Polly Bergen
46 movies · 27 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 14, 1930
- Died
- Sep 20, 2014 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Also known as
- Nellie Paulina Burgin
Biography
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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Known for
Polly Bergen: movies and TV shows
Acting (73)
- 2013 Struck by Lightning
as Grandma
- 2006 Candles on Bay Street
as Rosemary
- 2006 A Very Serious Person
as Mrs. A
- 2005
- 2004
- 1999
- 1999
- 1996 For Hope
as Molly Altman
- 1996 In the Blink of an Eye
as Murial
- 1996 Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Miss Maybry
- 1995 The Surrogate
as Sandy Gilman
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994 Leave of Absence
as Janet
- 1994
- 1993 Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
as Barbara Fox
- 1991 The Lightning Incident
as Carol
- 1991
- 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
- 1988 Addicted to His Love
as Vivien Langford
- 1987
- 1987 Making Mr. Right
as Estelle Stone
- 1984
- 1984 Velvet
as Mrs. Vance
- 1983
- 1982 Born Beautiful
as Marion Carmody
- 1982
- 1981 The Million Dollar Face
as Jo Burns
- 1978 Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today
as Phyllis Shoefly
- 1978 How to Pick Up Girls!
as Dana Greenberg
- 1977 Telethon
as Dorothy Goodwin
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
- 1975 Murder on Flight 502
as Mona Briarly
- 1975
- 1974 Death Cruise
as Sylvia Carter
- 1973
- 1973 An Echo of Theresa
as Suzy Hunter
- 1967 A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser
- 1965
- 1964 Kisses for My President
as Leslie McCloud
- 1963 Move Over, Darling
as Bianca Steele
- 1963 The Caretakers
as Lorna Melford
- 1962 Belle Sommers
as Belle Sommers
- 1962 Cape Fear
as Peggy Bowden
- 1961
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957 The Helen Morgan Story
as Helen Morgan
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953 Escape from Fort Bravo
as Alice Owens
- 1953 Arena
as Ruth Danvers
- 1953 Fast Company
as Carol Maldon
- 1953 Cry of the Hunted
as Janet Tunner
- 1953
- 1951
- 1951 Warpath
as Molly Quade
- 1951 The Stooge
as Mary Turner
- 1951
- 1951 That's My Boy
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
- 1950 At War with the Army
as Helen
- 1950
- 1950 The Men
as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
- 1949 Across The Rio Grande
as Polly Burgin
- 1949 Champion
as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (27)
- 2019
- 1998
- 1991
- 1967 The Danny Thomas Hour
1 episode
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace
3 episodes
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
2 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
6 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
16 episodes
- 1959 Startime
2 episodes
- 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour
5 episodes
- 1958
- 1958 The Dick Clark Show
1 episode
- 1957 The Polly Bergen Show
18 episodes
- 1957 Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
1 episode
- 1957 American Bandstand
1 episode
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
3 episodes
- 1956 Tony Awards
2 episodes
- 1954 The Jimmy Durante Show
1 episode
- 1953 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
41 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode
- 1951 The Red Skelton Show
3 episodes
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
1 episode
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
4 episodes
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
7 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes