Polly Bergen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1930-07-14
Day of Death
2014-09-20 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Polly Bergen
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
Acting
(2019)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actress
(2013)
Struck by Lightning
as Grandma
(2006)
Candles on Bay Street
as Rosemary
(2006)
A Very Serious Person
as Mrs. A
(1998)
Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
(1996)
In the Blink of an Eye
as Murial
(1996)
For Hope
as Molly Altman
(1996)
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Miss Maybry
(1995)
(1995)
The Surrogate
as Sandy Gilman
(1994)
Leave of Absence
as Janet
(1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
as Barbara Fox
(1991)
(1991)
The Lightning Incident
as Carol
(1990)
Cry-Baby
as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
(1989)
My Brother's Wife
as Myra Gilbert
(1989)
Mother, Mother
as Barbara Cutler
(1989)
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
as Emily Thetford
(1988)
Addicted to His Love
as Vivien Langford
(1988)
She Was Marked for Murder
as Laura Lee Webster
(1987)
Making Mr. Right
as Estelle Stone
(1984)
Velvet
as Mrs. Vance
(1982)
Born Beautiful
as Marion Carmody
(1981)
The Million Dollar Face
as Jo Burns
(1978)
How to Pick Up Girls!
as Dana Greenberg
(1977)
Telethon
as Dorothy Goodwin
(1975)
Murder on Flight 502
as Mona Briarly
(1974)
Death Cruise
as Sylvia Carter
(1973)
An Echo of Theresa
as Suzy Hunter
(1967)
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
(1964)
Kisses for My President
as Leslie McCloud
(1963)
Move Over, Darling
as Bianca Steele
(1963)
The Caretakers
as Lorna Melford
(1962)
Cape Fear
as Peggy Bowden
(1962)
Belle Sommers
as Belle Sommers
(1957)
The Helen Morgan Story
as Helen Morgan
(1953)
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Alice Owens
(1953)
Arena
as Ruth Danvers
(1953)
Fast Company
as Carol Maldon
(1953)
Cry of the Hunted
as Janet Tunner
(1951)
Warpath
as Molly Quade
(1951)
The Stooge
as Mary Turner
(1951)
That's My Boy
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
(1950)
At War with the Army
as Helen Palmer
(1950)
The Men
as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
(1949)
Champion
as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Across The Rio Grande
as Polly Burgin