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Ingrid Bergman

National Portrait Gallery

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Artist
Yousuf Karsh, 23 Dec 1908 - 13 Jul 2002
Sitter
Ingrid Bergman, 29 Aug 1915 - 29 Aug 1982
Exhibition Label
During the 1940s, few could hope to match Ingrid Bergman’s popularity at the box office. Bergman was already a star in her native Sweden when she came to the United States in 1939 to make her Hollywood film debut in Intermezzo. She immediately captivated American audiences, who responded warmly to her luminous, natural beauty and the empathy she exuded on screen. Perhaps best remembered for her performance opposite Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942), Bergman enjoyed a string of early successes, including Gaslight (for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1944), The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945), and Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945) and Notorious (1946). Ostracized in 1950 when her much-publicized extramarital affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini produced a child, Bergman did not resume her American film career until 1956, when her performance in Anastasia earned her another Oscar.
Karsh created this portrait on assignment for Life magazine in Hollywood.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh
1946
Object number
NPG.2012.77.10
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 33.7 × 26.3 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/8")
Mount: 50.8 × 40.5 cm (20 × 15 15/16")
Mat (Karsh exhibit): 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22")
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Topic
Ingrid Bergman: Female
Ingrid Bergman: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Theater
Ingrid Bergman: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Movie
Ingrid Bergman: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor\Television
Ingrid Bergman: Oscar
Portrait
Record ID
npg_NPG.2012.77.10
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f18e05cc-a461-4a82-a595-7a4810898abe

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