List of awards and nominations received by Ingrid Bergman
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Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman (29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, television movies, and plays.Obituary '' Variety'', 1 September 1982. With a career spanning five decades, she is ofte ...
was a Swedish actress who appeared in a number of critically acclaimed European and
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films and television series. She subsequently received a number of awards, primarily during the 1940s and 1950s, though she did receive some recognition during the 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She is best remembered for her roles as Isla Lund in ''
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'', and Alicia Huberman in '' Notorious'', but despite the critical success of both films, she was a notable absence from the nominations they received in their subsequent awards seasons. The first role for which she received major awards recognition was 1943's ''
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'', an
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which was released in the same year as ''
Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
'', and for which she received an
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nomination for
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, but failed to win, losing to
Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated ...
for '' The Song of Bernadette''. This was the first of three
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nominations she received three years in a row, along with 1944's ''
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'', an
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mystery-
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, and 1945's ''
The Bells of St. Mary's ''The Bells of St. Mary's'' (1945) is an American musical comedy-drama film, produced and directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. Written by Dudley Nichols and based on a story by McCarey, the film is about a priest ...
'', an
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. Her performance in ''
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'' earned her the first of her two
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s for
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, as well as her first
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(for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama), resulting from her first of eight eventual nominations and four wins. Outside of the
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, she also received recognition in the
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for her performance as Gladys Aylward in the
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''
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'', for which she was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Foreign Actress, though she went on to lose to Simone Signoret for '' Room at the Top''. In
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, too, she came to prominence for her role in ''
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'', an Italian neorealist film, for which she won the
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for
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. In
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, she received five
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s, whilst in
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, she was awarded an
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in
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. By the 1970s, Bergman had already received two
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s from five nominations, but went on to be nominated twice more, winning for a third time, this time in the category of Best Supporting Actress, for 1974's '' Murder on the Orient Express'', based on the
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novel of the same name, for which she also received her first and only BAFTA. Her
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nomination for ''
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'' was the first she had received for a film in her native language of
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. Though she ultimately lost to
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for '' Coming Home'', she did win her second
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for Best Foreign Actress. Bergman won three
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for acting - two for
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, and one for Best Supporting Actress. She ranks tied for second place in terms of Oscars won, with
Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in '' Come and Get It'' (1936), ''Kentucky'' (1938), and '' The Westerner ...
(all three for Best Supporting Actor),
Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. In many of his films, he played rebels against the social structure. He received numerous ...
(two for Best Actor, and one for Best Supporting Actor),
Meryl Streep Mary Louise Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation", Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throu ...
(two for Best Actress, and one for Best Supporting Actress),
Daniel Day-Lewis Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English retired actor. Often described as one of the preeminent actors of his generation, he received numerous accolades throughout his career which spanned over four decades, incl ...
(all three for Best Actor), and
Frances McDormand Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American actress and producer. Throughout her career spanning over four decades, McDormand has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, two Primetime Emm ...
(all three for Best Actress).
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still holds the record, with four (all four for Best Actress).


Major Film Awards


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BAFTA Awards


Golden Globe Awards


Major National Awards


Bambi Awards (

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César Awards (

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David di Donatello (

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Television Awards


Emmy Awards (Primetime)


Theatre Awards


Tony Awards


Critics' Awards


Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists


Los Angeles Film Critics Association


Motion Picture Exhibitor Magazine


National Board of Review


National Society of Film Critics


New York Film Critics Circle


Online Film & Television Association


Photoplay


Festival Awards


Venice Film Festival


Other


All-Time Rankings


Golden Apple Awards


Hollywood Walk of Fame


See also

* Ingrid Bergman performances


References

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