Ingrid Bergman

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Gordon Parks—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

Ingrid Bergman: How a Photograph Never Made Led to Her Most Memorable Portrait When LIFE photographer Gordon Parks decided not to snap his shutter on the Swedish-born actress--who was born 100 years ago on Aug. 29--it paved the way for one of the most treasured portraits of her ever made