Bergman's book reveals a child he kept secret

Published: Saturday, Oct. 16 2004 12:00 a.m. MDT

In a book to be published Monday, filmmaker Ingmar Bergman reveals that he fathered a daughter outside one of his five marriages, a secret he had kept for 45 years, his publisher said.

Bergman, 86, who is widely considered one of film's greatest directors, writes in the book that he's the father of Maria von Rosen, whose mother, Ingrid von Rosen, married Bergman 12 years after Maria was born.

In the foreword, Bergman writes that he met Ingrid von Rosen in 1957 and had an on-and-off affair with her until 1969, according to excerpts published in Swedish newspapers. During that period, Bergman went through two marriages, with Gun Grut and Kabi Laretei. He also had an affair with actress Liv Ullmann.

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