Polly Bergen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1930
- Died
- September 20, 2014
- Birthplace
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Polly Bergen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast 2019
as Self - Actress
Struck by Lightning 2013
as Grandma
Candles on Bay Street 2006
as Rosemary
A Very Serious Person 2006
as Mrs. A
Doris Day: It's Magic 1998
as Self
For Hope 1996
as Molly Altman
In the Blink of an Eye 1996
as Murial
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored 1996
as Miss Maybry
The Surrogate 1995
as Sandy Gilman
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde 1995
Actor
Leave of Absence 1994
as Janet
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal 1993
as Barbara Fox
The Lightning Incident 1991
as Carol
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star 1991
as Self
Cry-Baby 1990
as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
My Brother's Wife 1989
as Myra Gilbert
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy 1989
as Emily Thetford
Mother, Mother 1989
as Barbara Cutler
She Was Marked for Murder 1988
as Laura Lee Webster
Addicted to His Love 1988
as Vivien Langford
Making Mr. Right 1987
as Estelle Stone
Velvet 1984
as Mrs. Vance
Born Beautiful 1982
as Marion Carmody
The Million Dollar Face 1981
as Jo Burns
Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today 1978
as Phyllis Shoefly
How to Pick Up Girls! 1978
as Dana Greenberg
Telethon 1977
as Dorothy Goodwin
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy 1976
as (archive footage)
Murder on Flight 502 1975
as Mona Briarly
Death Cruise 1974
as Sylvia Carter
An Echo of Theresa 1973
as Suzy Hunter
A Guide for the Married Man 1967
as Technical Adviser
Kisses for My President 1964
as Leslie McCloud
Move Over, Darling 1963
as Bianca Steele
The Caretakers 1963
as Lorna Melford
Belle Sommers 1962
as Belle Sommers
Cape Fear 1962
as Peggy Bowden
The All-Star Christmas Show 1958
as Self
The Helen Morgan Story 1957
as Helen Morgan
Escape from Fort Bravo 1953
as Alice Owens
Arena 1953
as Ruth Danvers
Fast Company 1953
as Carol Maldon
Cry of the Hunted 1953
as Janet Tunner
Warpath 1951
as Molly Quade
The Stooge 1951
as Mary Turner
That's My Boy 1951
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
At War with the Army 1950
as Helen
The Men 1950
as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
Across The Rio Grande 1949
as Polly Burgin
Champion 1949
as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.