Polly Bergen

Acting·Jul 14, 1930·Knoxville, Tennessee, 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 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

Film	Credit
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast2019 · Self - Actress	Self - Actress
Struck by Lightning2013 · Grandma	Grandma
Candles on Bay Street2006 · Rosemary	Rosemary
A Very Serious Person2006 · Mrs. A	Mrs. A
Doris Day: It's Magic1998 · Self	Self
For Hope1996 · Molly Altman	Molly Altman
In the Blink of an Eye1996 · Murial	Murial
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored1996 · Miss Maybry	Miss Maybry
The Surrogate1995 · Sandy Gilman	Sandy Gilman
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde1995 · Actor	Actor
Leave of Absence1994 · Janet	Janet
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal1993 · Barbara Fox	Barbara Fox
The Lightning Incident1991 · Carol	Carol
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star1991 · Self	Self
Cry-Baby1990 · Mrs. Vernon-Williams	Mrs. Vernon-Williams
My Brother's Wife1989 · Myra Gilbert	Myra Gilbert
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy1989 · Emily Thetford	Emily Thetford
Mother, Mother1989 · Barbara Cutler	Barbara Cutler
She Was Marked for Murder1988 · Laura Lee Webster	Laura Lee Webster
Addicted to His Love1988 · Vivien Langford	Vivien Langford
Making Mr. Right1987 · Estelle Stone	Estelle Stone
Velvet1984 · Mrs. Vance	Mrs. Vance
Born Beautiful1982 · Marion Carmody	Marion Carmody
The Million Dollar Face1981 · Jo Burns	Jo Burns
LLi'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today1978 · Phyllis Shoefly	Phyllis Shoefly
How to Pick Up Girls!1978 · Dana Greenberg	Dana Greenberg
Telethon1977 · Dorothy Goodwin	Dorothy Goodwin
BBob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Murder on Flight 5021975 · Mona Briarly	Mona Briarly
Death Cruise1974 · Sylvia Carter	Sylvia Carter
An Echo of Theresa1973 · Suzy Hunter	Suzy Hunter
A Guide for the Married Man1967 · Technical Adviser	Technical Adviser
Kisses for My President1964 · Leslie McCloud	Leslie McCloud
Move Over, Darling1963 · Bianca Steele	Bianca Steele
The Caretakers1963 · Lorna Melford	Lorna Melford
Belle Sommers1962 · Belle Sommers	Belle Sommers
Cape Fear1962 · Peggy Bowden	Peggy Bowden
The All-Star Christmas Show1958 · Self	Self
The Helen Morgan Story1957 · Helen Morgan	Helen Morgan
Escape from Fort Bravo1953 · Alice Owens	Alice Owens
Arena1953 · Ruth Danvers	Ruth Danvers
Fast Company1953 · Carol Maldon	Carol Maldon
Cry of the Hunted1953 · Janet Tunner	Janet Tunner
Warpath1951 · Molly Quade	Molly Quade
The Stooge1951 · Mary Turner	Mary Turner
That's My Boy1951 · Betty 'Babs' Hunter	Betty 'Babs' Hunter
At War with the Army1950 · Helen	Helen
The Men1950 · Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)	Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)