{{Short description|German actress (1931–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = IMG 0220 Ingrid van Bergen.jpg | caption = Van Bergen in 2010 | name = Ingrid van Bergen | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|6|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Danzig, Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|11|28|1931|6|15|df=y}} | death_place = Eyendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany | citizenship = {{hlist|German}} | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1954–1977<br />1983–2025 | children = 2 (1 deceased) }}
'''Ingrid van Bergen''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɪŋ.ɡʁiːt fan ˈbɛʁɡn̩|lang|De-Ingrid van Bergen.ogg}}; 15 June 1931 – 28 November 2025) was a German film actress. She appeared in 100 films between 1954 and 2025.
==Career== From 1954 on, van Bergen appeared in more than 170 film and television productions. She was a star of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, including successful films like the comedy ''Roses for the Prosecutor'' (1959). During the early 1960s, the blond-haired actress also appeared as a supporting role in a few international productions, playing a prostitute in ''Town Without Pity'' (1961) with Kirk Douglas and appearing in the war film ''The Counterfeit Traitor'' (1962) starring William Holden. She also worked as a singer and made some records.
Van Bergen later turned to character roles and is also known for her role in the film ''{{ill|Richy Guitar|de}}'' (1985), in which the German band Die Ärzte played an important role. In 2009, at the age of 77, she was the winner of ''Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!'', the German edition of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. In 2017, van Bergen had her final film role with a cameo appearance in ''Sharknado 5: Global Swarming'', the fifth film of the Sharknado film series.
==Personal life and death== On the night of 2–3 February 1977, she shot her lover, the money broker Klaus Knaths, killing him.<ref>[http://www.bild.de/BILD/dschungelcamp/2009/01/15/ingrid-van-bergen/grusel-gestaendnis-ueber-mord-an-geliebten-klaus-knaths.html „Grusel-Geständnis im Dschungelcamp: Ingrid van Bergen über die Nacht, in der sie ihren Geliebten erschoss“] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125035152/http://www.bild.de/BILD/dschungelcamp/2009/01/15/ingrid-van-bergen/grusel-gestaendnis-ueber-mord-an-geliebten-klaus-knaths.html |date=25 January 2011}} im Internetportal ''Bild.de'', 23 January 2009</ref> She was charged with murder, but was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.<ref>[http://www.abendblatt.de/extra/service/944949.html?url=/ha/1977/xml/19770728xml/habxml770709_2752.xml „Bossi will neuen Prozeß für Ingrid van Bergen“] in ''Hamburger Abendblatt'' vom 28. Juli 1977</ref> She was released after five years, because of good behaviour, and was able to continue her acting career.<ref>[https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article2723064/Zieht-Ingrid-van-Bergen-ins-Dschungelcamp.html „Zieht Ingrid van Bergen ins Dschungelcamp?“] in ''Die Welt'', 14 November 2008</ref>
Van Bergen died on 28 November 2025, at the age of 94 in her house in Eyendorf.<ref>[https://www.rnd.de/promis/ingrid-van-bergen-ist-tot-sie-wurde-94-jahre-alt-XFAP25KBENHQ3MKL7R762SE5E4.html Schauspielerin Ingrid van Bergen ist tot] {{in lang|de}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Portrait of an Unknown Woman'' (1954) * ''Des Teufels General'' (1955) * ''Bandits of the Autobahn'' (1955) * ''My Husband's Getting Married Today'' (1956) * ''The Muzzle'' (1958) * ''Wir Wunderkinder'' (1958) * ''My Ninety Nine Brides'' (1958) * ''Iron Gustav'' (1958) * ''The Blue Moth'' (1959) * ''Crime After School'' (1959) * ''Roses for the Prosecutor'' (1959) * ''Triplets on Board'' (1959) * ''Boomerang'' (1960) * ''{{ill|Als geheilt entlassen|de}}'' (1960) * ''The High Life'' (1960) * ''We Cellar Children'' (1960) * ''The Avenger'' (1960) * ''Town Without Pity'' (1961) * ''The Devil's Daffodil'' (1961) * ''The Counterfeit Traitor'' (1962) * ''{{ill|Genosse Münchhausen|de}}'' (1962) * ''Escape from East Berlin'' (1962) * ''Tomfoolery in Zell am See'' (1963) * ''Cat and Mouse'' (1967) * ''The New Adventures of Snow White'' (1969) * ''What Is the Matter with Willi?'' (1970) * ''The Vampire Happening'' (1971) * ''All People Will Be Brothers'' (1973) * ''Vier gegen die Bank'' (1976, TV film) * ''Horror Vacui'' (1984) * ''{{ill|Richy Guitar|de}}'' (1985) * ''{{ill|The Madonna Man|de|Der Madonna-Mann}}'' (1987) * ''Pakten'' (1995) * ''{{ill|Der schwarze Spiegel|de|Utta Danella – Der schwarze Spiegel}}'' (2000, TV film) * ''Angst'' (2003) * ''{{ill|Neues vom Wixxer|de}}'' (2007) * ''{{ill|Dinosaurier – Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus!|de}}'' (2009) * ''Sharknado 5: Global Swarming'' (2017) {{Div col end}}
==Audio drama== * 2002: Evelyn Dörr: ''The Man in the Moon – A Radioballett with Charlie Chaplin. (Dt. Der Mann im Mond - Radio-ballett mit Charlie Chaplin. Piece for Acoustic Stage'' (in the role of Hedda Hopper) – Regie: Claudia Leist (Radio Drama / Feature – WDR)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0885706|Ingrid van Bergen}} * {{discogs artist|Ingrid van Bergen}}
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