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Candice Bergen

Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born 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).
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Inequality for All
  • Soldier Blue
  • Bite the Bullet
  • The Hunting Party
  • The Domino Principle
  • Mary & Tim
  • Mayflower Madam
Known For
  • Gandhi
  • Miss Congeniality
  • Murphy Brown
  • Sweet Home Alabama
  • Boston Legal
  • Sex and the City
  • Bride Wars
  • Book Club
  • Home Again
  • Carnal Knowledge
  • View from the Top
  • Soldier Blue
  • The Wind and the Lion
  • The Sand Pebbles
  • The In-Laws
  • The Women
  • Bite the Bullet
  • Let Them All Talk
  • Book Club: The Next Chapter
  • The Group
  • The Hunting Party
  • The Domino Principle
  • Starting Over
  • The Romantics

Filmography

2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
1977
1976
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
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

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