Polly Bergen
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1930-07-14
- Died
- 2014-09-20
- Place of birth
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Also known as
- Nellie Paulina Burgin
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (50)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Stella Wingfield
The Sopranos
1999
as Fran Felstein
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dr. Jocelyn Laird
The Love Boat
1977
as Maisie Nolan / Dana Pierce
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Wagon Train
1957
as Kitty Allbright
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Stella Applegate
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Jennifer Randolph
Hotel
1982
as Elizabeth Hastings
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Performer
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Self / Myrtle / Sally Suey / Clara Appleby
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Emma Julian
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Crystal Coe
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Commander in Chief
2005
as Kate Allen
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
as Judge Deborah
Thriller
1973
as Suzy Hunter
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Burke's Law
1994
as Rachel Doucet
Ellery Queen
1975
as Dina Carroll-Winer
Startime
1959
as Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
American Bandstand
1957
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self / Self - Hostess
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Self - Hostess
The Dick Clark Show
1958
as Self
War and Remembrance
1988
as Rhoda Henry
The Winds of War
1983
as Rhoda Henry
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Rosemary
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Susan Barry
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Shirley / Dellie
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
as Self
79 Park Avenue
1977
as Vera Keppler
Max Liebman Presents
1954
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
1957
as Self
The Blue Angel
1954
as Co-Host
The Polly Bergen Show
1957
as Host
Baby Talk
1991
as Doris Campbell
Movies (50)
Cape Fear
1962
as Peggy Bowden
Cry-Baby
1990
as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
For Hope
1996
as Molly Altman
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
as Self - Actress
Champion
1949
as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
as Alice Owens
Arena
1953
as Ruth Danvers
Born Beautiful
1982
as Marion Carmody
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995
The Men
1950
as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
Telethon
1977
as Dorothy Goodwin
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
as Murial
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
as Barbara Fox
Move Over, Darling
1963
as Bianca Steele
Struck by Lightning
2013
as Grandma
Murder on Flight 502
1975
as Mona Briarly
Warpath
1951
as Molly Quade
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self
At War with the Army
1950
as Helen Palmer
Addicted to His Love
1988
as Vivien Langford
The Stooge
1951
as Mary Turner
How to Pick Up Girls!
1978
as Dana Greenberg
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
as Miss Maybry
The Million Dollar Face
1981
as Jo Burns
Making Mr. Right
1987
as Estelle Stone
That's My Boy
1951
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
Velvet
1984
as Mrs. Vance
Candles on Bay Street
2006
as Rosemary
Leave of Absence
1994
as Janet
Fast Company
1953
as Carol Maldon
Kisses for My President
1964
as Leslie McCloud
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Mother, Mother
1989
as Barbara Cutler
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Helen Morgan
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989
as Emily Thetford
The Caretakers
1963
as Lorna Melford
She Was Marked for Murder
1988
as Laura Lee Webster
The Surrogate
1995
as Sandy Gilman
Death Cruise
1974
as Sylvia Carter
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
as Self
Cry of the Hunted
1953
as Janet Tunner
My Brother's Wife
1989
as Myra Gilbert
Belle Sommers
1962
as Belle Sommers
The Lightning Incident
1991
as Carol
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
1978
as Phyllis Shoefly
Across The Rio Grande
1949
as Polly Burgin
An Echo of Theresa
1973
as Suzy Hunter
A Very Serious Person
2006
as Mrs. A
About Polly Bergen
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 Mot… With 100 credits spanning from 1944 to 2019, Polly Bergen has appeared in 50 films and 50 TV shows.
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- Cape Fear (1962) — as Peggy Bowden
- Cry-Baby (1990) — as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
- A Guide for the Married Man (1967) — as Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
- For Hope (1996) — as Molly Altman
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019) — as Self - Actress
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