Ingrid
Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography
Introduction
I'll be Mother," Ingrid Bergman said. She picked up the ornate silver teapot and poured.
I was having tea at director George Cukor's Cordell Drive home in Hollywood with Cukor and Ingrid Bergman. Cukor had directed such films as The Philadelphia Story, A Star Is Born, My Fair Lady, and Gaslight, the film he did with Ingrid Bergman. There was a plate of rich butter cookies on the tea table, which indicated Cukor knew Ingrid well.
Cukor said, "The girl always likes to make herself useful. She has such good manners. Usually. I remember once, when we first met, she talked back to me."
"Oh, George," Ingrid pouted, "I never, never would have been rude to you."
Cukor explained.
"I had my way of chatting with actors between takes, giving them little bits of advice, perhaps a bit of encouragement to help them stay involved. On Gaslight, I offered some tidbit of un-thought-out wisdom to Miss Bergman here, and she gave me such a look. What a look! Then, quite unemotionally, she said to me, 'You ... read full excerpt from: Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, a Personal Biography ebook
