Ingrid Bergman
Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman had been acting in the German and Swedish film industry since the 1930s, but when she took the central role opposite Humphrey Bogart in the classic film Casablanca, she received international critical acclaim. Her astounding international appeal was so wide one biographer described her as “arguably the most international star in the history of entertainment.” A director she worked with, Anatole Litvak, said of her character that “through all her troubles she held to the conviction that she had been true to herself and it made her quite a person.” Sadly she died in 1982 of breast cancer.
Ingrid Bergman
Sophie Marceau
Beautiful French actress Sophie Marceau is often top of these lists, even though she herself didn’t seem to think of herself as attractive, saying “I’ve never really been beautiful. I’m photogenic…” Either way, she was the focus of public attention since appearing on screens as a teenager with the 1980 film La Boum, and then starred in numerous European films over the next decade and a half. Soon she also joined Hollywood to star in Braveheart opposite Mel Gibson, and the James Bond film The World is not Enough.
Sophie Marceau
