Polly Bergen
Acting
- Born:
- 1930-07-14
- Died:
- 2014-09-20
- Place of birth:
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Polly Bergen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Struck by Lightning
Candles on Bay Street
A Very Serious Person
Commander in Chief
Desperate Housewives
Twice in a Lifetime
The Sopranos
Doris Day: It's Magic
For Hope
In the Blink of an Eye
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
The Surrogate
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Touched by an Angel
Leave of Absence
Burke's Law
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
The Lightning Incident
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Baby Talk
Cry-Baby
My Brother's Wife
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Mother, Mother
She Was Marked for Murder
War and Remembrance
Addicted to His Love
Jake and the Fatman
Making Mr. Right
Murder, She Wrote
Velvet
The Winds of War
Born Beautiful
Hotel
The Million Dollar Face
Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today
How to Pick Up Girls!
Telethon
79 Park Avenue
The Love Boat
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Murder on Flight 502
Ellery Queen
Death Cruise
Thriller
An Echo of Theresa
The Danny Thomas Hour
A Guide for the Married Man
The Dean Martin Show
Kisses for My President
The Hollywood Palace
Move Over, Darling
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Caretakers
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Belle Sommers
Cape Fear
The Mike Douglas Show