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Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen

Birthday: 1930-07-14 | Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as    Self - Actress

2012
Struck by Lightning

as    Grandma

2006
A Very Serious Person

as    Mrs. A

2006
Candles on Bay Street

as    Rosemary

1996
For Hope

as    Molly Altman

1996
In the Blink of an Eye

as    Murial

1995
The Surrogate

as    Sandy Gilman

1994
Leave of Absence

as    Janet

1991
The Lightning Incident

as    Carol

1991
Baby Talk

as    Doris Campbell

1990
Cry-Baby

as    Mrs. Vernon-Williams

1989
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

as    Emily Thetford

1988
She Was Marked for Murder

as    Laura Lee Webster

1988
War and Remembrance

as    Rhoda Henry

1988
Addicted to His Love

as    Vivien Langford

1987
Making Mr. Right

as    Estelle Stone

1984
Velvet

as    Mrs. Vance

1983
The Winds of War

as    Rhoda Henry

1982
Born Beautiful

as    Marion Carmody

1981
The Million Dollar Face

as    Jo Burns

1975
Murder on Flight 502

as    Mona Briarly

1974
Death Cruise

as    Sylvia Carter

1973
An Echo of Theresa

as    Suzy Hunter

1964
Kisses for My President

as    Leslie McCloud