Polly Bergen
Acting
1930-07-14 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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
Filmography
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 · Movie
Struck by Lightning
2013 · Movie
Candles on Bay Street
2006 · Movie
A Very Serious Person
2006 · Movie
Commander in Chief
2005 · Series
Desperate Housewives
2004 · Series
Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · Series
The Sopranos
1999 · Series
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998 · Movie
For Hope
1996 · Movie
In the Blink of an Eye
1996 · Movie
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996 · Movie
The Surrogate
1995 · Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995 · Movie
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
Leave of Absence
1994 · Movie
Burke's Law
1994 · Series
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993 · Movie
The Lightning Incident
1991 · Movie
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · Movie
Baby Talk
1991 · Series
Cry-Baby
1990 · Movie
My Brother's Wife
1989 · Movie
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989 · Movie
Mother, Mother
1989 · Movie
She Was Marked for Murder
1988 · Movie
War and Remembrance
1988 · Series
Addicted to His Love
1988 · Movie
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Series
Making Mr. Right
1987 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Velvet
1984 · Movie
The Winds of War
1983 · Series
Born Beautiful
1982 · Movie
Hotel
1982 · Series
The Million Dollar Face
1981 · Movie
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
1978 · Movie
How to Pick Up Girls!
1978 · Movie
Telethon
1977 · Movie
79 Park Avenue
1977 · Series
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Movie
Murder on Flight 502
1975 · Movie
Ellery Queen
1975 · Series
Death Cruise
1974 · Movie
Thriller
1973 · Series
An Echo of Theresa
1973 · Movie
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 · Series
A Guide for the Married Man
1967 · Movie
The Dean Martin Show
1965 · Series
Kisses for My President
1964 · Movie
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
Move Over, Darling
1963 · Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
The Caretakers
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
Belle Sommers
1962 · Movie
Cape Fear
1962 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
Startime
1959 · Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Series
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Movie
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Series
The Dick Clark Show
1958 · Series
The Polly Bergen Show
1957 · Series
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
1957 · Series
American Bandstand
1957 · Series
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Movie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954 · Series
Max Liebman Presents
1954 · Series
The Blue Angel
1954 · Series
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953 · Movie
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · Series
Arena
1953 · Movie
Fast Company
1953 · Movie
Cry of the Hunted
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Warpath
1951 · Movie
The Stooge
1951 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series
That's My Boy
1951 · Movie
At War with the Army
1950 · Movie
The Jack Benny Program
1950 · Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
The Men
1950 · Movie
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Across The Rio Grande
1949 · Movie
Champion
1949 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series