Polly Bergen | |
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 Bergen in 1953 | |
| Born | Nellie Paulina Burgin July 14, 1930 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | September 20, 2014 (aged 84) Southbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1949–2014 |
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| Children | 3, including Kathy Fields (stepchild) |
Polly Bergen Actress 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 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.
Polly Bergen Actress Movies List:
| 1949 | Champion |
| 1949 | Across the Rio Grande |
| 1950 | The Men |
| 1950 | At War with the Army |
| 1951 | That's My Boy |
| 1951 | Warpath |
| 1952 | The Stooge |
| 1953 | Cry of the Hunted |
| 1953 | Half a Hero |
| 1953 | Fast Company |
| 1953 | Arena |
| 1953 | Escape from Fort Bravo |
| 1954 | The Blue Angel |
| 1962 | Cape Fear |
| 1963 | The Caretakers |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President |
| 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man |
| 1984 | Velvet |
| 1987 | Making Mr. Right |
| 1989 | Mother, Mother |
| 1990 | Cry-Baby |
| 1995 | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde |
| 1995 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored |
| 2005 | Paradise, Texas |
| 2006 | A Very Serious Person |
| 2012 | Struck by Lightning |
Polly Bergen Actress TV Shows List:
| 1954, Oct 16 | Your Hit Parade |
| 1954–55 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse |
| 1956–61 | To Tell the Truth |
| 1957 | Playhouse 90 |
| 1957–58 | The Polly Bergen Show |
| 1960 | The George Burns Show |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
| 1961 | Wagon Train |
| 1962 | What's My Line |
| 1962 | Belle Sommers |
| 1967 | The Red Skelton Show |
| 1973 | Thriller |
| 1974 | Death Cruise |
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502 |
| 1976 | Ellery Queen |
| 1977 | 79 Park Avenue |
| 1977 | Telethon |
| 1978 | How to Pick Up Girls! |
| 1981 | The Million Dollar Face |
| 1982 | Born Beautiful |
| 1982 | The Love Boat |
| 1983 | The Winds of War |
| 1984 | Fantasy Island |
| 1985 | Hotel |
| 1985 | Murder, She Wrote |
| 1988 | Addicted to His Love |
| 1988 | She Was Marked for Murder |
| 1988–89 | War and Remembrance |
| 1988 | My Two Dads |
| 1989 | Jake and the Fatman |
| 1989 | The Haunting of Sarah Hardy |
| 1989 | My Brother's Wife |
| 1990 | Steel Magnolias |
| 1991 | Lightning Field |
| 1991–92 | Baby Talk |
| 1992 | Lady Against the Odds |
| 1993 | Arly Hanks |
| 1994 | Burke's Law |
| 1995 | The Surrogate |
| 1996 | In the Blink of an Eye |
| 1996 | For Hope |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel |
| 2004 | The Sopranos |
| 2005–06 | Commander in Chief |
| 2006 | Candles on Bay Street |
| 2007–11 | Desperate Housewives |
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