Ingrid Bergman
The key to Ingrid Bergman's career is to start in the glorious "middle period" and go from there. From the moment Ingrid Bergman took to the United States, she captivated both movie producers and audiences. While she had a sizable filmography in Sweden, she began in Hollywood by remaking one of her best films, Intermezzo (1939) and never looked back. From there, even after she departed from the American film industry for a time, was only a string of wonderful performances. She was a romantic leading lady in Intermezzo, Casablanca (1942), and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943); a real life person Joan of Arc (1948) and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958); and the star of Crime and Suspense films, like Gaslight (1944), Spellbound (1945), and Notorious (1946). She had a naturalness and genuineness about her that made her appear believable in any role. It was almost as though she wasn't acting.
Core Films
*= my personal favorites
Intermezzo (1936 and 1939; Swedish and American)
Adam had Four Sons (1941)*
Casablanca (1942)*
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)*
Gaslight (1944)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)*
Notorious (1946)*
Spellbound (1945)
Joan of Arc (1948)
Anastasia (1956)
Elena and Her Men (1957)
The Inn of Sixth Happiness (1958)
Indiscreet (1958)
For More
Books
Biography; Notorious: The Life of Ingrid Bergman by Donald Spoto: https://www.amazon.com/Notorious-Ingrid-Bergman-Donald-Spoto/dp/0060187026/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1517770930&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=ingrid+bergmandonald+spoto
Autobiography; Ingrid Bergman: My Story by Ingrid Bergman: https://www.amazon.com/Ingrid-Bergman-My-Story/dp/0440032997/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0440032997&pd_rd_r=9AGANP00NTYN0ZKMTM4R&pd_rd_w=HivTj&pd_rd_wg=ihO2o&psc=1&refRID=9AGANP00NTYN0ZKMTM4R
A young but smiling Bergman
Bergman in the film that marker her return back to Hollywood, Anastasia (1956)
Bergman with her three children from Rossellini
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (1942)
Bergman around the age of 16
Bergman in her first American film Intermezzo (1936)
Bergman with her first Oscar from Gaslight (1945) along with Barry Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby, which whom she would later go on to work with.
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)