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    Ingrid: A Personal Biography

    By Charlotte Chandler

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    Ingrid Bergman was one of the biggest and most glamorous stars in Hollywood. She had starred in several now-classic films: Casablanca, Spellbound, Notorious, Gaslight; and her co-stars included such icons as Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant and Gregory Peck.

    Already a movie star in her native Sweden, Ingrid Bergman became an instant sensation in Hollywood and the number one box-office star in the world. But the most dramatic event in her life took place off the screen when she made a film in Italy and began a passionate affair with her director, Roberto Rossellini. The scandal that followed left her exiled from America, ostracized from Hollywood, vilified by the press and separated from her young daughter.

    In the words of those who were involved, Chandler describes Bergman's life before, during and after the scandal. Among those Chandler spoke with were Alfred Hitchcock, George Cukor, Cary Grant and Greta Garbo. She also spoke with Roberto Rossellini, their twin daughters, Isabella and Isotta Ingrid, Rossellini's son Renzo, Ingrid's daughter Pia Lindstrom and others who knew Ingrid well. This extraordinary access makes INGRID: A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY the most perceptive and revealing book ever written about the charismatic Hollywood legend.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateDec 11, 2012
    ISBN9781471105838
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    Charlotte Chandler

    Charlotte Chandler is the author of several biographies of actors and directors, including Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, and Mae West, all of whom she interviewed extensively. She is a member of the board of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and lives in New York City.

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    • 4/5
      Insightful biography about the great Swedish actress, perhaps the first truly global female film icon, the books follows her trajectory from Sweden to Hollywood, her fall of grace, her unsuccessful Italian period, and her triumphant return to Hollywood in spite of her misgivings.There are lots of interviews with people that knew Bergman (her children, fellow actors) that highlight her qualities and weaknesses both as a woman and as an actor.
    • 3/5
      This biography wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. It was simply unmemorable. Ms. Chandler failed to hold my attention for very long on this book, which is why I am currently reading another biography on Ingrid Bergman by Donald Spoto, author of my favorite Audrey Hepburn biography.