Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman was a stage and screen star whose career spanned more than five decades and three countries. Her feminine yet determined acting portrayals earned her numerous accolades, including Academy, Tony and Emmy awards, and placed her firmly among the ranks of Hollywood's most recognized actors.

Ingrid, named after Princess Ingrid of Sweden, was born in Stockholm, Sweden on Aug. 29, 1915. Orphaned at an early age  (she lost her mother, Friedel, at the age of three and her father, Justus, at 13), Ingrid spent the rest of her childhood with her aunt and uncle and their five children.

Ingrid showed early promise when she was accepted into Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre at the age of 17. She attended for only one year, having quickly been recognized as an extra in the 1932 film Landskamp and wooed by a Swedish film studio. In 1935 she appeared in the movie Munkbrogreven in a small but visible part. Over the next two years she appeared in five more Swedish films.

In 1937, 21-year-old Ingrid married Petter Lindstrom, a doctor. The two had a daughter, the future reporter/anchorwoman Pia Lindstrom, the following year. Motherhood didn't slow Ingrid down. She was spotted and recruited by Hollywood's David O. Selznick to appear in her first English language film, Intermezzo, in 1939. Her above-average height and natural, fresh-faced look set her apart from the other actresses of the day.

Ingrid starred in her best-known role, Ilsa Lund, in the movie Casablanca in 1942 opposite Humphrey Bogart. Over the next three years she was nominated by the Academy, Golden Globe and New York Film Critics nine times; she took home six awards.

Ingrid's career--and personal life--took a new turn when she starred in the 1950 Italian film Stromboli. During the making of the film, the still-married Ingrid fell in love with its director, Roberto Rossellini, and became pregnant with his child. The ensuing scandal had enormous repercussions for Ingrid, who was publicly pronounced "a horrible example of womanhood" by Colorado senator Edwin C. Johnson. His impassioned and indignant commentary resulted in a floor vote of persona non grata status for Ingrid, who fled to Italy, leaving young Pia and husband Petter behind.

She and Rossellini married on May 24, 1950. Their marriage, which produced twin daughters (actress) Isabella and Isotta, lasted just seven years, during which Ingrid made a handful of Italian films. Ingrid returned to the U.S. via the film Anastasia in 1956, for which she won the Academy award for Best Actress. In the coming years, Ingrid, who fluently spoke four languages, appeared in numerous American and European films, as well as on the stage. By 1972, public opinion toward Ingrid had softened in the U.S., and she was issued a formal apology on behalf of Senator Johnson for his attack on her reputation more than two decades before.

The remainder of Ingrid's career was as impressive as its beginning, with such  films as Murder on the Orient Express (for which she won another Academy award, this time for Best Supporting Actress) and 1978's Hoststenaten, her final screen appearance. She died in 1982 at the age of 67 in London, England, of breast cancer.