Polly Bergen
Born July 14, 1930 (Age: 95)
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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
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
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
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as Self
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Age: 68
For Hope
1996
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as Molly Altman
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Age: 66
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
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as Murial
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Age: 65
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
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as Miss Maybry
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Age: 65
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
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as Barbara Fox
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Age: 62
The Lightning Incident
1991
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as Carol
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Age: 61
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
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as Self
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Age: 60
Cry-Baby
1990
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as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
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Age: 59
My Brother's Wife
1989
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as Myra Gilbert
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Age: 59
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989
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as Emily Thetford
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Age: 58
Mother, Mother
1989
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as Barbara Cutler
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Age: 58
She Was Marked for Murder
1988
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as Laura Lee Webster
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Age: 58
Addicted to His Love
1988
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as Vivien Langford
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Age: 57
Making Mr. Right
1987
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as Estelle Stone
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Age: 56
The Million Dollar Face
1981
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as Jo Burns
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Age: 50
No Image
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
1978
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as Phyllis Shoefly
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Age: 48
How to Pick Up Girls!
1978
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as Dana Greenberg
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Age: 48
Death Cruise
1974
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as Sylvia Carter
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Age: 44
An Echo of Theresa
1973
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as Suzy Hunter
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Age: 42
Kisses for My President
1964
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as Leslie McCloud
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Age: 34
Move Over, Darling
1963
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as Bianca Steele
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Age: 33
The Caretakers
1963
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as Lorna Melford
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Age: 33
Belle Sommers
1962
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as Belle Sommers
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Age: 31
Cape Fear
1962
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as Peggy Bowden
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Age: 31
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
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as Self
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Age: 28
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
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as Alice Owens
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Age: 23
Arena
1953
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as Ruth Danvers
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Age: 22
Fast Company
1953
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as Carol Maldon
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Age: 22
Cry of the Hunted
1953
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as Janet Tunner
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Age: 22
At War with the Army
1950
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as Helen Palmer
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Age: 20
The Men
1950
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as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
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Age: 20