“If you took acting away from me, I’d stop breathing.” Ingrid Bergman

August 29th would have marked the 100th birthday for Ingrid Bergman: arguably cinema’s most elusive and powerful leading lady of the 20th century.

Coaxed to Hollywood by David O. Selznick, the Swedish knockout made way her way to Beverly Hills in 1939, and quickly stole the hearts of Americans with her divine good looks and daring roles., the Swedish knockout made way her way to Beverly Hills in 1939, and quickly stole the hearts of Americans with her divine good looks and daring roles.

Never someone to shy away from a challenge, she experimented, took risks and lived boldly. From a nun in The Bells of St. Mary to a volatile alcoholic in Alfred Hitchcock’s Under Capricorn, Bergman played the spectrum of roles offered to women at that time. Offscreen, her private life was just as dramatic as the love affairs she was famous for on screen. “From saint to whore and back again,” Bergman famously described her Hollywood image.

We can’t think of a better way to usher in the fall season than by grabbing some popcorn and cozying up in a dark theatre to watch Casablanca or Spellbound. Until then, escape your day for just a minute with the one of cinema’s most celebrated scenes.

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