Friedel Pia Lindström (born 20 September 1938) is a television
journalist, and the first child of actress Ingrid Bergman.Lindström
is the only child born to Ingrid Bergman and her first husband,
Swedish neurosurgeon Petter Lindström. She was greatly affected by
her mother's abandonment when her mother left her father for Italian
director Roberto Rossellini. Petter Lindström sued for desertion and
waged a custody battle with Bergman for their daughter, and Pia did
not reunite with her mother until 1957. Her half-brother, Roberto
Ingmar Rossellini, was born on 7 February 1950, and her mother married
Roberto Rossellini on 24 May 1950. On 18 June 1952, Lindström's twin
half-sisters Isabella Rossellini and Isotta Rossellini were
born.Lindström began her broadcasting career as a reporter at KGO-TV
in San Francisco in 1966 and in 1971 went to WCBS-TV in New York
City.From 1973 to 1997, she was a news anchorwoman and also a theater
and arts critic for WNBC-TV in New York City, and made television
appearances and did some acting (in mostly Italian films) before she
became a news correspondent. She received two Emmy Awards for news
coverage and on-screen performance, as well as the Associated Press
Broadcaster's Award. She is now retired.
journalist, and the first child of actress Ingrid Bergman.Lindström
is the only child born to Ingrid Bergman and her first husband,
Swedish neurosurgeon Petter Lindström. She was greatly affected by
her mother's abandonment when her mother left her father for Italian
director Roberto Rossellini. Petter Lindström sued for desertion and
waged a custody battle with Bergman for their daughter, and Pia did
not reunite with her mother until 1957. Her half-brother, Roberto
Ingmar Rossellini, was born on 7 February 1950, and her mother married
Roberto Rossellini on 24 May 1950. On 18 June 1952, Lindström's twin
half-sisters Isabella Rossellini and Isotta Rossellini were
born.Lindström began her broadcasting career as a reporter at KGO-TV
in San Francisco in 1966 and in 1971 went to WCBS-TV in New York
City.From 1973 to 1997, she was a news anchorwoman and also a theater
and arts critic for WNBC-TV in New York City, and made television
appearances and did some acting (in mostly Italian films) before she
became a news correspondent. She received two Emmy Awards for news
coverage and on-screen performance, as well as the Associated Press
Broadcaster's Award. She is now retired.
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