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Candice Bergen
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 9, 1946 (78 years)
Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018-2019). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982).
Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the cover of Vogue before she made her screen debut in the film The Group (1966). She starred in The Sand Pebbles (1966), Soldier Blue (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), and The Wind and the Lion (1975). She made her Broadway debut in the 1984 play Hurlyburly and starred in the revivals of The Best Man (2012) and Love Letters (2014). From 2002 to 2004, she appeared in three episodes of the HBO series Sex and the City. Her other film roles include Miss Congeniality (2000), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), The Women (2008), Bride Wars (2009), Book Club (2018) and Let Them All Talk (2020).
Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the cover of Vogue before she made her screen debut in the film The Group (1966). She starred in The Sand Pebbles (1966), Soldier Blue (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), and The Wind and the Lion (1975). She made her Broadway debut in the 1984 play Hurlyburly and starred in the revivals of The Best Man (2012) and Love Letters (2014). From 2002 to 2004, she appeared in three episodes of the HBO series Sex and the City. Her other film roles include Miss Congeniality (2000), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), The Women (2008), Bride Wars (2009), Book Club (2018) and Let Them All Talk (2020).
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| 2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter · as Sharon |
| 2022 | As They Made Us · as Barbara |
| 2021 | And Just Like That... (TV Series) · as Enid Frick |
| 2020 | Let Them All Talk · as Roberta |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2018 | The Conners (TV Series) · as Barb |
| 2018 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Murphy Brown |
| 2018 | Book Club · as Sharon |
| 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories · as Julia Meyerowitz |
| 2017 | Home Again · as Lillian Stewart |
| 2016 | Rules Don't Apply · as Nadine Henly |
| 2015 | Battle Creek (TV Series) · as Constance (russ' Mom) |
| 2015 | Beautiful & Twisted · as Bernice |
| 2014 | A Merry Friggin' Christmas · as Donna Mitchler |
| 2014 | I Am Steve McQueen · as Shirley Eckert |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman (TV Series) · as The Closer (voice) |
| 2013 | Inequality for All · as Murphy Brown (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | The Michael J. Fox Show (TV Series) · as Beth Henry |
| 2011 | Elusive Justice: The Search for Nazi War Criminals · as Narrator |
| 2011 | America in Primetime (TV Series) · as Murphy Brown |
| 2010 | The Women of SNL · as Fern (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | The Romantics · as Augusta Hayes |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Bride Wars · as Marion St. Claire |
| 2008 | The Women · as Catherine Frazier |
| 2008 | Sex and the City · as Enid Frick |
| 2006 | Discovery Atlas (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) · as Amanda Anderlee |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Arlene Cuddy |
| 2004 | 50 Most Wicked Women of Primetime · as Murphy Brown |
| 2004 | Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Shirley Schmidt |
| 2003 | Footsteps · as Daisy Lowendahl |
| 2003 | The In-Laws · as Judy Tobias |
| 2003 | View from the Top · as Sally Weston |
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama · as Mayor Kate Hennings |
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality · as Kathy Morningside |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Murphy Brown (voice) |
| 1998 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman · as Anne Boleyn |
| 1998 | Sex and the City (TV Series) · as Enid Mead |
| 1996 | Mary & Tim · as Mary Horton |
| 1996 | Ink (TV Series) · as Murphy Brown |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Judge Amanda Anderlee |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special · as Murphy Brown |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Murphy Brown |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Murphy Brown |
| 1987 | Mayflower Madam · as Sydney Biddle Barrows |
| 1987 | Trying Times (TV Series) · as Barbara |
| 1985 | Murder: By Reason of Insanity · as Ewa Berwid |
| 1985 | Stick · as Kyle |
| 1985 | Hollywood Wives (TV Series) · as Elaine Conti |
| 1984 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact · as Sal 9000 (voice) |
| 1983 | Arthur the King · as Morgan Le Fay |
| 1982 | Gandhi · as Margaret Bourke-White |
| 1981 | Rich and Famous · as Merry Noel Blake |
| 1979 | Starting Over · as Jessica Potter |
| 1978 | Oliver's Story · as Marcie Bonwit |
| 1978 | A Night Full of Rain · as Lizzy |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle · as Ellie |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Susan |
| 1975 | The Wind and the Lion · as Eden Pedecaris |
| 1975 | Bite the Bullet · as Miss Jones |
| 1974 | 11 Harrowhouse · as Maren Shirell |
| 1971 | T.R. Baskin · as T. R. Baskin |
| 1971 | The Hunting Party · as Melissa Ruger |
| 1971 | Carnal Knowledge · as Susan |
| 1970 | Soldier Blue · as Kathy Maribel Lee, 'cresta' |
| 1970 | Getting Straight · as Jan |
| 1970 | The Adventurers · as Sue Ann Daley |
| 1968 | The Magus · as Lily |
| 1967 | The Day the Fish Came Out · as Electra Brown |
| 1967 | Live for Life · as Candice |
| 1967 | Coronet Blue (TV Series) · as Enid Toler |
| 1966 | The Sand Pebbles · as Shirley Eckert |
| 1966 | The Group · as Lakey |