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Polly Bergen

Actor, Additional Credits
Died September 20, 2014 (84 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Struck by Lightning
  • At War with the Army
  • Candles on Bay Street
  • Thriller (1973)
  • Twice in a Lifetime
  • My Brother's Wife
Known For
  • Cape Fear
  • Cry-Baby
  • Desperate Housewives
  • Move Over, Darling
  • The Winds of War
  • The Stooge
  • The Caretakers
  • Escape from Fort Bravo
  • Making Mr. Right
  • Kisses for My President
  • Murder on Flight 502
  • War and Remembrance
  • Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
  • Candles on Bay Street
  • Leave of Absence
  • That's My Boy
  • For Hope
  • Warpath
  • Arena
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
  • Fast Company
  • 79 Park Avenue
  • Lightning Field

Filmography

2012
2007
2006
2006
Paradise, Texas · as Beverly Cameron
2006
2005
Commander In Chief (TV Series) · as Kate Allen
2005
Early Bird · as Cast
2004
Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Stella Wingfield
1999
Twice in a Lifetime (TV Series) · as Judge Deborah
1999
The Sopranos (TV Series) · as Fran Felstein
1996
For Hope · as Molly Altman
1996
1995
1995
The Surrogate · as Sandy Gilman
1995
1994
Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Stella Applegate
1994
Leave of Absence · as Janet
1994
Burke's Law (1994) (TV Series) · as Rachel Doucet
1993
1992
Lady Against the Odds · as Cleo Storrs
1991
Lightning Field · as Carol
1991
Baby Talk (TV Series) · as Doris Campbell
1990
Cry-Baby · as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
1989
My Brother's Wife · as Myra Gilbert
1989
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy · as Emily Thetford
1989
Mother, Mother · as Barbara Cutler
1988
She Was Marked for Murder · as Laura Lee Webster
1988
War and Remembrance (TV Series) · as Rhoda Henry
1988
Addicted to His Love · as Vivien Langford
1987
1987
My Two Dads (TV Series) · as Evelyn Taylor
1987
Making Mr. Right · as Estelle Stone
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Dr. Jocelyn Laird
1984
Velvet · as Mrs. Vance
1983
Hotel (TV Series)
1983
The Winds of War (TV Series) · as Rhoda Henry
1982
Born Beautiful · as Marion Carmody
1981
1978
How to Pick Up Girls! · as Dana Greenberg
1977
Telethon · as Dorothy Goodwin
1977
79 Park Avenue (TV Series) · as Vera Keppler
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Maisie Nolan
1977
Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Esther Brandell
1975
Murder on Flight 502 · as Mona Briarly
1975
Ellery Queen (TV Series)
1974
Death Cruise · as Sylvia Carter
1973
Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Suzy Hunter
1973
The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Suzy Hunter
1967
Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
1967
A Guide for the Married Man · as Technical Adviser (clara Brown)
1965
1964
Kisses for My President · as Leslie Mccloud
1963
Move Over, Darling · as Bianca Steele
1963
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Jennifer Randolph
1963
The Caretakers · as Lorna Melford
1962
Cape Fear · as Peggy Bowden
1961
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
1961
The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Paula Miles
1959
Ford Startime (TV Series)
1957
Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Kitty Allbright
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Helen Morgan
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Crystal Coe
1954
The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Betty West
1953
Escape from Fort Bravo · as Alice Owens
1953
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Lillith Smalwood
1953
Arena · as Ruth Danvers
1953
Fast Company · as Carol Maldon
1953
Cry of the Hunted · as Janet Tunner
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Susan Barry
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Rosemary
1951
Warpath · as Molly Quade
1951
The Stooge · as Mary Turner
1951
1951
The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Clara Appleby
1951
That's My Boy · as Betty 'babs' Hunter
1950
1950
The Men · as Nightclub Singer (uncredited)
1949
Across the Rio Grande · as Polly Burgin
1949
Champion · as Radio And Jukebox Singer
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Cast

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