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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-07-14 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Polly Bergen

Biography:

Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014) was an American actress, singer, television host, writer and entrepreneur. She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan in The Helen Morgan Story. For her stage work, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Carlotta Campion in Follies in 2001. Her film work included Cape Fear (1962) and The Caretakers (1963), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She hosted her own weekly variety show for one season (The Polly Bergen Show), was a regular panelist on the TV game show To Tell The Truth and later in life had recurring roles in The Sopranos and Desperate Housewives. She wrote three books on beauty, fashion and charm. She is also the inspiration behind Mother Goose in The Land of Stories.

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Known For

Acting

2019

2013

2006

2005

Commander in Chief as Kate Allen

2004

Desperate Housewives as Stella Wingfield

1999

The Sopranos as Fran Felstein
Twice in a Lifetime as Judge Deborah

1998

1996

For Hope as Molly Altman

1995

The Surrogate as Sandy Gilman

1994

Touched by an Angel as Stella Applegate
Burke's Law as Rachel Doucet

1993

1991

Baby Talk as Doris Campbell

1990

Cry-Baby as Mrs. Vernon-Williams

1989

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy as Emily Thetford
My Brother's Wife as Myra Gilbert
Mother, Mother as Barbara Cutler

1988

Addicted to His Love as Vivien Langford
She Was Marked for Murder as Laura Lee Webster
War and Remembrance as Rhoda Henry

1987

Making Mr. Right as Estelle Stone
Jake and the Fatman as Emma Julian

1984

Velvet as Mrs. Vance
Murder, She Wrote as Dr. Jocelyn Laird

1983

The Winds of War as Rhoda Henry

1982

Born Beautiful as Marion Carmody
Hotel as Elizabeth Hastings

1981

1978

How to Pick Up Girls! as Dana Greenberg

1977

Telethon as Dorothy Goodwin
The Love Boat as Maisie Nolan
79 Park Avenue as Vera Keppler
The Love Boat as Dana Pierce

1975

Murder on Flight 502 as Mona Briarly
Ellery Queen as Dina Carroll-Winer

1974

Death Cruise as Sylvia Carter

1973

An Echo of Theresa as Suzy Hunter
Thriller as Suzy Hunter

1967

A Guide for the Married Man as Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)

1965

1964

Kisses for My President as Leslie McCloud
The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer / Sketch Actor
The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer

1963

Move Over, Darling as Bianca Steele
The Caretakers as Lorna Melford

1962

Cape Fear as Peggy Bowden
Belle Sommers as Belle Sommers

1961

Dr. Kildare as Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host

1959

The Bell Telephone Hour as Self - Hostess

1958

1957

The Helen Morgan Story as Helen Morgan
Wagon Train as Kitty Allbright

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Performer
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1955

1954

The Blue Angel as Co-Host

1953

Cry of the Hunted as Janet Tunner
Escape from Fort Bravo as Alice Owens
Arena as Ruth Danvers
Fast Company as Carol Maldon
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Self - Hostess
The Oscars as Self

1951

That's My Boy as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
The Stooge as Mary Turner
Warpath as Molly Quade
The Red Skelton Show as Self / Myrtle
The Red Skelton Show as Sally Suey
The Red Skelton Show as Clara Appleby

1950

At War with the Army as Helen Palmer
The Men as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1949

Across The Rio Grande as Polly Burgin
Champion as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)

1948

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter