In 1949, Bergman committed the unforgivable sin of 20th-century celebrity: she left her husband, Dr. Petter Lindström, and her daughter, Pia, to run off with Italian director Roberto Rossellini. She was pregnant out of wedlock.
This article is dedicated to the memory of Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) – Actress. Mother. Rebel. Diarist. Ingrid Bergman- In Her Own Words
Watch Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015) starring Alicia Vikander as the voice of Bergman’s diaries. Pair it with her films Autumn Sonata (1978) for her most mature performance, and Casablanca (1942) for the mask the world fell in love with. In 1949, Bergman committed the unforgivable sin of
The conventional narrative states that David O. Selznick "discovered" Bergman and brought her to America. In her own words, however, the journey was far more aggressive and deliberate. This article is dedicated to the memory of
But in 2015, director Stig Björkman released a
What emerges is not a legend but a life—full of contradictions, courage, and the quiet insistence that a woman could be both a great artist and a devoted mother, both vulnerable and unstoppable.
“Errol Flynn has a child out of wedlock. Clark Gable has affairs. They are called ‘rakish.’ I fall in love, and I am Medusa. But I am here. I am still standing. I am still working.”