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These days, if a public member has a problem with a celebrity, they could express their anger on social networks. In the middle of the 20th century, publicizing your disgust was a little more complicated. When a scandal emergedCasablanca starIngrid Bergman In 1950, she received countless pieces of hate mail and insulting former fans expressing their disappointment. Not only that - the Swedish actor was also sentenced to the American Senate. Read the rest to find out more about the scandalous thing than Bergman did - at the time - was too much for the film of films to manage.

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In 1950, Bergman was a very well -known and very successful actor. She had received her first four nominations at the Oscars forFor whom the bells penetrate,,The bells of St. Mary's,,Jeanne D'Arc, andLight, winning the prize for the best actress for the latter. (Three other Oscar nominations and two other victories later occurred.) She had also already played inCasablanca And threeAlfred Hitchcock Films, includingFamous.

Bergman doesStromboli with the Italian directorRobertoRossellini. At the time, the actor was married to his first husband,Petter Lindström, with whom she had a daughter,Pia Lindström. Rossellini was married toMarcella de Marchis, and they had two sons,MarcoandRenzo Rossellini. Although they both have partners, the actor and the director started a business.

Not only that, but Bergman became pregnant by Rossellini. They welcomed their son, also namedRoberto Rossellini, in February 1950 roughly whenStromboli has been freed.

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The fact that not only was Bergman not only unfaithful to her husband, but also also fell pregnant with marriage during the case caused a major outcry in America, in particular. Bergman received an influx of hate mail from angry fans. In January 2022,47 Telegrams sent to Bergman In the wake of the case, which has become a public was obtained by the Wrap.

"You are just a common adultery, worse than a streetwalker", we read one. "I hope you no longer assum our equitable banks because we have enough immorality without adding to it by your presence."

Another says: "You are a dirty prostitute, you deserted your 12 year old daughter and your husband, you have dishonored yourself and both."

Some of the messages even wanted death on Bergman.

The scandal has made its way in the American government. As reported by the Daily Beast, the senatorEdwin C. Johnson spoke against Bergman In the Congress and presented a bill that would oblige films to display licenses according to the morality of stars and filmmakers that made them. Johnson said Bergman had "perpetrated an assault against the marriage institution" and called him "a powerful influence for evil".

Depending on the packaging,Stromboli was boycotted and Bergman was not allowed to appear onThe Ed Sullivan showto promote it. The star has kept Hollywood distances for several years after the scandal, but continued to make films with Rossellini and in Europe where their situation was not quite scandalous.

Bergman and Rossellini were married for seven years until their divorce in 1957. They welcomed three children together - in addition to Roberto, they had twinsIsottaandIsabella Rossellini.

BergmanLater, spoke of the fire storm, the appellant "Absolute Hell", according to his 1982 OwnThe Washington Post.

"I didn't think it would upset the whole world, but it is," she said. "I cried so much that I thought that there would be no tears left ... I felt that the newspapers were right. I was a horrible woman, but I didn't think it. It was because so many people, who only knew me on the screen, thought I was perfect and infallible, then I was angry and disappointed that I was not. "Referring to his role in The bells of St. Mary's , she added: "A nun does not fall in love with an Italian."