Bergman
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Ingmar 1918–2007, Swedish motion-picture director and writer.
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Ingrid, 1915–82, Swedish film actress.
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( Ernst ) Ingmar (ˈiŋmar). 1918–2007, Swedish film and stage director, whose films include The Seventh Seal (1956), Wild Strawberries (1957), Persona (1966), Scenes from a Marriage (1974), Autumn Sonata (1978), and Fanny and Alexander (1982)
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Ingrid . 1915–82, Swedish film and stage actress, working in Hollywood 1938–48; noted for her leading roles in many films, including Casablanca (1942), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Anastasia (1956), and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
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Novelist Gail Godwin, 88, has pointed readers toward a quote attributed to filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: “An artist should always have one work between himself and death.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Bergman also will retain oversight of Disney’s streaming programming in concert with Walden.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
"It's good to see them fighting again" notes one of the other toys, Mr Potato Head - now voiced by Jeff Bergman following the death of Don Rickles.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
A decisive outcome of the trial could provide a "data point" for settling similar cases en masse, according to Bergman.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
An unpretentious Lutheran church—a chapel, really—that looks like a set for an Ingmar Bergman drama and can seat only about fifty parishioners, guards the site of the cemetery.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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