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Polly Bergen

Actress / Musician / Penwoman / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 07/14/1930 († 84, 09/20/2014) | Knoxville, Tennessee (United States of America (USA))
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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 Helen Morgan (Playhouse 90). 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 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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

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When the women of America join together on election day and elect a Leslie McCloud as the US President, things get a little awkward. Especially for her husband Thad McCloud. He, as First Husband, must ...

Kisses for My President

Certification unknown

1964 | 3.7/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy
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A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent. ...

Cry-Baby

PG-13

1990 | 3.3/5 | 1h 25min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violat ...

Cape Fear

PG

1962 | 3.7/5 | 1h 45min
Drama, Thriller
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Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since ...

Playhouse 90

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1956 | 3.8/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Polly Bergen

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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Movies with Polly Bergen as Actress(39)

as Grandma2012 Struck by Lightning
as Mrs. A2006 A Very Serious Person
as Rosemary2006 Candles on Bay Street
as Molly Altman1996 For Hope
as Miss Maybry1996 Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Sandy Gilman1995 The Surrogate
1995 Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as Janet1994 Leave of Absence
as Barbara Fox1993 Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
as herself1991 Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Carol1991 The Lightning Incident
as Mrs. Vernon-Williams1990 Cry-Baby
as Barbara Cutler1989 Mother, Mother
as Myra Gilbert1989 My Brother's Wife
as Emily Thetford1989 The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
as Laura Lee Webster1988 She Was Marked for Murder
as Estelle Stone1987 Making Mr. Right
as Mrs. Vance1984 Velvet
as Marion Carmody1982 Born Beautiful
as Jo Burns1981 The Million Dollar Face
as Dana Greenberg1978 How To Pick Up Girls!
as Dorothy Goodwin1977 Telethon
as Mona Briarly1975 Murder on Flight 502
as Sylvia Carter1974 Death Cruise
as Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)1967 A Guide for the Married Man
as U.S. President Leslie McCloud1964 Kisses for My President
as Lorna Melford1963 The Caretakers
as Bianca Steele1963 Move Over, Darling
as Peggy Bowden1962 Cape Fear
as Belle Sommers1962 Belle Sommers
as Ruth Danvers1953 Arena
as Janet Tunner1953 Cry of the Hunted
as Carol Maldon1953 Fast Company
as Alice Owens1953 Escape from Fort Bravo
as Mary Turner1952 The Stooge
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter1951 That's My Boy
as Molly Quade1951 Warpath
as Helen Palmer1950 At War with the Army
as Polly Burgin1949 Across The Rio Grande

TV Shows/Series with Polly Bergen as Actress(42)

as Host2024 The Polly Bergen Show
as Kate Allen2005 Commander in Chief
2004 Desperate Housewives
as Fran Felstein1999 The Sopranos
1999 Twice in a Lifetime
as Stella Applegate1994 Touched by an Angel
as Doris Campbell1991 Baby Talk
as Rhoda Henry1988 War and Remembrance
1987 Jake and the Fatman
as Dr. Jocelyn Laird1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Rhoda Henry1983 The Winds of War
1982 Hotel
as Vera Keppler1977 79 Park Avenue
as Maisie Nolan1977 The Love Boat
1975 Ellery Queen
as Suzy Hunter1973 Thriller
1965 The Dean Martin Show
as Self - Singer / Sketch Actor1964 The Hollywood Palace
as herself1964 The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer1964 The Hollywood Palace
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as herself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon1961 Dr. Kildare
1959 Startime
as herself1958 The Dick Clark Show
1958 Kraft Music Hall
as herself1957 American Bandstand
as herself1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Crystal Coe1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as herself1954 The Jimmy Durante Show
as Co-Host1954 The Blue Angel
1954 Max Liebman Presents
as Susan Barry1953 GE Theater
1953 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Rosemary1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as herself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Singer1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Born: Monday, 07/14 1930 (July) in Knoxville, Tennessee (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 09/20 2014 (September) in Southbury (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Compton High School
Record Label: Columbia Records, Philips Records
Spouses (current/former): Freddie Fields, Jerome Courtland
Other names for Polly Bergen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Nellie Paulina Burgin"
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Vera Miles (18x, Actress)
Jack Carter (18x, Actor)
Vincent Price (17x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (17x, Actor)
Red Buttons (17x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (17x, Actor)
Arte Johnson (16x, Actor)
Ralph Bellamy (15x, Actor)
Kevin McCarthy (15x, Actor)
Bradford Dillman (14x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (14x, Actor)
Hall Bartlett (4x, Crew)
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