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Apple-cheeked and lovely, 24-year-old Ingrid Bergman took Hollywood by storm when she arrived in 1939. No difficult Garbo, no sexy Lana Turner, neither the "It" girl nor the bathing beauty -- it was hard to make heads or tails of this new star. Yet Bergman had already enthralled Swedish audiences in films such as Swedenhielms and Intermezzo with her down-to-earth beauty and simplicity of acting. Refusing to be molded into another Hollywood stereotype, Ingrid decided to keep her real name and real hair color and wouldn't even wear lipstick. If they didn't like her the way she was, she figured, she might as well take the next boat back home.
With an Oscar for Gaslight, it looked like Ingrid Bergman had it all. Then, quite suddenly, she decided to make a movie in Italy. Ever curious, she had seen a film by the Italian director Roberto Rossellini and his neorealistic style whetted her appetite for a rawer, more artistic approach. But by the time their film, Stromboli, premiered in 1950, the rumors were already fact. Ingrid Bergman, the epitome of goodness, had deserted her family and fallen in ove with Rossellini. With him she embarked on a new life and started a new family, which came to include her son, Robertino, and twins Isabella and Ingrid.See the full content of this document
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Remembering Ingrid
Apple-cheeked and lovely, 24-year-old Ingrid Bergman took Hollywood by storm when she arrived in 1939. No difficult Garbo, no sexy Lana Turner, neither the "It" girl nor the bathing beauty -- it ...
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