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Ingmar Bergman

1918 – 2007 · died at about 89^[1][2]

Film & Entertainment

Fun Facts About Ingmar Bergman

• Ingmar Bergman was arrested for tax evasion in 1976 while rehearsing a Strindberg play. The charges were dropped, but he went into self-imposed exile in Munich.^[1]
• Dropping the tax case, the prosecutor compared it to bringing "charges against a person who has stolen his own car, thinking it was someone else's."^[1]
• At nine, Bergman traded a set of tin soldiers for a magic lantern, and he went on to give puppet productions of Strindberg plays in which he spoke all the parts.^[1]
• Plagued by a nervous stomach, Bergman joked that the private lavatories he secured at his theaters were his "most lasting contribution to the history of theatre."^[1]
• Stanley Kubrick wrote to Bergman calling him "the greatest film-maker at work today," and Woody Allen called him probably the greatest film artist since the invention of the movie camera.^{[1][3][4][5][6]}
• Ingmar Bergman was alive at the same time as Selena Gomez — their lives overlapped for 15 years (1992–2007).^[1][2][7][8]
• Ingmar Bergman shares a birthday with Gerald Ford: both were born on July 14.^{[1][2][9][10]}
• Ingmar Bergman lived to about 89, from 1918 until 2007.^[1][2]

Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest and most important filmmakers in the history of cinema, most notably as a prominent figure of both European film industry and Swedish cinema. His films have been described as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul."^[1]

Contemporaries

Nelson Mandela

89 yr overlap

Edmund Hillary

88 yr overlap

Naguib Mahfouz

88 yr overlap

Gerald Ford

88 yr overlap

Rosa Parks

87 yr overlap

Ronald Reagan

86 yr overlap

Bob Hope

85 yr overlap

Stan Lee

85 yr overlap

Pope John Paul II

85 yr overlap

Jimmy Carter

83 yr overlap

George H. W. Bush

83 yr overlap

Margaret Thatcher

82 yr overlap

Their World

Questions About Ingmar Bergman

When was Ingmar Bergman born?

Ingmar Bergman was born on July 14, 1918, and died on July 30, 2007.

How old was Ingmar Bergman at death?

Ingmar Bergman was born on July 14, 1918, and died on July 30, 2007, at age 89.

What was Ingmar Bergman known for?

Ingmar Bergman was known for: The Seventh Seal, master of art cinema. Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest and most important filmmakers in the history of cinema, most notably as a prominent figure of both European film industry and Swedish cinema. His films have been described as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul."

Who was alive at the same time as Ingmar Bergman?

Ingmar Bergman's closest contemporary was Nelson Mandela. Their lives overlapped for 89 years.