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Polly Bergen
Actor
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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Filmography
| 2012 | Struck by Lightning · as Grandma |
| 2006 | Candles on Bay Street · as Rosemary |
| 2006 | Paradise, Texas · as Beverly Cameron |
| 2005 | Commander In Chief (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | The Sopranos (TV Series) · as Fran Felstein |
| 1996 | In the Blink of an Eye · as Murial |
| 1996 | For Hope · as Molly Altman |
| 1995 | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde · as Mrs. Unterveldt |
| 1995 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored · as Miss Maybry |
| 1995 | The Surrogate · as Sandy Gilman |
| 1994 | Leave of Absence · as Janet |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Stella Applegate |
| 1993 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal · as Barbara Fox |
| 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 | Mother, Mother · as Barbara Cutler |
| 1988 | Addicted to His Love · as Vivien Langford |
| 1988 | She Was Marked for Murder · as Laura Lee Webster |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance (TV Series) · as Rhoda Henry |
| 1987 | Making Mr. Right · as Estelle Stone |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | My Two Dads (TV Series) · as Evelyn Taylor |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Dr. Jocelyn Laird |
| 1983 | The Winds of War (TV Series) · as Rhoda Henry |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | The Million Dollar Face · as Jo Burns |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Esther Brandell |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Maisie Nolan |
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502 · as Mona Briarly |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Death Cruise · as Sylvia Carter |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Suzy Hunter |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President · as U.S. President Leslie McCloud |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling · as Bianca Steele |
| 1963 | The Caretakers · as Lorna Melford |
| 1962 | Cape Fear · as Peggy Bowden |
| 1958 | The Dick Clark Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Kitty Allbright |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Crystal Coe |
| 1953 | Escape from Fort Bravo · as Alice Owens |
| 1953 | Arena · as Ruth Danvers |
| 1953 | Half a Hero · as Polly Bergen |
| 1953 | Fast Company · as Carol Maldon |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Susan Barry |
| 1951 | That's My Boy · as Betty 'Babs' Hunter |
| 1951 | The Stooge · as Mary Turner |
| 1951 | Warpath · as Molly Quade |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Rosemary |
| 1950 | The Men · as Nightclub Singer |
| 1950 | At War with the Army · as Helen Palmer |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1949 | Champion · as Radio and Jukebox Singer |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as actor |