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For the 2004 video release of 'Species III': Set Invasion, Ingrid Bergman is cast in the role of Clio Dulaine.
For the 2006 show 20 Most Horrifying Hollywood Murders, Ingrid Bergman is cast in the role of Joan Madou.
For the 1978 production The 32nd Annual Tony Awards, Ingrid Bergman's character is Mathilde Hartman.
For the 2002 video Affliction: My Unbearable Burden of Self Important Pleasure, she is cast in the role of Lady Henrietta Flusky.
For the 2002 production Amour, embrouille et balade, she plays the part of Julia Balzar.
For the 1972 show Amouren, she stars as Eva Beckman.
Ingrid Bergman plays Elsa Edlund in the 1992 Amy Fisher: My Story.
Ingrid Bergman plays Astrid in the 1968 production An Einzeltischen.
For the 1984 feature Aarorumariyathe, Ingrid Bergman's character is Ivy Peterson.
In 1940, she plays Kerstin Norbäck/Sara Nordanå in the release of Aizen tsubaki.
She stars as Golda Meir in the 1923 production of Alias the Night Wind.
For the 1989 show American Eagle, Ingrid Bergman plays Anne Kalman.
In 1949, Ingrid Bergman plays Katherine Joyce in the production of Apache Chief.
For the 1994 video Big Ones Special, she plays Anastasia.
For the 2005 video Big Tit Anal Whores, she plays Dr. Constance Peterson.
Greta Ohlsson in the 2001 production of Avatars.
She plays the part of Paula Alquist in the 1976 movie Batida de raposas.
For the 2002 movie Behind the Startup: Icevan.com, Ingrid Bergman plays Emilie Gallatin.
For the 2004 feature Beneath the Hood, she is cast in the role of Herself - Best Supporting Actress Winner.
In 1921, Ingrid Bergman stars as Anna Holm/Miss Paulsson in the feature Bobby Bumps in Shadow Boxing.
In 1994, Ingrid Bergman is cast in the role of Elena Sokorowska in the movie Bolt.
For the 1991 show Bunker, Ingrid Bergman plays Karla Zachanassian.
For the 1994 Carmen, Ingrid Bergman plays the part of Herself - Presenter: Best Picture.
For the 1985 Carnal Competition, Ilsa Lund Laszlo.
She is cast in the role of Herself in the 2006 show The Carol Project.
She stars as MarÃa in the 1979 Champions: A Love Story.
For the 2006 video Charmane Star Revealed, Ingrid Bergman plays Joan of Arc.
She plays the part of Stella Bergen in the 1975 Columbo: A Case of Immunity.
She is cast in the role of Countess Sanziani in the 2005 tv series Coronation Street: Pantomime.
In 2009, Ingrid Bergman's character is Herself in the production of The Caliph's House.
Ingrid Bergman's character is Irene Girard in the 1984 show Caminos.
In 1996, Ingrid Bergman stars as Alicia Huberman in the feature CandleLight.
In 2007, Ingrid Bergman plays Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Director (taped) in the show Captain Titan's Special G.
In 1957, Ingrid Bergman plays Paula Tessier in the show Carnival Rock.
In 1971, she plays Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc) in the movie Choigolo meotjin namja.
In 1898, Ingrid Bergman stars as Gerda Millett in the feature Cholly's First Moustache.
For the 2002 feature Clouds, Karin.
For the 1994 show The Color of Evening, Herself, recalling her awards (pre-recorded).
Ingrid Bergman's character is Stephanie Dickinson in the 1984 movie Combine de la girafe, La.
For the 2006 show Contorted Hazel, she plays the part of Gladys Aylward.
Governess in the 1981 production of Conversations with Willard Van Dyke.
She is cast in the role of Herself in the 2002 video Danis Tanovic, portrait en 16 MM.
In 1995, Mrs. Frankweiler in the Dark and Deadly.
For the 2003 show The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton, she takes the role of Herself.
In 1991, Ingrid Bergman's character is Herself in the video The Determinator.
In 2006, she is cast in the role of Herself in the video The Detonator.
In 2001, Ingrid Bergman plays the part of Sister Benedict in the tv series Documentary New Zealand: Haunted.
For the 2002 show DR-Explorer: Til verdens ende, she plays the part of Herself - Presenter.
In 1968, she is cast in the role of Anita Hoffman in the Elizabeth the Queen.
In 1972, she takes the role of Marianne in the tv series The Eurovision Song Contest.
In 1964, Ingrid Bergman plays the part of Irene Wagner in the movie Erkekler aglamaz.
For the 2002 release of Estampa del Escorpion, La, Ingrid Bergman's character is Herself.
Ingrid Bergman is cast in the role of Libby Meredith in the 1982 release of Fonte de Barlaeus, La.
For the 2005 release Hang, Ingrid Bergman plays the part of Herself (segment "Ingrid Bergman").
For the 2002 show Heart of the Soul with Gary Zukav, Ingrid Bergman plays the part of Herself.
Ingrid Bergman plays Clare Lester in the 1948 movie Grande strada, La.
Hiptobesquare's Favorite Oscar-Winning Movies
This post comes from BuzzSugar Community member hiptobesquare, who submitted her favorite Oscar-winning films to the Movie Lists group.
1. My Fair Lady
Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison absolutely dazzle me every single time I see this film. It has been a
on 2010-03-07 04:47:30Isabella Rossellini Tortured the Paparazzi
Actress/model Isabella Rossellini spent her childhood "torturing" the paparazzi who camped outside her family home in Italy.The 56-year-old star is the daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian director Roberto Rossellini, whose marriage attr
on 2009-05-23 04:49:12Movie Masterpiece: Casablanca
It’s been almost seventy years since Casablanca graced cinema screens for the very first time and still the magic that surrounds this picture hasn’t diminished.Released in 1942 this romantic epic starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and
on 2009-04-30 04:52:13Hollywood Romance: Ingrid Bergman & Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman was another actress who dominated the big screen in the thirties, forties and fifties working with the likes of Cary Grant and Humphrey Bogart.After starring in Casablanca in 1942 her career soared and she was nominated for an Oscar just a
on 2009-04-04 04:49:58Best Movies of the Forties
The forties really was the golden age for cinema back when movie stars were movie stars and the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Laurence Olivier, Ingrid Bergman and Lauren Bacall all graced the big screen.What is even more impressive the movies that were releas
on 2009-02-24 04:48:58McGovern to pen new BBC drama
TV writer Jimmy McGovern is to write a new drama series for BBC One, inspired by the Ingrid Bergman film The Yellow Rolls Royce.
on 2008-07-05 04:46:33Bad Idea of the Week: Madonna Remaking Casablanca (?!)
It's only Monday morning and already we have a Bad Idea of the Week! And yes, this is entirely rumorific right now, but the mere thought of it is so appalling to me, I had to vent.
Madonna. Remaking. Casablanca.
Of course, the remake ? possibly set in
on 2008-03-31 13:08:31Top Ten Romantic Films- Number 2 Casablanca
Just piped to the top spot in FemaleFirst’s poll to find the most romantic movie is Casablanca which comes in at number two. Released in 1942 this romantic epic starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and went on to win Best Picture at the Academy
on 2008-02-13 08:46:12Casablanca Tops Romantic Scenes Poll.
Humphrey Bogart's farewell to Ingrid Bergman beat out Virginia Cherrill and Charlie Chaplin's love scene in 1931's City Lights to claim the number one spot on a new Cnn list.
on 2008-01-28 04:45:45-
On Mon, 2 May 2005 07:22:32 -0700, Rick in Oz wrote
(in article ):
> http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=190593750&p=y9x5947xx&n
> =190594737
> she's famous for were just a front for severe depression that marred her
> early career.
> who became famous as a giggling regular on comedy show Rowan & Martin's
> Laugh-In, explains she was miserable while making her big break in
> Hollywood.
> anxiety and non-specific anxiety attacks. I lost my smile. I had to force
> it."
> with Ingrid Bergman and Walter Matthau in the late 1960s, and started a
> nine-year-long stint of psychoanalysis.
> friends in Washington.
> I had made, I was away from my family. I was in Los Angeles, California. I'm
> a family girl. I just lost it."
Hmmmm...I wonder if she was still depressed by the mid-70s. I"m reading Julia
Phillip's book "You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again" and she mentions
how Goldie rarely washed her hair or brushed her teeth when she hung out
w/her. Eeuuwww.
Evelyn
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=190594737
Depression marred Goldie's early years
02/05/2005 - 09:18:12
Hollywood's favourite upbeat funnygirl, Goldie Hawn, has revealed the smiles
she's famous for were just a front for severe depression that marred her
early career.
In her upcoming autobiography A Lotus in the Mud, the Private Benjamin star,
who became famous as a giggling regular on comedy show Rowan & Martin's
Laugh-In, explains she was miserable while making her big break in
Hollywood.
She says: "During that period I went into a period of depression, a fear and
anxiety and non-specific anxiety attacks. I lost my smile. I had to force
it."
Hawn reveals her depression was at its worst when she film Cactus Flower
with Ingrid Bergman and Walter Matthau in the late 1960s, and started a
nine-year-long stint of psychoanalysis.
She puts it down to the fact she was desperately homesick for family and
friends in Washington.
She adds: "I was afraid. I left everything I knew, I left every friend that
I had made, I was away from my family. I was in Los Angeles, California. I'm
a family girl. I just lost it."
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http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-03-21/
Ryan and Crystal Top On-Screen Lovers Poll
When Harry Met Sally stars Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal have been voted the
greatest on-screen couple of all time in a new poll. The sizzling chemistry
between the pair in the 1989 romantic comedy beat out competition from
second-placed Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart, for their romance in the
Oscar-winning 1942 classic Casablanca. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere came
third for their team-up in hit 1990 movie Pretty Woman, in the poll
commissioned by British chain store Woolworths.
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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In article ,
zagnutbubba@yahoo.com (Zagnut) wrote:
> Other than that... I thought Uma Thurmon's dress was AWFUL. It would
> have been nice for Angelina Jolie to cover that damn tattoo on her arm
> (totally took away from her lovely dress.) Jennifer Garner's dress was
> GORGEOUS. Peter Jackson, god bless him, needs to brush his hair, get
> dress clothes specifically tailored for a big man, and tell his wife
> that the "scattered mental patient" look doesn't work well at formal
> events. Renee Zellwiger - now that she has an Oscar, will she and her
> strangely puffy, yet squinchy face just go away? Please? Hands up,
> everyone who thought her accent in Cold Mountain made her sound like
> she was channeling "Ernest Goes to Camp?"
Here are the notes I blogged today:
-- Billy Crystal singing to Clint Eastwood sitting on his lap and actually
mentioning Sondra Locke
-- Robin Williams announcing nominees in about six different voices and
standing next to Billy Crystal as "the couple on top of a San Francisco
wedding cake"
-- Liv Tyler wearing a hair stayle that looks as though someone put her in
a force-nin gale so it would all blow out to one side and then
freeze-dried it. With cat's-eye glasses. The first true "what was she
*thinking*?" moment of the night. And it went on for a long time, because
she announced all five song nominees, with performances of the songs in
between.
-- Sting playing the hurdy-gurdy! and Alison Krauss's singing
-- Billy Crystal, doing what's going through Robin Williams's mind (in a
great imitation):
-- Realizing how many of the great comic (and serious) actors Blake
Edwards has worked with are dead (Audrey Hepburn, Jack Lemmon, Peter
Sellers, Robert Preston, Richard Mulligan...)
-- "I couldn't have done it without the foes. I'm steamed and I'm going to
prove you're wrong" -- Blake Edwards, accepting his honorary lifetime
Oscar.
-- Sandra Bullock's dress. Was she auditioning to be a San Francisco
wedding cake? Plus, whoever turned her hair that hideous color and overdid
the mascara.
-- Whoever did the same hideous bronzing job to Julia Roberts' hair and
whoever chose her to eulogize Katharine Hepburn. Hello? We couldn't have
had someone who actually knew the woman? Elizabeth Taylor? Sidney Poitier?
Peter O'Toole? Jane Fonda? Warren Beatty?
-- Alec Baldwin's co-presenter, so scarily thin she was easily only 1/3 to
1/4 his width
-- I didn't even realize Wendy Hiller had died. What an actress she was (I
saw her onstage once in a play also starring Ingrid Bergman. quite a
team). Also Jeanne Crain, Gergory Peck, Art Carney (beloved for The
Honeymooners), Buddy Ebsen, Ann Miller, John Ritter...the losses seem
bigger every year, I suppose because as you get older more of the names
and faces are familiar. We're beginning to move out of the people whose
work I only remember as a child and into people whose work seems to have
been with me all my life.
-- Billy Crystal: "Do you know people are moving to New Zealand just to be
thanked?"
-- Jamie Lee Curtis is married to Christopher Guest???! (Could someone
tell her that bare shoulders and close-shorn hair with that dress make her
look like a blue bowling pin?)
-- Autoharp on the Oscars! (Although O'Hara's picking might have been a
bit sophisticated for that time period.))
-- I really like Jack Black.
-- Learning that despite her recent success as a director, all these years
after Godfather III Sofia Coppola *still* can't read a line so it sounds
natural, even as herself. That was as co-presenter; accepting the original
screenplay award she was just fine.
-- Someone buy Peter Jackson a comb
-- Nicole Kidman needs to eat something.
-- Too bad Bill Murray didn't win. I haven't seen either movie, but you
can't help feeling that Penn will have other chances because of the kind
of work he does. This was probably Murray's only chance -- the Academy
rarely rewards comedies or comedians.
-- Number of Oscar winners who told wives they'd met in grade school "I
love you": 2
-- That sure was one big bow following Renee Zellweger around.
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http://www.pelicancrossing.net
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Anyone have a link to the original list.
Where was Ingrid Bergman?
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Casablanca Finally Gets a Rick's Cafe
Casablanca Finally Gets a Rick's Cafe As Ex-U.S. Diplomat Opens Club in
Homage to Classic Film
The Associated Press
CASABLANCA, Morocco May 8, 2004 - There's a new gin joint in town, and now
everybody comes to Rick's. In homage to the movie "Casablanca," a former
U.S. diplomat has opened a Rick's Cafe in this bustling port city. But you
won't find Sam at the keyboard these days, the pianist's name is Issam.
The elegant nightclub where Humphrey Bogart's character Rick pined for
Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa was just a set on a Warner Bros. sound stage in
California.
The new Rick's has the same warm atmosphere as the Hollywood original. It's
a white villa near the port, with palm trees flanking the door. Inside are
arched passageways and traditional hanging lamps of colored glass.
And there's not a single photo of Bogart on the walls.
"Rick's Cafe is no longer just a film, it's not a museum, it's a reality,"
said founder Kathy Kriger, sipping a glass of Moroccan cabernet. Nearby,
waiters in traditional fez caps and wide-legged pants serve customers at
candlelit tables.
The elegant restaurant, which debuted in March, is open for lunch and dinner
seven days a week. A typical meal costs around $30.
Pianist Issam Chabaa, who is from the capital, Rabat, plays songs from the
'40s and '50s. On Sunday nights, Kriger serves popcorn and chili con carne
and screens Casablanca.
Kriger, 57, says she watched the classic film hundreds of times to study the
atmosphere, lighting and lines.
"I'm surprised my tape didn't wear out," she said.
Kriger left her job as a commercial attache at the U.S. consulate in
Casablanca when she was supposed to transfer to Tokyo in 2002. She'd become
too attached to her new home.
She scouted for locations and decided to open the restaurant in Casablanca's
medina, a bustling labyrinth of narrow streets and shops. It took months to
get the various authorizations, including a liquor license no small task in
this mostly Muslim nation.
Kriger said she wanted to promote American-Moroccan dialogue in the North
African kingdom, which stretches from the Mediterranean to the Sahara.
"After Sept. 11, I realized that maybe certain authentic American values
were no longer understood in the Muslim world," Kriger said. "I wanted to
show how Americans can be: open, determined and persevering."
Many Moroccans have become deeply resentful of U.S. policies, especially
after the war in Iraq.
The Moroccan government, however, is one of the Muslim world's closest U.S.
allies, and Washington has routinely praised Morocco for its democratic
changes under King Mohammed VI, who took the throne after the death of his
father, King Hassan II, in 1999.
It also is battling an extremist movement at home. Last May, suicide
bombings in Casablanca killed 33 bystanders and a dozen bombers. Most of the
suspects charged in the March 11 train bombings that killed 191 people in
Madrid, Spain, were Moroccans.
Kriger, a native of Portland, Ore., says she hopes to show a positive image
of Americans by doing business in Morocco. And she hopes that Rick's will
prove Morocco is ripe for investment and open to female entrepreneurs.
"Because there has never been a Rick's Cafe here, I could be reasonably
assured that it would succeed," she said. "It was already an institution,
and it never even existed. It's not often you get a chance to turn myth into
reality."
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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http://canoe.ca/JamMovies/jan21_sundance2-sun.html
Happy to be Sad
By KEVIN WILLIAMSON -- Calgary Sun
PARK CITY, Utah -- The way Canadian director Guy Maddin tells it, his
wooing of Isabella Rossellini had all the sweaty-palmed anxiety of a teenage
courtship.
First he sent her samples of his work. That got her to agree to a phone
call, "so I could dazzle her with my wit, sitting there with my thesaurus
and dictionary," he recalls.
Before he could speak with her though, he prepared by listening to
Rossellini's commentary track on the Blue Velvet DVD. Not so he could
impress her with his knowledge of the film, mind you, but rather, "I just
wanted to get her voice in my head so that when I finally did hear it, I
didn't faint."
Rossellini can have that kind of effect on people. It's that very
timelessness -- she's one of the few actresses who can play an iconic
character and get away with it -- that makes her a perfect fit for Maddin's
The Saddest Music in the World.
The film had its premiere at Sundance this past week in an event that
brought director and leading lady to town, along with Kid in the Hall Mark
McKinney.
Relaxing in a Park City coffee shop, the trio clearly enjoys each other's
company. Rossellini, for one, spends much of our interview laughing, at
herself (she has some trouble with the word "pelt") and at McKinney's
spot-on impersonation of her.
Saddest Music, which bowed last fall at the Toronto International Film
Festival, is an odd, strange work, a faux-musical set in Winnipeg during the
Great Depression where a beer baroness hosts a contest to find the saddest
music in the world. The competition brings musicians from across the globe
to vie for the $25,000 prize.
But the movie is as concerned with movie lore as it is music or plot. Maddin
acknowledges he wrote McKinney's role with James Cagney in mind (McKinney
says he had to keep from imitating him during production, and Rossellini's
performance references the screen goddesses of old -- including her mother,
the legendary Ingrid Bergman.
Cinematic strangeness is nothing new for Rossellini, who, ever since David
Lynch's masterpiece, the aforementioned Blue Velvet, she has gravitated
towards roles far outside of the mainstream. She can afford to -- a
cosmetics and perfume titan, she doesn't need to pander for Hollywood
paycheques.
Then again, Rossellini says, she's never really been asked to.
"I do what I love. There's no arrogance in it. I never wanted another
career. If someone had said to me, 'Isabella, we will give you $20 million a
picture as long as they are all commercial,' I might have accepted that
proposal, but no one has come up with it. If it's not satisfying, I'll go
write. If you have an urge to do something, it can be directing or writing;
it can be photography. Cosmetics, my commercial projects and the rest,
that's what can pay me. But I'm not offered the roles of Julia Roberts."
Not that she's a fan of working for free; while Saddest Music is a small
movie, she says she was well compensated for it. "I worked with (British
director) Peter Greenaway after you and he paid me less," she tells Maddin.
"You weren't a charity case."
In fact, she enjoyed working with Maddin so much that his next project will
be a collaboration on a short film dedicated to her father, Roberto
Rossellini.
McKinney, meanwhile, will continue to work on CBC's Slings and Arrows, after
moving back from the U.S. to Toronto a year ago.
Although he says he's enjoyed being back home, he half-kids the skittish
nature of the Canadian film scene has him contemplating a return south:
"It's an industry that is just so in peril at any given time, I start to get
paranoid."
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 22:20:12 GMT, "nimue"
wrote:
>Sister Dolorosa Excrutiata wrote:
>use that word when I am talking about all women, me included. I noticed I
>called Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller's wife, a "pretty gal." Now, CT played
>Marcia (Marcia, Marcia!) in The Brady Bunch movie. They don't get much
>whiter than that gal! So, my question is, if I use the word all the time to
>describe everyone female (and I do), and I have no idea it was in any way
>racist (I hadn't) is it racist if I use it to describe Brandy? If so, why?
>I grew up hearing that word used to describe Ingrid Bergman, for god's sake!
>"She was a pretty gal, in my day!" In fact, my dad recently used it
>describe Jennifer Connolly (we were watching Once Upon a Time in America):
>"She looked like she's be a pretty little zaftik gal when she grew up -- but
>she turned out skinny." So, what do you think?
not calling anybody racist. I'm just offering a possible explanation
why someone might get bothered by the use of that word in reference to
a Black woman. It would be similar to referring to a Black man as a
"boy".
Of course it is a commonly used word and probably most usages are
harmless. However, perhaps in the future you might consider not using
it in the context of a Black woman, or at least understand why someone
might take offense as a result.
Debbie
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Top 100 Beautiful Women
By Dave Higgens, PA News
Film legend Audrey Hepburn was today named the most naturally beautiful
woman of all time by a panel of experts.
The full list is:
1. Audrey Hepburn 2. Liv Tyler 3. Cate Blanchett 4. Angelina Jolie 5. Grace
Kelly 6. Natalie Imbruglia 7. Juliette Binoche 8. Halle Berry 9. Helena
Christensen 10. Elle MacPherson
11. Cameron Diaz 12. Princess Diana 13. Kate Moss 14. Charlize Theron 15.
Scarlett Johansson 16. Isabella Rossellini 17. Nigella Lawson 18. Beyonce
Knowles 19. Madonna 20. Jamelia 21. Nicole Kidman 22. Monica Bellucci 23.
Audrey Tatou 24. Vanessa Paradis 25. Julianne Moore 26. Jennifer Lopez 27.
Marilyn Monroe 28. Julia Roberts 29. Beyonce Knowles 30. Kylie Minogue
31. Estelle Warren 32. Gisele 33. Gwyneth Paltrow 34. Kate Winslet 35.
Katherine Hepburn 36. Marilyn Monroe 37. Kiera Knightley 38. Iman 39. Jerry
Hall 40. Heidi Klum
41. Ursula Andress 42. Virginie Ledoyen 43. Sophie Dahl 44. Michelle
Pfeiffer 45. Uma Thurman 46. Kim Catrell 47. Jennifer Aniston 48. Eva
Herzigova 49. Brigitte Bardot 50. Felicity Kendal
51. Claudia Schiffer 52. Jacqueline Kennedy 53. Marlene Dietrich 54. Milla
Jovovitch 55. Lucy Liu 56. Penelope Cruz 57. Neve Campbell 58. Sharon Stone
59. Vivien Leigh 60. Sophie Marceau
61. Linda Evangelista 62. Dido 63. Catherine Zeta Jones 64. Jessica Lange
65. Ingrid Bergman 66. Greta Garbo 67. Jodie Kidd 68. Vanessa Paradis 69.
Princess Caroline of Monaco 70. Kathleen Turner
71. Rachel Weisz 72. Naomi Campbell 73. Grace Jones 74. Christie Turlington
75. Famke Jensen 76. Catherine Deneuve 77. Cindy Crawford 78. Heather Graham
79. Judy Garland 80. Ginger Rogers
81. Sophia Loren 82. Yasmin Le Bon 83. Kirsten Dunst 84. Sandra Bullock 85.
Melanie Sykes 86. Cleopatra 87. Lisa Snowdon 88. Rita Hayworth 89. Katie
Holmes 90. Honor Blackman
91. Joely Richardson 92. Joanna Lumley 93. Andie MacDowell 94. Alicia
Silverstone 95. Cat Deeley 96. Rene Russo 97. Sienna Miller 98. Rachel
Hunter 99. Jade Jagger 100. Kelly Brook
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A CLASS apart
A glittering career studded with 12 Oscar nominations
and two awards is now crowned with recognition for
Lifetime Achievement. Read on as RANDOR GUY writes
about Meryl Streep, actress perfectionist.
The Hindu
Friday, November 7, 2003
"Kramer versus Kramer" ... an emotionally-rich
performance.
She has established an amazing record by being nominated
an incredible 13 times for the Oscar, beating the earlier
record of 12 held by the Grand Dame of American Cinema
and icon of Hollywood, Katharine Hepburn.
This record is extremely difficult to achieve during the
present period, after the end of the great Golden Age of
Hollywood and the Studio Years. Unlike the Movie Queens
of those times, she was not attached to a studio on a
seven year-contract under the dictatorship of the
Hollywood movie moguls.
During the Studio Years every Monday morning a new
picture was launched! (In the bygone decades, Hollywood
studio contracts were usually for a period of seven
years. Any contract for service or employment, which
extended beyond seven years, was seen legally as slavery
in America.)
With no advantages of a pretty face like Liz Taylor, or a
stunning figure, a la Marilyn Monroe or Jane Russell, she
climbed the grease pole by sheer talent, hard work and
dedication. Such an actress of amazing, unlimited talent,
who won the Oscar twice, is Meryl Streep.
The crowning glory of her career is the American Film
Institute's Life Achievement Award being bestowed on her
for 2003. Talent and class always tell. And she has both
aplenty.
She will receive the award at a tribute ceremony on June
10, 2004. ''I am honoured to be selected by the AFI for
the work I love doing,'' Streep said in a statement.
''The event is in June and that might give me enough time
to compose a list of all the people I'm beholden to in my
life," she added.
The comedy, "She-Devil", is a change from her serious
films.
Streep has always taken up challenging roles, different
kinds of characters so that she does not repeat herself
descending to a visual movie cliché.
Another distinguishing feature, rather uncommon in
Hollywood, is her penchant for doing different kinds of
accents on which she works hard to get the correct
pronunciation, and speech patterns. In Hollywood such
fastidious approach to accent is something rare.
She is held by critics and cognoscenti to be the greatest
living actress of American Cinema and is ranked equally
with the all-time greats like Katharine Hepburn, Greta
Garbo, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Ingrid Bergman, and
Rosalind Russell. Today she has few equals.
Meryl Streep (original name, Mary Louise Streep) was born
in Summit, New Jersey, United States on June 22, 1949.
Even at school she was interested in dramatics and took
part in school plays. However, she made a name for
herself as cheerleader. She joined Vassar College where
her interest in acting began to take hold of her. After
graduating from Vassar she joined the Yale School of
drama.
She had her first exposure in mass media in television in
1977 and made her movie debut in "Julia" (1977), which is
based on 'Pentimento', a book of memoirs by Lillian
Hellman. It is all about her friend Julia, her fortunes,
her fight for the European causes and her ultimate death
at the hands of the Nazis.
"The Hours" ... a story of three women linked by novelist
Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway.'
Directed by the noted filmmaker Fred Zinnemann, the lead
roles were played by Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave and
Jason Robards Jr. Streep had only a supportive role in
it, but she did attract critical attention.
Her first Oscar nomination came in 1978 with her second
movie, "The Deer Hunter" (1978).
It is about the Vietnam War and its impact on American
society, told through the lives of three friends.
Directed by Michael Cimino, based on his own story, it
had Robert De Niro and John Cazale. "The Deer Hunter" won
Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director and Best
Supporting Actor. During the making of this film she was
friendly with Cazale and also got engaged to him briefly.
Sadly he died in 1978.
Streep became a star and was critically acclaimed as a
major talent, with "Kramer versus Kramer" (1979). She had
been in movies just for two years and it was the third
movie with which she hit the bull's eye. Not many
actresses have achieved such rewards, so fast.
"Kramer versus Kramer" was about the marital problems of
an ad executive (divorced from his wife), who has the
brief custody of his seven-year-old son.
Based on a novel by Robert Denton, who also directed the
movie, it was an effective tear-jerker, well written and
excellently acted by Dustin Hoffman as the husband and
Streep as the wife. Streep's performance was emotionally
rich and empathetic and deservedly won her the first
Oscar for Best Actress.
The movie also won Oscars for Best Picture, Best
Director, Best Actor (Hoffman) and Best Screenplay. It
was also a major box-office success because it touched a
raw nerve in American society and moved millions of
filmgoers around the world.
Streep scored again in 1982, winning her second Oscar for
Best Actress in "Sophie's Choice". Based on the best-
selling novel by the noted American writer, William
Styron, it was written for the screen and directed by the
well-known filmmaker Alan Pakula.
The film tells the story of a Polish woman caught in the
Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War
(1939-1945) and who manages to escape and relocate to New
York. But the painful memories haunt her and she finds
her life in New York almost as miserable as it was in the
past.
Streep in the lead role rose to great heights of
emotional performance as the mother. She actually carried
the movie on her shoulders.
While the movie fetched Streep an Oscar, critics did not
treat the movie kindly. In a devastating review the noted
British film magazine, Sight and Sound, commented, ''...
only one question remains, why did Pakula have to do this
movie?''
With two Oscars within five years of her Hollywood
sojourn Streep became a force to reckon with and became
the 'female Colossus' of Hollywood Cinema.
Her other movies include "Silkwood" (1980, Oscar
nomination),
"Out of Africa" (1988, Oscar nomination), "The Bridges of
Madison County" (1995), in which her co-star is the
Hollywood star, cult figure and filmmaker Clint Eastwood.
It is about an Italian-American wife in Iowa who has a
passionate four-day affair with a photographer. Directed
by Eastwood himself, the movie was a major box-office
success and grossed $172 millions!
Streep is such a perfectionist that when she played the
role of a violinist in "Music of the Heart" (1999), she
learnt to play the instrument by practising six hours a
day for eight weeks. Such is her obsession for detail.
Streep is married to Don Gummer and has four children.
She is an affectionate and yet strict mother.She was
ranked 24 in the list of 'Hundred Top Movie Stars of All-
Time,' brought out by British magazine, Empire.
During her early years she worked as a waitress to pay
for her education.
By winning the 'Life Achievement Award', Meryl Streep has
proved beyond doubt that success can be achieved during
one's lifetime by hard work, dedication and the pursuit
of excellence.
'Take your heart to work'
Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood were watching the
'rushes' of a passionate love sequence in their hit
movie, "The Bridges of Madison County." Eastwood, who
directed the movie, also played the male lead. Both were
half nude under the sheets in the sequence, and while the
scene rolled over the screen, Streep noticed Eastwood
with his eyes closed (with passion!) making gestures and
signs with one hand to someone! The director was giving
instructions to the cinematographer about the camera
movement!
Streep stared at him and told him that he did not
concentrate enough on the scene. The usually tight -
lipped star remarked seriously, ''You know, it is tough
to do both simultaneously! ''
A scene from "The French Lieutenant's Woman".
Streep is passionately devoted to accents of the
characters she portrays. In the Eastwood-directed movie
she plays an American of Italian origin who has spent
years in her home country.
In the first shot when Eastwood meets her, Streep spoke
her lines with a heavy American-Italian accent, which
took Eastwood by surprise because he had told her earlier
that he was not keen on accents. Much to his shock, she
told him, ''I play my roles the way they should be and I
do not want anyone to tell me how... !''
Streep is un-Hollywood like in her life style. She does
not live in Hollywood and makes her home in Connecticut
in the east with her sculptor husband and four children.
A down to earth person, she has no airs about herself and
some of her quotes have justly become famous.
A sampler... ''Take your heart to work!'' or ''I'm
looking forward to bigger parts in the future, but I'm
not doing soft-core s where the character emerges
in half-light, half-dressed.'' And her most famous quote
.. ''You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.''
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"Rick" wrote in message news:310520041201091096%rickjm@nyc.rr.com...
: In article , Rick in Oz
: wrote:
:
: > Film legend Audrey Hepburn was today named the most naturally beautiful
: > woman of all time by a panel of experts.
:
: I have no problem at all with Audrey Hepburn ranking #1. But how does
: Marilyn Monroe rank both #27 and #36? And Ginger Rogers more beautiful
: than Sophia Loren???? Pshaw!
:
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: Rick
And Liv Tyler number 2? I wouldn't put Audrey Hepburn as number one, I've
always thought of her more as cute than beautiful. And Catherine Deneuve
is 76 while Jerry Hall is number 40!! And Elizabeth Taylor is a no-show, wow!
The full list is:
1. Audrey Hepburn 2. Liv Tyler 3. Cate Blanchett 4. Angelina Jolie 5. Grace
Kelly 6. Natalie Imbruglia 7. Juliette Binoche 8. Halle Berry 9. Helena
Christensen 10. Elle MacPherson
11. Cameron Diaz 12. Princess Diana 13. Kate Moss 14. Charlize Theron 15.
Scarlett Johansson 16. Isabella Rossellini 17. Nigella Lawson 18. Beyonce
Knowles 19. Madonna 20. Jamelia 21. Nicole Kidman 22. Monica Bellucci 23.
Audrey Tatou 24. Vanessa Paradis 25. Julianne Moore 26. Jennifer Lopez 27.
Marilyn Monroe 28. Julia Roberts 29. Beyonce Knowles 30. Kylie Minogue
31. Estelle Warren 32. Gisele 33. Gwyneth Paltrow 34. Kate Winslet 35.
Katherine Hepburn 36. Marilyn Monroe 37. Kiera Knightley 38. Iman 39. Jerry
Hall 40. Heidi Klum
41. Ursula Andress 42. Virginie Ledoyen 43. Sophie Dahl 44. Michelle
Pfeiffer 45. Uma Thurman 46. Kim Catrell 47. Jennifer Aniston 48. Eva
Herzigova 49. Brigitte Bardot 50. Felicity Kendal
51. Claudia Schiffer 52. Jacqueline Kennedy 53. Marlene Dietrich 54. Milla
Jovovitch 55. Lucy Liu 56. Penelope Cruz 57. Neve Campbell 58. Sharon Stone
59. Vivien Leigh 60. Sophie Marceau
61. Linda Evangelista 62. Dido 63. Catherine Zeta Jones 64. Jessica Lange
65. Ingrid Bergman 66. Greta Garbo 67. Jodie Kidd 68. Vanessa Paradis 69.
Princess Caroline of Monaco 70. Kathleen Turner
71. Rachel Weisz 72. Naomi Campbell 73. Grace Jones 74. Christie Turlington
75. Famke Jensen 76. Catherine Deneuve 77. Cindy Crawford 78. Heather Graham
79. Judy Garland 80. Ginger Rogers
81. Sophia Loren 82. Yasmin Le Bon 83. Kirsten Dunst 84. Sandra Bullock 85.
Melanie Sykes 86. Cleopatra 87. Lisa Snowdon 88. Rita Hayworth 89. Katie
Holmes 90. Honor Blackman
91. Joely Richardson 92. Joanna Lumley 93. Andie MacDowell 94. Alicia
Silverstone 95. Cat Deeley 96. Rene Russo 97. Sienna Miller 98. Rachel
Hunter 99. Jade Jagger 100. Kelly Brook
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"Last Timer" posted:
> conditioned to dislike last names. They call each other by first name.
> It is as though everyone's last name is "America" unless they happen to
> be immigrants. Bergman's stand out as a clue clicks clan.
> mother, Friedel Adler Bergman, a Hamburg, Germany native, died when
> Ingrid was just three years old. Ingrid's father, Justus Samuel
> Bergman, a Swede, raised Ingrid until his death, when she was 12.
> Justus, who owned a photography shop, encouraged Ingrid's artistic
> pursuits and even caught some scenes of her as a small child with a
> motion picture camera. Many years later, the famous director Ingmar
> Bergman (no relation), with whom Ingrid worked, compiled and edited
> these home movies. After her father's death, Ingrid was left to the
> care of an unmarried aunt, who died within months, and she eventually
> spent her teenage years with an uncle and his family.
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"Rick in Oz" wrote in message news:...
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/Film/Not-gone-with-the-wind-but-off-with-the-fair
> ies/2004/11/28/1101577350409.html?oneclick=true
> November 29, 2004
> involved, details Bronwyn Cosgrave.
> its debut 65 years ago, in December 1939. Three months later, Wind - as it
> became known in Hollywood - collected 10 Oscars, an unprecedented number for
> a feature film. Then, as it periodically played over the next 25 years, it
> yielded the highest real box-office take of any film.
> David Selznick,
> sister of the film's pivotal character, Scarlett O'Hara, played by Vivien
> Leigh. It seemed to be Selznick's way of coping with the pressure of
> producing the Civil War-era romance which, with a budget of $US4 million,
> was then the most expensive motion picture ever made and, at four hours, was
> also the longest. At the same time, he supervised the Hollywood debuts of
> Alfred Hitchcock and Ingrid Bergman.
> colour scheme, rapid-fire dialogue and crisp editing. The effect of
> Selznick's drug use, however, increased his manic mind-set and intensified
> the hands-on method with which he made movies.
> production, he was certain that, after considering 1400 women, she was his
> dream girl. So was Selznick's brother, talent agent Myron, who urged Leigh
> to test for the part in Los Angeles where her lover, Laurence Olivier (who
> Myron represented), was shooting Wuthering Heights. Leigh's looks instantly
> got to Selznick. "I took one look and knew she was right," he recalled. "Her
> tests showed that she could act the part right down to the ground, but I'll
> never recover from that first look."
> wasn't the best Scarlett because, once she was laced into period costume,
> her flat chest made the tops of all of Scarlett's gowns cave in. Especially
> the long, crimson velvet dress her husband, Rhett Butler, in a jealous rage,
> forces her to wear to the birthday party of her beloved, Ashley Wilkes.
> "Wear that," Clark Gable as Rhett orders Scarlett, removing it from her
> wardrobe and tossing it at her. "For Christ's sake, let's get a good look at
> the girl's boobs!" bellowed director Victor Fleming from behind the camera
> when Leigh appeared in it.
> the film's original director, George Cukor, with whom he argued ceaselessly.
> Cukor protected Leigh from the barrage of memos in which Selznick pondered
> matters relating to the size of her chest, its shape and position in
> costume. Fleming, claimed Selznick's biographer David Thomson, wanted
> Scarlett to be "tougher [and] dangerous". The key to displaying Scarlett as
> such, he agreed with Selznick, was a heaving cleavage, and to achieve this
> he insisted that Wind's costume designer, Walter Plunkett, bind Leigh's
> breasts together with adhesive tape to thrust them forward and up. Plunkett
> complied. On the set, Leigh cursed and complained that she could not breathe
> because of the tape.
> she shared a love of art and theatre. A veteran Broadway stage director,
> Cukor said Leigh "smelled of the theatre". Fleming's breath, on the other
> hand, as she discovered on set, stank of whisky, which he consumed with his
> pal, Gable. "Ham it up!" Fleming told Leigh when she approached him for
> guidance. Outraged by Selznick's dismissal of Cukor, Leigh threatened to
> resign but relented after a meeting with Myron, who was by then her agent,
> too. "You will never work again on stage or screen," Myron told Leigh.
> "David will see to that. And so too, Miss Leigh, will I."
> . Written and rewritten, originally by Pulitzer prize-winning novelist
> Sydney Howard, it changed daily, due to Selznick's meddling. F.Scott
> Fitzgerald, one of 10 writers hired by Selznick to tweak it, recalled "wild
> all-night" working sessions during which Selznick played both "boss and
> collaborator". Daily changes created an "almost party-like" on-set
> atmosphere, recalled Keyes. "Our dialogue was constantly being handed to us
> at the last minute, as if our host, Selznick, was thinking up some charade
> for us to play."
> of diverging from Howard's by "muttering deprecations [and] making
> small moans", Selznick claimed. Hers was the toughest acting job because she
> appeared in nearly every one of the film's 700 scenes. Keyes recalled
> filming the scene during which Scarlett slaps Suellen's face. "My cheek wore
> the imprint of Vivien's fingers for the rest of the afternoon," claimed
> Keyes. "She didn't pull her punches."
> film critic claimed Olivier's Broadway stage assignment was orchestrated by
> Selznick to keep the lovers apart. Lovesick Leigh suffered from exhaustion
> and hysteria. So did Fleming. His was discovered when one morning on his way
> to work, Fleming nearly drove his dove-grey Cadillac off a cliff near
> Malibu. He took a two-week break and Sam Wood took over as the film's
> director.
> night-club Coconut Grove, Leigh received the Oscar for best actress and, in
> doing so, became the first British woman to claim it. She swept up to the
> podium in couture, a cloud of Joy perfume and a veil of stardust, shortly
> after her co-star, Hattie McDaniel, was named best supporting actress. Gable
> was livid that he lost the best actor award to Robert Donat, the star of
> Goodbye, Mr Chips. So was Olivier, who was nominated for Wuthering Heights.
> After the ceremony, Olivier and Leigh travelled home together by limousine
> but it was no pleasure cruise. In the back seat, Olivier grabbed Leigh's
> Oscar and later admitted: "I was insane with jealousy. It was all I could do
> to restrain myself from hitting her with it."
> Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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ies/2004/11/28/1101577350409.html?oneclick=true
Not gone with the wind, but off with the fairies
November 29, 2004
Tormented ... Vivien Leigh as Scarlett.
David Selznick made the enduring cinema masterpiece and life hell for all
involved, details Bronwyn Cosgrave.
Gone With The Wind has been mythologised as a record breaker since it made
its debut 65 years ago, in December 1939. Three months later, Wind - as it
became known in Hollywood - collected 10 Oscars, an unprecedented number for
a feature film. Then, as it periodically played over the next 25 years, it
yielded the highest real box-office take of any film.
Behind the scenes, however, the film's driving force, independent producer
David Selznick,
popped uppers "like popcorn", recounts Evelyn Keyes, who played Suellen, the
sister of the film's pivotal character, Scarlett O'Hara, played by Vivien
Leigh. It seemed to be Selznick's way of coping with the pressure of
producing the Civil War-era romance which, with a budget of $US4 million,
was then the most expensive motion picture ever made and, at four hours, was
also the longest. At the same time, he supervised the Hollywood debuts of
Alfred Hitchcock and Ingrid Bergman.
Selznick's preion drug haze may have contributed to Wind's perky
colour scheme, rapid-fire dialogue and crisp editing. The effect of
Selznick's drug use, however, increased his manic mind-set and intensified
the hands-on method with which he made movies.
When Selznick met Leigh in December 1938, on the first night of Wind's
production, he was certain that, after considering 1400 women, she was his
dream girl. So was Selznick's brother, talent agent Myron, who urged Leigh
to test for the part in Los Angeles where her lover, Laurence Olivier (who
Myron represented), was shooting Wuthering Heights. Leigh's looks instantly
got to Selznick. "I took one look and knew she was right," he recalled. "Her
tests showed that she could act the part right down to the ground, but I'll
never recover from that first look."
Weeks later, Selznick was not quite so sure, agonising that maybe Leigh
wasn't the best Scarlett because, once she was laced into period costume,
her flat chest made the tops of all of Scarlett's gowns cave in. Especially
the long, crimson velvet dress her husband, Rhett Butler, in a jealous rage,
forces her to wear to the birthday party of her beloved, Ashley Wilkes.
"Wear that," Clark Gable as Rhett orders Scarlett, removing it from her
wardrobe and tossing it at her. "For Christ's sake, let's get a good look at
the girl's boobs!" bellowed director Victor Fleming from behind the camera
when Leigh appeared in it.
Two weeks into the film's production, Selznick appointed Fleming to replace
the film's original director, George Cukor, with whom he argued ceaselessly.
Cukor protected Leigh from the barrage of memos in which Selznick pondered
matters relating to the size of her chest, its shape and position in
costume. Fleming, claimed Selznick's biographer David Thomson, wanted
Scarlett to be "tougher [and] dangerous". The key to displaying Scarlett as
such, he agreed with Selznick, was a heaving cleavage, and to achieve this
he insisted that Wind's costume designer, Walter Plunkett, bind Leigh's
breasts together with adhesive tape to thrust them forward and up. Plunkett
complied. On the set, Leigh cursed and complained that she could not breathe
because of the tape.
Leigh hated Fleming, but she became a lifelong friend of Cukor, with whom
she shared a love of art and theatre. A veteran Broadway stage director,
Cukor said Leigh "smelled of the theatre". Fleming's breath, on the other
hand, as she discovered on set, stank of whisky, which he consumed with his
pal, Gable. "Ham it up!" Fleming told Leigh when she approached him for
guidance. Outraged by Selznick's dismissal of Cukor, Leigh threatened to
resign but relented after a meeting with Myron, who was by then her agent,
too. "You will never work again on stage or screen," Myron told Leigh.
"David will see to that. And so too, Miss Leigh, will I."
Selznick turned his obsessive attention from Leigh's chest to the film's
. Written and rewritten, originally by Pulitzer prize-winning novelist
Sydney Howard, it changed daily, due to Selznick's meddling. F.Scott
Fitzgerald, one of 10 writers hired by Selznick to tweak it, recalled "wild
all-night" working sessions during which Selznick played both "boss and
collaborator". Daily changes created an "almost party-like" on-set
atmosphere, recalled Keyes. "Our dialogue was constantly being handed to us
at the last minute, as if our host, Selznick, was thinking up some charade
for us to play."
On set, Leigh strove to perfect her performance and voiced her disapproval
of diverging from Howard's by "muttering deprecations [and] making
small moans", Selznick claimed. Hers was the toughest acting job because she
appeared in nearly every one of the film's 700 scenes. Keyes recalled
filming the scene during which Scarlett slaps Suellen's face. "My cheek wore
the imprint of Vivien's fingers for the rest of the afternoon," claimed
Keyes. "She didn't pull her punches."
In Alexander Walker's biography, Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh, the late
film critic claimed Olivier's Broadway stage assignment was orchestrated by
Selznick to keep the lovers apart. Lovesick Leigh suffered from exhaustion
and hysteria. So did Fleming. His was discovered when one morning on his way
to work, Fleming nearly drove his dove-grey Cadillac off a cliff near
Malibu. He took a two-week break and Sam Wood took over as the film's
director.
At the 12th Academy Awards, hosted on February 29, 1940, at the Hollywood
night-club Coconut Grove, Leigh received the Oscar for best actress and, in
doing so, became the first British woman to claim it. She swept up to the
podium in couture, a cloud of Joy perfume and a veil of stardust, shortly
after her co-star, Hattie McDaniel, was named best supporting actress. Gable
was livid that he lost the best actor award to Robert Donat, the star of
Goodbye, Mr Chips. So was Olivier, who was nominated for Wuthering Heights.
After the ceremony, Olivier and Leigh travelled home together by limousine
but it was no pleasure cruise. In the back seat, Olivier grabbed Leigh's
Oscar and later admitted: "I was insane with jealousy. It was all I could do
to restrain myself from hitting her with it."
The Guardian
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- Radiant, almost ethereally beautiful Swedish actress, forever immortalized as Ilsa Lund, the star-crossed heroine of Casablanca (1942), to whom Humphrey Bogart's Rick utters the deathless line, "Here's looking at you, kid." A former student at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theater School, she became a leading lady immediately upon entering Sweden's film industry in 1934. Her costarring turn in Intermezzo (1936), later brought to the attention of producer David O. Selznick, inspired him to remake the film in Hollywood with Bergman reprising her role opposite Leslie Howard. The film's critical and commercial success instantly established Bergman as a star, and she appeared in Adam Had Four Sons, Rage in Heaven and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (all 1941, improbably but successfully cast as "bad girl" Ivy in the last-named film) before going to Warner Bros. to costar with Bogie in Casablanca the making of which was fraught with so many problems (including daily script rewrites) that the players were convinced it would be a failure. No one was more surprised than Bergman W_hen it became a hit twice-both upon initial release and, in the 1960s, as the cornerstone of a Bogart cult.
For the next few years it seemed as though Bergman was incapable of a career misstep. She was widely praised for her turns in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943, nominated for an Academy Award), Gaslight (1944, winning an Oscar for her harrowing characterization of Charles Boy er's persecuted wife), Spellbound (for Alfred Hitchcock), Saratoga Trunk, The Bells of St. Mary's (all 1945, particularly well received-and Oscar-nominated-as a nun in the last-named film), Notorious (1946, also for Hitchcock), and Joan of Arc (1948, a little old for, but effective in, the title role, snagging yet another Oscar nomination). But her squeaky-clean image was sullied when she deserted her husband and daughter to become the live-in lover of Italian director Roberto Rossellini. Bergman appeared for Rossellini in several European films, beginning with Stromboli (1949), but her movies were virtually banned from American screens owing to vitriolic attacks on her character from a wide range of civic groups.
Bergman's career wasn't "rehabilitated" until 1956, when director Anatole Litvak cast her as an amnesiac coaxed into impersonating the daughter of a Russian czar in Anastasia (1956), a performance that won her a second Oscar and reopened Hollywood doors for her. Having married Rossellini in 1950, Bergman was by this time raising three children (one of whom would later become an actress herself) and had no great desire to return to Tinseltown, although she starred in American-financed films shot in Europe, including Indiscreet, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (both 1958), Goodbye Again (1961), The Visit and The Yellow RollsRoyce (both 1964). She finally returned to Hollywood for Cactus Flower (1969), in which she was poorly cast as a prim nurse to dentist Walter Matthau. She won her third Oscar as a standout in the all-star cast of Murder on the Orient Express (1974), first of the lavish Agatha Christie whodunits of the 1970s and 1980s. She went back to Europe and was importuned by Vincente Minnelli to support his daughter Liza in A Matter of Time (1976), a perfectly dreadful affair. Bergman finished her career working for countryman Ingmar Bergman in Autumn Sonata (1978), earning an Oscar nomination as a concert pianist who locks horns with her daughter, Liv Ullmann. Her swan songequally notable-was an Emmy-winning performance as Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in the TV miniseries "A Woman Called Golda" (1982). Her daughters are TV personality Pia Lindstrom and actress Isabella Rossellini. Her autobiog raphy, "Ingrid Bergman: My Story," was published in 1972.
- "Happiness is good health and a bad memory."
- "Oh, but she's a woman's woman. I mean, she is everything a woman should be. She's the kind of woman men aren't afraid of because she's so warm. She has a real quality. It's too bad she isn't queen of some country." - Goldie Hawn
- "I don't regret a thing I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do."
- "Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress."
- "If a face like Ingrid Bergman's looks at you as though you're adorable, everybody does. You don't have to act very much." - Humphrey Bogart END
- "I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say."
- "I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside."
- "I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success."
- "People didn't expect me to have emotion like other women."
- "The minute I looked at her, I knew I had something. She had an extraordinary quality of purity and nobility and a definite star personality that is very rare." - David O. Selznick
- To her daughter Isabella Rossellini, on acting: "Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in."
- "I've gone from saint to whore and back to saint again, all in one lifetime."
- "The best way to keep young is to keep going in whatever it is that keeps you going. With me that's work, and a lot of it. And W_hen a job is finished, relax and have fun."
- Former mother-in-law of Martin Scorsese.
- She played the part of Joan of Arc three times in her career - 1946 (onstage in George Bernard Shaw's Joan of Lorraine') 1948 (Joan of Arc'), and 1954 (Joan of Arc at the Stake')
- Attempts were made by Hollywood producers to change her name in 1939, with possibilities discussed such as Ingrid Berriman and Ingrid Lindstrom (actually her legal married name). Bergman refused, in part because she felt she had worked too hard to establish herself as an actress in Europe under her real name.
- Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#30). [1995]
- Ashes scattered at sea off the coast of Sweden.
- Folksinger Woody Guthrie wrote a song in praise of her, titled "Ingrid Bergman, " but died before he had a chance to record it. The song can now be heard on Billy Bragg's "Mermaid Avenue" CD.
- Married Lars Schmidt in Caxton Hall next to Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK.
- In 1933 she enrolled in the Royal Theatre of Dramatic Art but later changed to films instead.
- Mother of Isabella Rossellini, Isotta Rossellini and Pia Lindström (born 1938). Also mother of Roberto Ingmar Rosselini (born 1950) and Isabella Rosselini (born 1952).
- Born in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 29, 1915. Her mother died W_hen she was only 2 and her father died when she was 12. She went then to live with an elderly uncle. At 18, after school graduation, the lonely and shy girl decided to become an actress. In 1934 she debuted in the Swedish film Munkbrogreven (1935). She soon rose to stardom and by 1936 she was Sweden's leading film star and got first offers from Hollywood. 1937 she married Dr. Peter Lindstrom and in 1938 she gave birth to a daughter, Friedel Pia. In May 1939, she arrived in New York to do a remake of Intermezzo (1939). The beginning of WWII in Europe urged her and her family to return to America in 1940. In 1942 Casablanca (1942) premiered and the picture made her a star of the first rank. Her acting in the next film For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) won her an Academy Award nomination. In late 1943 she began working on Gaslight (1944), which won her the 1944 Academy Award. Then followed such classics as Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945) with Gregory Peck and Notorious (1946) with Cary Grant. She returned to Europe after the scandalous publicity surrounding her affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini during the filming of Stromboli (1949). In the same month the film was released she gave birth to a boy, Robertino. A week after her son was born she divorced Dr. Lindstrom and married Rossellini in Mexico. In June, 1952, she gave birth to the twin daughters Isotta and Isabella Rossellini. From 1951 to 1955 she and her husband did a series of films that were ahead of their time and generally badly received. Tired and convinced that she would never make a successful film with Rosselini, she returned to Hollywood and triumphed in Anastasia (1956), for which she received another Oscar. In 1957 she divorced Rosselini and the next year she got married to Lars Schmidt, a theatrical entrepreneur from a wealthy Swedish shipping family. She received a third Oscar for her role in Murder on the Orient Express (1974). By 1975 she got divorced again. In 1978 she starred in Ingmar Bergman's Höstsonaten (1978), probably her best film from an artistic standpoint. In the late 1970s she first discovered the symptoms of cancer and had undergone a mastectomy. Her last role was in the television film Woman Called Golda, A (1982) (TV). For it, she won (posthumously) US television's Emmy Award as outstanding actress in a mini-series. She died in London, on August 29, 1982, after having a small birthday party with a few friends.
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