Ingrid Bergman: a life in pictures

Orphaned at the age of 13, Ingrid Bergman went from humble beginnings in Sweden to become one of the world’s most glamorous film actors. On the centenary of her birth, here is a selection of rare off-screen photographs

Guardian film

  • Bergman took this self-portrait with her father’s camera equipment at around the age of 16. Justus Bergman had died a few years earlier, leaving her an orphan.

    All photographs: Courtesy Schirmer/Mosel Verlag
    Ingrid took this self-portrait with her deceased father’s camera equipment at around the age of 16

  • Sunbathing in a boat on Lake Mälaren just outside Stockholm, c1932, when Bergman was around 18.

    Ingrid Bergman in a boat on Lake Mälaren just outside Stockholm, c 1932, when she was around 18.

  • Bergman on her wedding day to Petter Lindström in Stöde, Sweden, on 10 July 1937. She would leave him for Roberto Rossellini in 1950.

    Bergman on her wedding day to Petter Lindström in Stöde, Sweden, on 10 July 1937. She would leave him for Roberto Rossellini in 1950.

  • On the set of Spellbound in Hollywood with Gregory Peck during a break in shooting, 1944.

    On the set of Spellbound in Hollywood with Gregory Peck during a break in shooting, 1944. Photograph: Private Collection

  • Ingrid Bergman surrounded by GIs in Berlin, 1945.

    Ingrid Bergman surrounded by GIs in Berlin, 1945. Photograph: Private Collection)

  • ‘I met [Robert] Capa again in Berlin, in 1945. He found a bathtub in the street. He said this was going to be his scoop: for the first time, Ingrid Bergman photographed in a bathtub.’ Capa’s negatives were damaged and none of the pictures survived; the only record is this picture, taken by Carl Goodwin.

    'I met [Robert] Capa again in Berlin. He found a bathtub in the street. He said this was going to be his scoop: for the first time, Ingrid Bergman photographed in a bathtub.' Capa’s negatives were damaged and only one photo from this scene (taken by Carl Goodwin) has survived. Berlin, 1945

  • Bergman and Roberto Rossellini on a weekend trip around the Amalfi coast.

    Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini on a weekend trip round Naples, Capri and the Amalfi Coast. Photograph: Private Collection

  • The famous photograph of Ingrid Bergman with her twins Isabella and Ingrid in Rome, 1952, taken by David “Chim” Seymour.

    The famous photograph of Ingrid Bergman with her twins Isabella and Ingrid in Rome, 1952, taken by David “Chim” Seymour.

  • The Bergman-Rossellini family celebrating the twins’ first birthday on 18 June 1953 with their brother Roberto (on Bergman’s lap), and half-brother Renzo, Rossellini’s son from his first marriage.

    The Bergman-Rossellini family celebrating the twins’ first birthday on 18 June 1953 with their half-brother Renzo, Roberto Rossellini’s son from his first marriage.

  • Royalty visits the dressing room at a performance of Shaw’s Captain Brassbound’s Conversion in London in the 1970s.

    From left to right: Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess Grace of Monaco (AKA Grace Kelly) and Ingrid Bergman.
    Royalty visits the dressing room at a performance of Captain Brassbound’s Conversion in London in the 1970s. From left to right: a youthful Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess Grace of Monaco (aka Grace Kelly) and Ingrid Bergman.
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