Editing Ingrid Bergman (section)

===1956–1972: Hollywood return===
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After separating from Rossellini, Bergman starred in [[Jean Renoir]]'s ''[[Elena and Her Men]]'' (''Elena et les Hommes'', 1956), a romantic comedy in which she played a Polish princess caught up in political intrigue. Bergman and Renoir had wanted to work together. In ''Elena and Her Men'', which Renoir had written for her, she plays down-on-her-luck Polish princess Elena Sorokowska. The film was a hit in Paris when it premiered in September 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sorrento |first=Matthew |date=4 April 2010 |title=A Star's New Stage: Elena and Her Men (Elena et les Hommes) – Senses of Cinema |url=https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2015/cteq/elena-and-her-men/ |access-date=16 October 2020}}</ref> Candice Russell, commented that Bergman is the best thing in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Candice |date=3 October 1986 |title=Bergman Best Thing About 'Elena' |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-10-03-8602280324-story.html |access-date=16 October 2020 |website=Sun-Sentinel}}</ref> Roger Ebert wrote, "The movie is about something else—about Bergman's rare eroticism, and the way her face seems to have an inner light on film. Was there ever a more sensuous actress in the movies?"<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Elena and Her Men movie review (1987) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/elena-and-her-men-1987 |access-date=16 October 2020 |website=rogerebert.com}}</ref>

In 1956, Bergman also starred in a French adaptation of the stage production [[Tea and Sympathy (play)|''Tea and Sympathy'']]. It was presented at the [[Théâtre de Paris]], [[Paris]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1956/12/04/archives/miss-bergman-on-stage-bows-in-french-adaptation-of-tea-and-sympathy.html "Miss Bergman On Stage; Bows in French Adaptation of 'Tea and Sympathy' in Paris"] ''The New York Times'', 4 December 1956.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Quirk |first=Lawrence J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFe1HuVWVQwC |title=The Complete Films of Ingrid Bergman |publisher=Citadel Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0806509723 |pages=208–209 |chapter=Tea and Sympathy}}</ref> It tells a story of a "boarding school boy" who is thought to be homosexual. Bergman played the wife of the headmaster. She is supportive of the young man, grows closer to him and later has sex with him, as a way to "prove" and support his masculinity. It was a smash hit.<ref name=":0"/>

Twentieth Century Fox had bought the rights to ''Anastasia'' with [[Anatole Litvak]] slated to direct. Executive producer [[Buddy Adler]] wanted Bergman, then still a controversial figure in the States, to return to the American screen after a seven-year absence. Litvak also felt she would be an excellent actress for the part and insisted on her starring in the film.<ref>Chandler, Charlotte. ''Ingrid: A Personal Biography'', Simon & Schuster (2007) e-bk</ref> Fox agreed to take a chance, making her a box-office risk to play the leading role. Filming would take place in England, Paris, and Copenhagen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anastasia |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67292/anastasia |access-date=16 October 2020 |website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref>

''[[Anastasia (1956 film)|Anastasia]]'' (1956) tells the story of a woman who may be the sole surviving member of the [[Romanov]] family. [[Yul Brynner]] is the scheming general, who tries to pass her off as the single surviving daughter of the late [[Tsar Nicholas II]]. He hopes to use her to collect a hefty inheritance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anastasia {{!}} film by Litvak [1956] |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Anastasia-film-by-Litvak |access-date=16 October 2020 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> ''Anastasia'' was an immediate success. Bosley Crowther wrote in the ''New York Times'', "It is a beautifully molded performance, worthy of an Academy Award and particularly gratifying in the light of Miss Bergman's long absence from commendable films."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=14 December 1956 |title=The Screen: 'Anastasia'; Miss Bergman Excels in Notable Film |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/12/14/archives/the-screen-anastasia-miss-bergman-excels-in-notable-film.html |access-date=16 October 2020 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

With her role in ''Anastasia'', Bergman made a triumphant return to working for a Hollywood studio (albeit in a film produced in Europe) and won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for a second time. Cary Grant accepted the award on her behalf.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cary Grant acceptance speech |url=http://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/link/029-3/ |access-date=4 June 2022 |website=Academy Awards Acceptance Speech Database}}</ref> Its director, [[Anatole Litvak]], described her as "one of the greatest actresses in the world":{{blockquote|Ingrid looks better now than she ever did. She's 42, but she looks divine. She is a simple, straightforward human being. Through all her troubles she held to the conviction that she had been true to herself and it made her quite a person. She is happy in her new marriage, her three children by Rossellini are beautiful, and she adores them.<ref>"Is Ingrid the Greatest?", ''The Indianapolis Star'', 16 July 1961.</ref>|title=|source=}}
[[File:Grant Bergman Indiscreet Still.jpg|thumb|right|Grant and Bergman in ''Indiscreet'' (1958)]]
After Anastasia, Bergman starred in [[Indiscreet (1958 film)|''Indiscreet'']] (1958), a romantic comedy directed by [[Stanley Donen]]. She plays a successful London stage actress, Anna Kalman, who falls in love with Philip Adams, a diplomat played by [[Cary Grant]]. The film is based on the play '''Kind Sir''<nowiki/>' written by Norman Krasna. Unmarried and wanting to stay single, he tells her that he is married but cannot get a divorce. [[Cecil Parker]] and [[Phyllis Calvert]] also co-starred.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Viladas |first=Pilar |date=7 October 2001 |title=The Joy of Sets (Published 2001) |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/07/magazine/the-joy-of-sets.html |access-date=14 October 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Bergman later starred in the 1958 picture ''[[The Inn of the Sixth Happiness]]'', based on a true story about [[Gladys Aylward]], a Christian missionary in China who, despite many obstacles, was able to win the hearts of the Chinese through patience and sincerity. In the film's climactic scene, she leads a group of orphaned children to safety, to escape from the Japanese invasion. The ''New York Times'' wrote, "the justification of her achievements is revealed by no other displays than those of Miss Bergman's mellow beauty, friendly manner and melting charm." The film also co-starred [[Robert Donat]] and [[Curd Jürgens|Curd Jurgens.]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=14 December 1958 |title=Screen: China Mission; 'Inn of 6th Happiness' at Paramount, Plaza |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/12/14/archives/screen-china-mission-inn-of-6th-happiness-at-paramount-plaza.html |access-date=14 October 2020 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Bergman made her first post-scandal public appearance in Hollywood at the [[31st Academy Awards]] in 1959, as presenter of the [[Academy Award for Best Picture|award for Best Picture]], and received a standing ovation when introduced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moody |first=Gary |title=All the Oscars: 1958 |url=http://theoscarsite.com/1958.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061220050409/http://theoscarsite.com/1958.htm |archive-date=20 December 2006 |access-date=10 December 2006 |website=OscarSite.com – A celebration of all things Oscar}}</ref> She presented the award for Best Motion Picture together with Cary Grant, with whom she had recently starred in ''[[Indiscreet (1958 film)|Indiscreet]]''. Bergman made her television debut in an episode of ''[[Startime (1959 TV series)|Startime]]'', an [[Anthology television series|anthology show]], which presented dramas, musical comedies, and variety shows.<ref name="BrM">Tim Brooks and Earl March, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946–Present'' (Random House, 2007) {{ISBN|0-345-45542-8}} p. 976.</ref> The episode was ''[[The Turn of the Screw (Ford Startime)|The Turn of the Screw]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Irish |first=Charles |date=18 October 1959 |title=Ingrid slates debut on tv |page=103 |work=The Sacramento Bee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61339842/ingrid-slates-debut-on-tv/ |via=Newspapers}}</ref> an adaptation of the [[The Turn of the Screw|horror novella]] by [[Henry James]], directed by [[John Frankenheimer]]. She played a governess of two little children who are haunted by the ghost of their previous caretaker. For this performance, she was awarded the 1960 [[Emmy]] for best dramatic performance by an actress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2020 |title=Emmys flashback: Oscar winners Ingrid Bergman, Laurence Olivier, Geraldine Page take home TV's top prize |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2020/emmys-oscar-winners/ |access-date=10 October 2020 |website=GoldDerby}}</ref> Also in 1960, Bergman was inducted into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] with a [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|motion pictures star]] at 6759 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame – Ingrid Bergman |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/ingrid-bergman |access-date=16 November 2017 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce}}</ref>

In 1961, Bergman's second American television production, ''Twenty-four Hours in a Woman's Life'', was produced by her third husband, [[Lars Schmidt (producer)|Lars Schmidt]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 December 2014 |title=Lars Schmidt Archives |url=https://www.be-hold.com/tag/lars-schmidt/ |access-date=10 October 2020 |website=Be-hold |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115142220/https://www.be-hold.com/tag/lars-schmidt/ |archive-date=2021-01-15 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Bergman played a bereaved wife in love with a younger man she has known for only 24 hours.<ref>{{Citation |title=Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (TV) (1961) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film621672.html |access-date=21 October 2020}}</ref> She later starred in ''[[Goodbye Again (1961 film)|Goodbye Again]]'' as Paula Tessier, a middle-aged interior designer who falls in love with Anthony Perkins' character, fifteen years her junior. Paula is in relationship with Roger Demarest, a womanizer, played by Yves Montand. Roger loves Paula but is reluctant to give up his womanizing ways. When Perkins starts pursuing her, the lonely Paula is suddenly forced to choose between the two men.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodbye Again |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17134/goodbye-again |access-date=18 October 2020 |website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> In his review of the film, Bosley Crowther wrote that Bergman was neither convincing nor interesting in her part as Perkins's lover.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=30 June 1961 |title=Screen: "Goodbye Again" at 2 Theatres: Film Based on Novel by Francoise Sagan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/06/30/archives/screen-goodbye-again-at-2-theatresfilm-based-on-novel-by-francoise.html |access-date=18 October 2020 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
[[File:Ingrid Bergman in 1960.jpg|thumb|upright|Bergman in 1960]]
In 1962, Schmidt also co-produced his wife's third venture into American television, ''[[Hedda Gabler#Mass media adaptations|Hedda Gabler]]'', made for BBC and CBS. She played the titular character opposite [[Michael Redgrave]] and [[Ralph Richardson]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2019 |title=In Black & White: Ingrid Bergman Plays it Cruel in 'Hedda Gabler' |url=https://www.thatmomentin.com/hedda-gabler-ingrid-bergman-black-and-white/ |access-date=10 October 2020 |website=That Moment In}}</ref> David Duprey wrote in his review, "Bergman and Sir Ralph Richardson on screen at the same time is like peanut butter and chocolate spread on warm toast."<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2019 |title=In Black & White: Ingrid Bergman Plays it Cruel in 'Hedda Gabler' |url=https://www.thatmomentin.com/hedda-gabler-ingrid-bergman-black-and-white/ |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=That Moment In}}</ref> Later in the year, she took the titular role of ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'' at the {{lang|fr|[[Théâtre Montparnasse]]}} in Paris.<ref name="Leamer2"/>

On 23 September 1964, [[The Visit (1964 film)|''The Visit'']] premiered; based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1956 play, ''Der Besuch der alten Dame; eine tragische Komödie,'' it starred Bergman and Anthony Quinn. With a production budget of $1.5&nbsp;million, principal photography took place in Capranica, outside of Rome. She plays Karla Zachanassian, the world's richest woman, who returns to her birthplace, seeking revenge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/22450 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

On 13 May 1965, [[Anthony Asquith]]'s ''[[The Yellow Rolls-Royce]]'' premiered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/18558-THE-YELLOW-ROLLS-ROYCE?cxt=filmography |access-date=19 October 2020 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> Bergman plays Gerda Millett, a wealthy American widow who meets up with a Yugoslavian partisan, [[Omar Sharif]]. For her role, she was reportedly paid $250,000.<ref name=":0"/> That same year, although known chiefly as a film star, Bergman appeared in London's [[West End theatre|West End]], working with stage star [[Michael Redgrave]] in ''[[A Month in the Country (play)|A Month in the Country]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Quirk |first=Lawrence |title=The Complete Films of Ingrid Bergman |publisher=Citadel Press |year=1989 |location=New York |pages=213, 221, 223}}</ref>'' She took on the role of Natalia Petrovna, a lovely headstrong woman, bored with her marriage and her life. According to ''[[The Times]]'', "The production would hardly have exerted this special appeal without the presence of Ingrid Bergman."<ref name=":0"/>

In 1966, Bergman acted in only one project, an hour-long television version of [[Jean Cocteau]]'s one-character play, ''[[The Human Voice]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 May 1967 |title=Ingrid Bergman and 'The Human Voice' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/05/06/archives/ingrid-bergman-and-the-human-voice.html |access-date=10 October 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It tells a story of a lonely woman in her apartment talking on the phone to her lover who is about to leave her for another woman. ''The New York Times'' praised her performance, calling it a tour-de-force. ''The Times of London'' echoed the same sentiment, describing it as a great dramatic performance through this harrowing monologue.<ref name=":7"/>

[[File:G Molander and I Bergman 1964.jpg|left|thumb|Bergman with Gustaf Molander, who directed her in ''Stimulantia'']]
In 1967, Bergman was cast in a short episode of Swedish anthology film, ''Stimulantia''. Her segment which is based on the Guy de Maupassant's ''The Jewellery'' reunited her with Gustaf Molander.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stimulantia |url=https://www.sfstudios100years.com/film/stimulantia/ |access-date=18 October 2020 |website=SF Studios 100 år}}</ref> Next, [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''[[More Stately Mansions]]'' directed by [[José Quintero]], opened on 26 October 1967. Bergman, [[Colleen Dewhurst]], and [[Arthur Hill (Canadian actor)|Arthur Hill]] appeared in the leading roles. The show closed on 2 March 1968 after 142 performances.<ref>{{Cite web |title=More Stately Mansions Broadway @ Broadhurst Theatre – Tickets and Discounts |url=http://www.playbill.com/production/more-stately-mansions-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000002054 |access-date=18 October 2020 |website=Playbill}}</ref> It was reported that thousands of spectators bought tickets, and travelled across the country, to see Bergman perform.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bush |first=Miriam |date=1 March 1968 |title=A big success |page=11 |work=Asbury Park Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61343566/a-big-success/ |via=Newspapers}}</ref><ref name="Leamer2"/> Bergman returned as both a presenter and a performer during the 41st Annual Academy Awards in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2019 |title=The 1969 Academy Awards Captured a Shifting Moment in Movie History |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/02/2019-oscars-odd-parallels-1969-awards/583177/ |access-date=24 October 2020 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref>

Bergman wished to work in American films again, following a long hiatus.<ref name="Carter">{{Cite book |last=Carter |first=Grace May |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SeeRDQAAQBAJ&q=goldie+hawn+on+ingrid+bergman&pg=PT320 |title=Ingrid Bergman |date=24 November 2016 |publisher=New Word City |isbn=978-1-61230-098-6}}</ref> She starred in ''[[Cactus Flower (film)|Cactus Flower]]'' released in 1969, with [[Walter Matthau]] and [[Goldie Hawn]]. Here, she played a prim spinster,<ref name="Carter"/> a dental nurse-receptionist who is secretly in love with her boss, the dentist, played by Matthau. [[Howard Thompson (film critic)|Howard Thompson]] wrote in ''The New York Times'':
<blockquote>The teaming of Matthau, whose dour, craggy virility now supplants the easy charm of [[Barry Nelson]], and the ultra-feminine Miss Bergman, in a rare comedy venture, was inspirational on somebody's part. The lady is delightful as a (now) "Swedish iceberg", no longer young, who flowers radiantly while running interference for the boss's romantic bumbling. The two stars mesh perfectly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Howard |date=17 December 1969 |title='Cactus Flower' Blooms |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/12/17/archives/cactus-flower-blooms.html |access-date=23 January 2019 |website=The New York Times}}</ref></blockquote>On 9 April 1970, [[Guy Green (filmmaker)|Guy Green]]'s ''[[A Walk in the Spring Rain]]'' had its world premiere.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23437-A-WALK-IN-THE-SPRING-RAIN?cxt=filmography |access-date=20 October 2020 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> Bergman played Libby, the middle-aged wife of a New York professor ([[Fritz Weaver]]). She accompanies him on his sabbatical in the Tennessee mountains, where he intends to write a book. She meets a local handyman, Will Cade ([[Anthony Quinn]]), and they form a mutual attraction. The screenplay, by writer-producer [[Stirling Silliphant]], was based on the romantic novel written by [[Rachel Maddux (author)|Rachel Maddux]]. ''The New York Times'' in its review wrote, "Striving mightily and looking lovely, Miss Bergman seems merely a petulant woman who falls into the arms of Quinn for novelty, from boredom with her equally bored husband, [Weaver], pecking away on a book in their temporary mountain retreat."<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 June 1970 |title=Bergman and Quinn Are Stars Of 'A Walk in the Spring Rain' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/18/archives/bergman-and-quinn-are-stars-of-a-walk-in-the-spring-rain.html |access-date=19 October 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

On 18 February 1971, ''Captain Brassbound's Conversion'', a play based on George Bernard Shaw's work, made a debut at London theatre. She took on the role of a woman whose husband has taken up with a woman half her age. Although the play was a commercial success, critics were not very receptive of Bergman's British accent.<ref name=":0"/>

She made an appearance in one episode of ''The Bob Hope Show'' in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Bob Hope Show: April 10, 1972 |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-bob-hope-show/april-10-1972-1230878/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409015438/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-bob-hope-show/april-10-1972-1230878/ |archive-date=9 April 2016 |access-date=16 October 2020 |website=TV.com}}</ref> Also that year, U.S. Senator [[Charles H. Percy]] entered an apology into the ''[[Congressional Record]]'' for the verbal attack made on Bergman on 14 March 1950 by [[Edwin C. Johnson]]. Percy noted that she had been "the victim of bitter attack in this chamber 22 years ago." He expressed regret that the persecution caused Bergman to "leave this country at the height of her career". Bergman said that the remarks had been difficult to forget, and had caused her to avoid the country for nine years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 1972 |title=Ingrid Bergman Gets Apology for Senate Attack |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/29/archives/ingrid-bergman-gets-apology-for-senate-attack.html}}</ref> Although she had paid a high price, Bergman had made peace with America, according to her daughter, Isabella Rossellini.<ref name="JP"/>