A highly popular actress known for her fresh, radiant beauty, Ingrid Bergman was a natural for virtuous roles but equally adept at playing notorious women. Either way, she had few peers when it came to expressing the subtleties of romantic tension. In 1933, fresh out of high school, she enrolled in the Royal Dramatic Theater and made her film debut the following year, soon becoming Sweden's most promising young actress. Her breakthrough film was Gustaf Molander's "Intermezzo" (1936), in which she played a pianist who has a love affair with a celebrated--and married--violinist. The film
Film acting debut in "Munkbrogreven/Count from Munkbro/The Count of the Monk's Bridge"
1939
In Hollywood; debut in "Intermezzo" (remake of earlier Swedish film (1936) which she also starred in)
1940
Broadway debut in "Liliom" (dir. Gregory Ratoff)
In Europe, first in Hitchcock's "Under Capricorn" (Great Britain), then in six films by husband Roberto Rossellini, beginning with "Stromboli" (1949)
1950
Senator Edward C. Johnson attacked RKO for exploiting Bergman's behavior in ads for the Italian import "Stromboli" (1950) and denounced her as "a powerful influence for evil" in the US Senate on March 14; he also called for the licensing of filmmakers and stars, so that permits could be revoked if they were found guilty of mortal turpitude
