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