Ingrid Bergman

“The best way to stay young is to keep going with what keeps you active. For me that's working, and working hard. And when you finish a job, you have to relax and have fun.” Ingrid Bergman was one of the most iconic and respected actresses in history. She was born in Sweden and became a star of European and Hollywood cinema. She was best known for playing Ilsa Lund in the classic film Casablanca (1942). She decided to become an actress to combat her extreme shyness, studied at the Royal Drama School in Stockholm, and at the age of 19, played her first film role in a Swedish movie. In 1939, and after starring in a dozen films in Sweden, she escaped Nazism and moved to the United States where she began her career in Hollywood. Shortly thereafter, she starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, a film that brought her to stardom. With For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), she achieved her first Oscar nomination, a statuette she would win a year later for Gaslight (1944). She participated in hits such as Notorious (1946), Spellbound (1945) both directed by Hitchcock, Anastasia (1956), Elena and her men (1956) by Renoir, among others. During the 50's and in the 60's, he continued making films, but his energies remained in the theater, where he made G.B.Shaw and Cocteau, among others. His last films before his death were Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Autumn Sonata (1978). With her captivating stage presence and unmatched charisma, Ingrid Bergman displayed an exceptional passion and talent that established her as an immortal figure in the history of cinema.