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INGRID BERGMAN: An Ingrid Bergman Biography Ingrid Bergman's life is shaped like a classic narrative structure. She had once said she wanted the public to take her as an actress separate from her identity as a woman, but even in real life, it's as if she was made for the movies. At the beginning there was her childhood years, marred by character-building tragedies. The rising action followed her ascent up the Hollywood ladder, marking both professional successes and a building tension as her creative energies sought and found Roberto Rossellini, just as her woman's heart did. Together, they sailed into scandal that would herald the fight for a comeback. At the climax of the story is Anastasia, and the question of whether her return would be phoenix-like and decisive inits triumph. The falling action followed the rest of her work and the decline in her health, until she made her quiet exit, passing right on her birthday. What she left behind was a body of work that few in her profession could match in quality. Her performances throughout were all at once intelligent, gutsy and touching, but her approach to her cinematic life's vicissitudes was just as worthy of attention and admiration.