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Polly Bergen
Actor

Polly Bergen

2 Movies
2 Credits
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Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Birthday July 14, 1930 (95 years old)
Place of Birth Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Also Known As Nellie Paulina Burgin
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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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Filmography (100)

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast 2019
Struck by Lightning 2013
A Very Serious Person 2006
Candles on Bay Street 2006
Commander in Chief 2005
Desperate Housewives 2004
The Sopranos 1999
Twice in a Lifetime 1999
Doris Day: It's Magic 1998
In the Blink of an Eye 1996
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored 1996
For Hope 1996
The Surrogate 1995
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde 1995 Leave of Absence 1994
Touched by an Angel 1994
Burke's Law 1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal 1993
The Lightning Incident 1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star 1991
Baby Talk 1991
Cry-Baby 1990
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy 1989
My Brother's Wife 1989
Mother, Mother 1989
Addicted to His Love 1988
She Was Marked for Murder 1988
War and Remembrance 1988
Making Mr. Right 1987
Jake and the Fatman 1987
Velvet 1984
Murder, She Wrote 1984
The Winds of War 1983
Born Beautiful 1982
Hotel 1982
The Million Dollar Face 1981
How to Pick Up Girls! 1978
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today 1978
Telethon 1977
The Love Boat 1977
79 Park Avenue 1977
Bob Hope's World of Comedy 1976
Murder on Flight 502 1975
Ellery Queen 1975
Death Cruise 1974
An Echo of Theresa 1973
Thriller 1973
A Guide for the Married Man 1967
The Danny Thomas Hour 1967
The Dean Martin Show 1965
Kisses for My President 1964
The Hollywood Palace 1964
Move Over, Darling 1963
The Caretakers 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1963
Cape Fear 1962
Belle Sommers 1962
The Merv Griffin Show 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962
Dr. Kildare 1961
The Mike Douglas Show 1961
The Bell Telephone Hour 1959
Startime 1959
The All-Star Christmas Show 1958
Kraft Music Hall 1958
The Dick Clark Show 1958
The Helen Morgan Story 1957
American Bandstand 1957
The Polly Bergen Show 1957
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party 1957
Wagon Train 1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1956
Tony Awards 1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
The Jimmy Durante Show 1954
Max Liebman Presents 1954
The Blue Angel 1954
Cry of the Hunted 1953
Escape from Fort Bravo 1953
Arena 1953
Fast Company 1953
General Electric Theater 1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse 1953
The Oscars 1953
That's My Boy 1951
The Stooge 1951
Warpath 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951
The Red Skelton Show 1951
At War with the Army 1950
The Men 1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950
The Bob Hope Show 1950
What's My Line? 1950
The Jack Benny Program 1950
Across The Rio Grande 1949
Champion 1949
The Ed Sullivan Show 1948
Golden Globe Awards 1944
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