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<blockquote data-quote="Barbara Fan" data-source="post: 258678" data-attributes="member: 21"><p>[ATTACH=full]25312[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ingrid also respected Williams and even left a card in his dressing room in which she wrote “Be my next director! Feed out of your hand I would”. (6) Well, it’s too bad Ingrid’s project idea never happened! Always as explained by Stevens, Williams’s trust in Bergman was encouraged by the fact that she was able to make him feel like her equal (being the bigger star of the twos), treated him like a true friend and didn’t act like a diva towards him. Well, Ingrid Bergman had, after all, much more the attitude of a warm human being than a cold superstar (even tho she was one). (7) So, Williams probably felt good around her. If Bergman entered in the world of Williams’s British theatre, she, one evening, shared a bit of her culture when she invited him with British producer Binkie Beaumont and Clive Dennis for a supper of Swedish meatballs and vodka (Swedish vodka we assume)! (8) That is a scene I would have liked to witness!</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://threeenchantingladies.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/sweden-meets-britain-ingrid-bergman-on-stage-with-kenneth-williams/comment-page-1/?unapproved=690&moderation-hash=9b32b371c8f8f93adfa2a514f2c6b9f9#comment-690[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25311[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>And Williams did keep a good memory of Ingrid Bergman when he discussed his experience with a friend. He first met this friend in question, coincidentally, in front of the Swedish Embassy in London. He and his Swedish travelling companion were arriving from Sweden after a hard trip and had not much money left. They arrived at the embassy to seek help, but this one was closed. Coincidentally, Williams happened to pass by at this moment and saw the poor helpless lads. Pitying them, he decided to start a conversation which led him to talk about his professional experience with Ingrid Bergman. Later, the young man sent a thank you note to Williams, which led to letter correspondence of many years. (9) Williams was brilliant of talking about Ingrid to make the Swedish traveller feel more at home. The generosity of Williams had also led him to pay them a hotel and arrange for them to have a financially smooth trip. (10) What a great guy!</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://threeenchantingladies.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/max_400_400_london_faceboo.jpg?w=361&h=361" alt="max_400_400_london_faceboo" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Funny enough, I just discovered that I had already briefly mentioned Bergman’s work in Shaw’s play on this blog when I wrote about <a href="https://threeenchantingladies.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/have-they-ever-met/" target="_blank">the time she met Grace Kelly</a>. Indeed, as I’ve explained, Kelly, then Princess of Monaco, met her favourite actress when she visited her backstage during a representation of the play in London in 1971. So, another of the three enchanting ladies might have met Kenneth Williams as well! At least she saw him!</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25309[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The Bergman-Williams version of Shaw’s play began in London on February 1st 1971 and ran through July 31st 1971. It was short-lasting and engaged mixed reviews but broke the records of London theatre box office. (11) After all, this occasion was not one that would repeat itself so often. Ingrid Bergman pursued the role of Lady Cicely Waynflete the following year in Washington DC at the Kennedy Center. (12) It goes without saying that Ingrid Bergman and Kenneth Williams were both hugely talented actors in their own way. Their acting and mannerism were quite different, but this is how they could brilliantly complete each other. Bergman and Williams both passed away when they were still relatively young, in their 60s. Ingrid passed away in 1982 at the age of 67 after a hard battle with breast cancer, and Kenneth Williams passed away in 1988 at 62 from an overdose of barbiturates. It was not established if it was accidental or intentional. (13)</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://threeenchantingladies.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/evrkmq3woaesnaj.jpg?w=350&h=467" alt="EVrkMQ3WoAEsNaJ" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Their collaboration was a small one, and their friendship is perhaps not as known as Ingrid Bergman friendship with Cary Grant or Kenneth Williams’s friendship with his <em>Carry On</em> co-star Barbara Windsor. Nevertheless, it’s the history of a partnership that must not be overlooked!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Long life to their memory!</p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="https://threeenchantingladies.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/sweden-meets-britain-ingrid-bergman-on-stage-with-kenneth-williams/tumblr_f12e7ab4b808dfb85e0494a1405c0352_654a0089_500/" target="_blank"> <img src="https://threeenchantingladies.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/tumblr_f12e7ab4b808dfb85e0494a1405c0352_654a0089_500.gif?w=276&h=218" alt="tumblr_f12e7ab4b808dfb85e0494a1405c0352_654a0089_500" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://threeenchantingladies.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/sweden-meets-britain-ingrid-bergman-on-stage-with-kenneth-williams/tumblr_cb0d210ce02f0f7a16662bf53c2718c6_e7d44d16_400/" target="_blank"> <img src="https://threeenchantingladies.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/tumblr_cb0d210ce02f0f7a16662bf53c2718c6_e7d44d16_400.gif?w=276&h=218" alt="tumblr_cb0d210ce02f0f7a16662bf53c2718c6_e7d44d16_400" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a></p><p></p><p>To read to other entries, please check<a href="https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/the-5th-wonderful-ingrid-bergman-blogathon-is-here/" target="_blank"> here</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><hr /><p></p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(1) “Captain Brassbound’s Conversion,” Wikipedia, accessed August 12, 2020, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Brassbound%27s_Conversion" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Brassbound's_Conversion</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(2) “Kenneth Williams,” Wikipedia, accessed August 12, 2020. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(3) “Ingrid Bergman déplore le déshabillage au cinéma,” <em>La Presse</em> 87, no 5 (winter/January 1971): A 10. BANQ numérique.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(4) Kenneth Williams cited in Christopher Stevens, <em>Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams </em>(UK: John Murray Press, 2010). Google Book Sample.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(5) Stevens, <em>Kenneth Williams</em>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(6) Ingrid Bergman cited in Stevens.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(7) Stevens, <em>Kenneth Williams</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>(8) Ibid.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(9) “Musings on Richard Burton, the Miner Strikes, and Mental Health: The Unpublished Letters of Kenneth Williams,” Bloomsbury Auctions, accessed August 12, 2020, <a href="https://www.dreweatts.com/news-insights/musings-on-richard-burton-the-miners-strike-and-mental-health-the-unpublished-letters-of-kenneth-williams/" target="_blank">https://www.dreweatts.com/news-insights/musings-on-richard-burton-the-miners-strike-and-mental-health-the-unpublished-letters-of-kenneth-williams/</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(10) “Kenneth Williams, Just Williams: an autobiography with a small archive of his personal correspondance to a friend [London, 1985 & October 1983- May 1985],” Lot Search, accessed August 12, 2020, <a href="https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/kenneth-williams-just-williams-an-autobiography-with-a-small-archive-of-47870359" target="_blank">https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/kenneth-williams-just-williams-an-autobiography-with-a-small-archive-of-47870359</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(11) “Go on Kenny, show us your diction,” Tumblr, accessed August 12, 2020, <a href="https://kenneth-williams-diaries.tumblr.com/post/624062524448440321/ingrid-bergman-and-kenneth-williams-arrive-at-the" target="_blank">https://kenneth-</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barbara Fan, post: 258678, member: 21"] [ATTACH type="full" width="325px"]25312[/ATTACH] Ingrid also respected Williams and even left a card in his dressing room in which she wrote “Be my next director! Feed out of your hand I would”. (6) Well, it’s too bad Ingrid’s project idea never happened! Always as explained by Stevens, Williams’s trust in Bergman was encouraged by the fact that she was able to make him feel like her equal (being the bigger star of the twos), treated him like a true friend and didn’t act like a diva towards him. Well, Ingrid Bergman had, after all, much more the attitude of a warm human being than a cold superstar (even tho she was one). (7) So, Williams probably felt good around her. If Bergman entered in the world of Williams’s British theatre, she, one evening, shared a bit of her culture when she invited him with British producer Binkie Beaumont and Clive Dennis for a supper of Swedish meatballs and vodka (Swedish vodka we assume)! (8) That is a scene I would have liked to witness! [URL unfurl="true"]https://threeenchantingladies.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/sweden-meets-britain-ingrid-bergman-on-stage-with-kenneth-williams/comment-page-1/?unapproved=690&moderation-hash=9b32b371c8f8f93adfa2a514f2c6b9f9#comment-690[/URL] [ATTACH type="full"]25311[/ATTACH] And Williams did keep a good memory of Ingrid Bergman when he discussed his experience with a friend. He first met this friend in question, coincidentally, in front of the Swedish Embassy in London. He and his Swedish travelling companion were arriving from Sweden after a hard trip and had not much money left. They arrived at the embassy to seek help, but this one was closed. Coincidentally, Williams happened to pass by at this moment and saw the poor helpless lads. Pitying them, he decided to start a conversation which led him to talk about his professional experience with Ingrid Bergman. Later, the young man sent a thank you note to Williams, which led to letter correspondence of many years. (9) Williams was brilliant of talking about Ingrid to make the Swedish traveller feel more at home. The generosity of Williams had also led him to pay them a hotel and arrange for them to have a financially smooth trip. (10) What a great guy! [IMG alt="max_400_400_london_faceboo"]https://threeenchantingladies.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/max_400_400_london_faceboo.jpg?w=361&h=361[/IMG] Funny enough, I just discovered that I had already briefly mentioned Bergman’s work in Shaw’s play on this blog when I wrote about [URL='https://threeenchantingladies.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/have-they-ever-met/']the time she met Grace Kelly[/URL]. Indeed, as I’ve explained, Kelly, then Princess of Monaco, met her favourite actress when she visited her backstage during a representation of the play in London in 1971. So, another of the three enchanting ladies might have met Kenneth Williams as well! At least she saw him! [ATTACH type="full" width="319px"]25309[/ATTACH] The Bergman-Williams version of Shaw’s play began in London on February 1st 1971 and ran through July 31st 1971. It was short-lasting and engaged mixed reviews but broke the records of London theatre box office. (11) After all, this occasion was not one that would repeat itself so often. Ingrid Bergman pursued the role of Lady Cicely Waynflete the following year in Washington DC at the Kennedy Center. (12) It goes without saying that Ingrid Bergman and Kenneth Williams were both hugely talented actors in their own way. Their acting and mannerism were quite different, but this is how they could brilliantly complete each other. Bergman and Williams both passed away when they were still relatively young, in their 60s. Ingrid passed away in 1982 at the age of 67 after a hard battle with breast cancer, and Kenneth Williams passed away in 1988 at 62 from an overdose of barbiturates. It was not established if it was accidental or intentional. (13) [IMG alt="EVrkMQ3WoAEsNaJ"]https://threeenchantingladies.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/evrkmq3woaesnaj.jpg?w=350&h=467[/IMG] Their collaboration was a small one, and their friendship is perhaps not as known as Ingrid Bergman friendship with Cary Grant or Kenneth Williams’s friendship with his [I]Carry On[/I] co-star Barbara Windsor. Nevertheless, it’s the history of a partnership that must not be overlooked! Long life to their memory! [URL='https://threeenchantingladies.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/sweden-meets-britain-ingrid-bergman-on-stage-with-kenneth-williams/tumblr_f12e7ab4b808dfb85e0494a1405c0352_654a0089_500/'] [IMG alt="tumblr_f12e7ab4b808dfb85e0494a1405c0352_654a0089_500"]https://threeenchantingladies.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/tumblr_f12e7ab4b808dfb85e0494a1405c0352_654a0089_500.gif?w=276&h=218[/IMG] [/URL] [URL='https://threeenchantingladies.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/sweden-meets-britain-ingrid-bergman-on-stage-with-kenneth-williams/tumblr_cb0d210ce02f0f7a16662bf53c2718c6_e7d44d16_400/'] [IMG alt="tumblr_cb0d210ce02f0f7a16662bf53c2718c6_e7d44d16_400"]https://threeenchantingladies.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/tumblr_cb0d210ce02f0f7a16662bf53c2718c6_e7d44d16_400.gif?w=276&h=218[/IMG] [/URL] To read to other entries, please check[URL='https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/the-5th-wonderful-ingrid-bergman-blogathon-is-here/'] here[/URL]. [HR][/HR] [B]Notes[/B] (1) “Captain Brassbound’s Conversion,” Wikipedia, accessed August 12, 2020, [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Brassbound%27s_Conversion[/URL]. (2) “Kenneth Williams,” Wikipedia, accessed August 12, 2020. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Williams[/URL]. (3) “Ingrid Bergman déplore le déshabillage au cinéma,” [I]La Presse[/I] 87, no 5 (winter/January 1971): A 10. BANQ numérique. (4) Kenneth Williams cited in Christopher Stevens, [I]Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams [/I](UK: John Murray Press, 2010). Google Book Sample. (5) Stevens, [I]Kenneth Williams[/I]. (6) Ingrid Bergman cited in Stevens. (7) Stevens, [I]Kenneth Williams[/I] (8) Ibid. (9) “Musings on Richard Burton, the Miner Strikes, and Mental Health: The Unpublished Letters of Kenneth Williams,” Bloomsbury Auctions, accessed August 12, 2020, [URL]https://www.dreweatts.com/news-insights/musings-on-richard-burton-the-miners-strike-and-mental-health-the-unpublished-letters-of-kenneth-williams/[/URL]. (10) “Kenneth Williams, Just Williams: an autobiography with a small archive of his personal correspondance to a friend [London, 1985 & October 1983- May 1985],” Lot Search, accessed August 12, 2020, [URL]https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/kenneth-williams-just-williams-an-autobiography-with-a-small-archive-of-47870359[/URL]. (11) “Go on Kenny, show us your diction,” Tumblr, accessed August 12, 2020, [URL='https://kenneth-williams-diaries.tumblr.com/post/624062524448440321/ingrid-bergman-and-kenneth-williams-arrive-at-the']https://kenneth-[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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