page_title: Ingmar Bergman
section_title: Marriages and children
hierarchical_section_title: Ingmar Bergman / Personal life / Marriages and children
caption_attribution_description: English: The grave of the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman and his spouse von Rosen (buried as Ingrid Bergman), on Fårö, Gotland.
context_page_description: Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer, and producer who worked in film, television, theatre, and radio. Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, Bergman's films include Smiles of a Summer Night, The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona, Cries and Whispers, Scenes from a Marriage, and Fanny and Alexander; the last two exist in extended television versions.
  Bergman directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. He also directed over 170 plays. He eventually forged a creative partnership with his cinematographers Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist. Among his company of actors were Harriet and Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, and Max von Sydow. Most of his films were set in Sweden, and many films from Through a Glass Darkly onward were filmed on the island of Fårö.
  Philip French referred to Bergman as "one of the greatest artists of the 20th century ... he found in literature and the performing arts a way of both recreating and questioning the human condition."
context_section_description: Bergman was married five times:
  25 March 1943 – 1945, to Else Fisher (1 March 1918 – 3 March 2006), choreographer and dancer (divorced). Children:
  Lena Bergman, actress, born 1943.
  22 July 1945 – 1950, to Ellen Lundström (23 April 1919 – 6 March 2007), choreographer and film director (divorced). Children:
  Eva Bergman, film director, born 1945
  Jan Bergman, film director (1946–2000)
  the twins Mats and Anna Bergman, both actors and film directors, born in 1948.
  1951 – 1959, to Gun Grut (1916–1971), journalist (divorced). Children:
  Ingmar Bergman Jr., retired airline captain, born 1951.
  1959 – 1969, to Käbi Laretei (14 July 1922 – 31 October 2014), concert pianist (divorced). Children:
  Daniel Bergman, film director, born 1962.
  11 November 1971 – 20 May 1995, to Ingrid von Rosen (maiden name Karlebo). Children:
  Maria von Rosen, author, born 1959.
  The first four marriages ended in divorce, while the last ended when his wife Ingrid died of stomach cancer in 1995, aged 65. Aside from his marriages, Bergman had romantic relationships with actresses Harriet Andersson (1952–55), Bibi Andersson (1955–59), and Liv Ullmann (1965–70). He was the father of writer Linn Ullmann with Ullmann. In all, Bergman had nine children, one of whom predeceased him. Bergman eventually married all the mothers of his children, with the exception of Liv Ullmann. His daughter with his last wife, Ingrid von Rosen, was born twelve years before their marriage.
  Although Bergman described himself as one who had lost his faith in an afterlife, Max Von Sydow stated in an interview that he had had many discussions with him about religion, and indicated that Bergman's belief in the afterlife was restored.
caption: The grave of Bergman and his last wife Ingrid
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