Ingrid Bergman Net Worth

Ingrid Bergman's Quotes

• 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 when a job is finished, relax and have fun.
• I've gone from saint to whore and back to saint again, all in one lifetime.
• [to daughter Isabella Rossellini, on acting] Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in.
• People didn't expect me to have emotions like other women.
• I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.

Interesting Facts about Ingrid Bergman

1. In 1933 she enrolled at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm but later changed to films instead.
2. Married Lars Schmidt in Caxton Hall next to Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK.
3. Folk singer 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.
4. Ashes scattered at sea off the coast of Sweden.
5. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#30). [1995]
6. 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.
7. She played the part of Joan of Arc three times in her career: on stage in 1946 (in Maxwell Anderson's 'Joan of Lorraine') and on film in 1948 (Joan of Arc (1948)) and 1954 (Giovanna d'Arco al rogo (1954)).
8. Former mother-in-law of Martin Scorsese.
9. Has a type of rose named after her, called the Ingrid Bergman rose.
10. Many of her shorter male co-stars, such as Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains, had to wear lifts to avoid looking small next to this 5' 10" beauty.
11. Turned down a role opposite Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes (1968).
12. Bergman and Sean Connery topped a list of "greatest actors of all time", compiled by 50,000 readers of German magazine Funk Uhr.
13. She and her husband were often invited to dinner parties at the home of Alfred Hitchcock. According to those present, she never seemed to notice that her host was sulking because of his crush on her.
14. Was fluent in English, Swedish, French, German and Italian.
15. Sergio Scaglietti, Ferrari's master coachbuilder and aluminum sculptor, shaped some the most beautiful Ferraris of the '50s and '60s, including the 375MM built in 1954 for her. That "Ingrid" car has, in turn, inspired the proportions of today's 612 Scaglietti, the largest Ferrari ever (there's even a silver "Ingrid" paint option).
16. At her funeral service held at Saint Martin's-in-the-fields Church, there was nothing that was as touching as the moment when, a violin played the strains of 'As Time Goes By'.
17. She wasn't nominated for Best Actress in her role as the sultry Ilsa, but for her role in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), losing to her close friend Jennifer Jones for The Song of Bernadette (1943). It was also newcomer Jones' 25th birthday, and after winning when Bergman congratulated her, she apologized, saying, "Ingrid, you should have won." Bergman said, "No, Jennifer, your Bernadette was better than my Maria.".
18. She broke her foot at the beginning of the American run of "The Constant Wife" and played the next five weeks in a wheelchair.
19. Her daughter, Pia Lindström accepted her Best Leading Actress Emmy for A Woman Called Golda (1982) posthumously. Bergman died 3 weeks prior to the ceremony, after the ballots were cast.
20. Cary Grant, her great friend, accepted her Anastasia (1956) Oscar at the 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957).