only read 80 pages or so.

Anyway, to this day, I've only really had 1 blogfriend, but she's never given up on me. And if anyone has more than 1 best friend*, then you're one of the lucky ones. For Ingrid, I'm not sure, who was her best friend? I can't recall her talking about it, maybe she was just a lonely geek, like Marilyn Monroe. The adventures even take her to Sicily.

I could recommend it now, but if you're bored of diary-like books it might not be for you. Self-biographies have a certain glow to them to, it's like you "know" the person afterwards, like you have a connection to them, especially if you've taken in much of their art before. A lot of more of their creativity makes sense then. And maybe that's what is the most important thing about life, that it makes sense. As a wise man once said, "reality is more of a stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense".

And here you get the truth, she had eating disorders too but upside down, she just liked eating a lot of good food, when her husband didn't "do" it for her. A portrait of an amazing person, I wish I'd gotten to know her, that I was born earlier. That I'd seen her movies in theatres, seen her photo in magazines all the time.

By the way, "Bergman" is a german last name, it means "mountain person", or "as strong as a mountain", and if you read more than I did, you might understand what it means to be Ingrid.

* youtube comment section. "ukraines dictator is hunters bidens best friend". a reply: "hunter has no friends". thats really the saddest part of a lifes existance. yes you can laugh at the laptop from hells videos of infinite video meetings where he smokes crack and chats up some chick. but hunter is really the most lonely guy in the world. thats the most depressing thing about adrenochrome or pedophilia or whatever conspiracy theory you believe it. but its undisputable fact. hunter biden doesnt have any friends. what do you live for then? did he ever have a friend as a teen or tween or kid? thats what its like growing up with rich parents. they just dont give a fuck about you. and since the middle class gets more and more spoiled with items and bling, most kids growing up today, they dont have any real friends. what does 3k followers on facebook mean, or if you twerk on tiktok and get lucky with the ai algorithm and get 1 million views? does that make you happy? no, only friends make you happy. "familjen är värst" like they say in sweden. you should be happy if you can keep a plant or pet alive. plants talk just like humans and dogs and cats. try it if you havent. or go out in the woods on a bad day and hug a beautiful tree. like an oak or birch or just a small plant. find a leaf thatas fallen down and take care of it. put it in water or dry it put it on your wall write THIS IS MY BEST FRIEND. with the internet everyone is so bored and lonely. i know, ive been there. but now i sleep 8 hours properly, im online 8 hours, and then chill and come up with art music poetry ideas 8 hours. i charge my portable computer in a safe with a timelock so i just cant cheat. if i really need to be online a certain time because of work, then i just dont surf or have the comp on for 10 hours even 20. and prepare a lot. and reading books like the ones i have here, its a completely other world. same for reading poetry offline or online. my grandma reads mine and others and hers poems over the phone, and it sounds so beautiful. the speed online kills your soul. i mean 10 second videos? you can see a million in a day. but why? does it make you happy? no. then stop it. go out in the woods, find a beautiful fallen twig dont break them the dryad will haunt your dreams. i did that 2 decades ago, found an actual root on the ground, real strong. later i summoned bella with it, wrote runes. whatever you do, go with all your heart. everyone is heartless online, if they dont troll they flirt and its over in a second or minute or hour or day. best friends are forever. online is forgotten in 3 days. make a project even if its just showering once daily for a year. keep a diary of what it feels like to be fresh. new t shirts. fresh blue jeans. do something with your life. no one cares about you online. people might not care in real life either, but at least put in some effort to be proper. pay attention in school dont be a truant. pay attention in work and youll be promoted, maybe someday to boss if you really shape up. remember, its not about finding yourself its creating yourself. anyone can trip and feel good and see cool things. the effort is in turning it form ether to material form. yes materialism is the basis of our reality. stop smoking pot or weed or crack. get a reality check. clean your room. mop it. vacuum it. make your family proud of you. they might not say "im disapointed" and they love you fully no matter what. but your mothers eyes will shine if you do something proper. if you get better grades your dad might look you in the eyes and say "youll be something great one day". maybe your grandma will say "i used to be like you, didnt care about anyone, not even myself, im happy youre an adult now" and grandpa might tell stories of how he fucked up as an old man. your popular sister might say "1 million likes doesnt make me happy, but you do" and your successfull brother might recruit you into his company". remember, wherever you go, there you are.

[Terri · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is a lot of information in the short one hour biography. It is very sad that Ingrid lost her mother at the age of 3 and then she lost her beloved father, becoming an orphan at age 14 and sent to live with relatives during Hitler's rise in Germany. Ingrid's early life alone would make a fascinating biographical movie, in fact it remind me a bit of a Shirley Temple tragedy. Ingrid's rise to stardom was rapid and dramatic, and in spite of being married to a surgeon she became involved with other men. The circumstances that led her to become separated from Pia, her 12 year old daughter, and then her other children from her second marriage were tragic, if you ask me. I can't imagine the pain of a mother being separated from her children. Ingrid paid a very high price for her affair and subsequent marriage to Rossellini. In my opinion it was very strange and very fickle of American film makers to ostercize Ingrid from making more movies in the United States, and then they welcomed her back with open arms years later. It is very sad that Ingrid Bergman died at 67! This book is a worth the read.

[Jerry Jares · Rating 4 out of 5]

The photo used to grace this book is stunning in its simplicity. I recall watching her on the screen; she had beautiful blue eyes and a magical smile.  This book took a deeper look (than usual, in my opinion) at Ingrid Bergman's personal life versus her professional life.  Yes, they covered her hit movies, but the main focus was on Ingrid's three marriages and the difficulties she had in maintaining a strong relationship with her children.

Sometimes, these books spend most of the time talking about a star's professional life.  When one tries to evaluate the book, the reader then realizes that there were very few of the emotions or motivations shared about the celebrity (John Wayne's bio comes to mind).  That is not true in this book. 

I didn't realize that Bergman died so young, probably because she was a fixture on stage and on the screen for almost 50 years.  What a tragedy to die on one's birthday; Bergman died on her 67th birthday.

[Bonnie Gleckler Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much More Than Casablanca...

I admit to having seen Ingrid Bergman in many movies over the years. However Casablanca is really my most favorite. There are many actresses from Europe who stand out in my mind however, Bergman shines the brightest. Her life, I’ll be at not perfect, was lived the way she wanted it lived.
Hollywood actress, Italian actress, and a world traveler. She gave up much, including her four children for some time. However she was reunited with all of them as they turned into adults.
Not sure how she was received by European audiences, however she was definitely admired and loved by those of us in the US.

[Thordur · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is actually everything you need to know about Ingrid Bergman here. But stay alert because there is some discussion about her movies here and movie plots even occasionally how some of her films end. If you are a fan of old movies and want to see them without seeing some spoilers in this kindle-book, watch those films first and read this afterwards. At that point you will probably enjoy this book more.

[Nihal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ingrid Bergman was one of the most famous actresses of the 20th Century. Even though she was popular, she did have some personal problems. However, this book gives more information about the movies she acted in, not about her own life. I think there was much more history about this person rather than just her movies.

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book about what I consider to be one of the most beautiful actresses of all times. The book goes into how she was born in 1915, how she was orphaned, her marriages, her work in theater, her work in Hollywood, her divorces and how she ended up not working in Hollywood. It's a decent examination of a very, very talented actress who also was a person who had a good number of problems in her life

[Lloyd G. Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Increased my admiration and love of this great woman.

Ingrid is the beautiful and talented one of my two favorite actresses the other being Barbara Stanwck, Who had the longer career and could and did play every kind of role. Ingrid stole my heart in two films gaslight and Casablanca which I consider the best film ever made her beauty stunned me.

[Christine Hunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brief But Well Done

Of course it's brief. After all this is Hourly History. But it's done well and easy enough to read to form an idea of just who Ingrid Bergman was. Definitely worth reading.

[Angela Watts · Rating 5 out of 5]

REAL BEAAUTY

Ingrid Bergman was an amazing woman! True to herself, honest in her feelings, and a very REAL PERSON! she was also a wonderful, beautiful, kind, woman. And NEVER FORGET she was a wonderful ACTRESS!!!! GREAT BOOK!

[George Polansky · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting read.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

Definitely Not a Classic

The scope of the book is good, but it badly needs editing. Many typos, grammatical lapses, and a misquote of one of the most famous lines from Casablanca!

[Robin Dix · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful sole who stood by her beliefs and stayed true to herself.

[Tess Ailshire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Significant information in a short read.

[Melanie Peck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read

It has good information that interested me. Not a "page Turner" but worth the time to read this little gem.

[Neera Kapahi · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this concise book, we learn about Ingrid Bergman’s life and important movies. It is a short and interesting read.