As Time Goes By: The Life of Ingrid Bergman - Laurence Leamer

In a career that spanned forty years, Ingrid Bergman brought her astonishing screen presence to star in a string of classics – Casablanca, Joan of Arc, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Notorious. She was adored for her transcendent beauty, her devotion to her family, her vulnerable femininity, her aura of purity.

Yet, of all Ingrid Bergman’s stunning roles, none was as dramatic as her own life. Behind her idealised Hollywood image was a passionate and daring woman who craved excitement and adventure, a woman who had many affairs – frequently with her leading men – a woman who followed her heart into the biggest celebrity scandal in post – war film history.

AS TIME GOES BY is the riveting and sometimes shocking story of a woman of fierce ambition and strong desires, a story of love and lust, of public image and private truth