Polly Bergen

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Polly Bergen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Desperate Housewives

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Sopranos

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

All Movies (50)

• Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast2019 · as Self - Actress
• Struck by Lightning2013 · as Grandma
• Candles on Bay Street2006 · as Rosemary
• A Very Serious Person2006 · as Mrs. A
• Doris Day: It's Magic1998 · as Self
• For Hope1996 · as Molly Altman
• In the Blink of an Eye1996 · as Murial
• Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored1996 · as Miss Maybry
• The Surrogate1995 · as Sandy Gilman
• Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde1995
• Leave of Absence1994 · as Janet
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal1993 · as Barbara Fox
• The Lightning Incident1991 · as Carol
• Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star1991 · as Self
• Cry-Baby1990 · as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
• My Brother's Wife1989 · as Myra Gilbert
• The Haunting of Sarah Hardy1989 · as Emily Thetford
• Mother, Mother1989 · as Barbara Cutler
• She Was Marked for Murder1988 · as Laura Lee Webster
• Addicted to His Love1988 · as Vivien Langford
• Making Mr. Right1987 · as Estelle Stone
• Velvet1984 · as Mrs. Vance
• Born Beautiful1982 · as Marion Carmody
• The Million Dollar Face1981 · as Jo Burns
• Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today1978 · as Phyllis Shoefly
• How to Pick Up Girls!1978 · as Dana Greenberg
• Telethon1977 · as Dorothy Goodwin
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self (archive footage)
• Murder on Flight 5021975 · as Mona Briarly
• Death Cruise1974 · as Sylvia Carter
• An Echo of Theresa1973 · as Suzy Hunter
• A Guide for the Married Man1967 · as Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
• Kisses for My President1964 · as Leslie McCloud
• Move Over, Darling1963 · as Bianca Steele
• The Caretakers1963 · as Lorna Melford
• Belle Sommers1962 · as Belle Sommers
• Cape Fear1962 · as Peggy Bowden
• The All-Star Christmas Show1958 · as Self
• The Helen Morgan Story1957 · as Helen Morgan
• Escape from Fort Bravo1953 · as Alice Owens
• Arena1953 · as Ruth Danvers
• Fast Company1953 · as Carol Maldon
• Cry of the Hunted1953 · as Janet Tunner
• Warpath1951 · as Molly Quade
• The Stooge1951 · as Mary Turner
• That's My Boy1951 · as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
• At War with the Army1950 · as Helen Palmer
• The Men1950 · as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
• Across The Rio Grande1949 · as Polly Burgin
• Champion1949 · as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)

All TV Shows (59)

• Commander in Chief2005 · as Kate Allen
• Desperate Housewives2004 · as Stella Wingfield
• Twice in a Lifetime1999 · as Judge Deborah
• The Sopranos1999 · as Fran Felstein
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Stella Applegate
• Burke's Law1994 · as Rachel Doucet
• Baby Talk1991 · as Doris Campbell
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Rhoda Henry
• Jake and the Fatman1987 · as Emma Julian
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Dr. Jocelyn Laird
• The Winds of War1983 · as Rhoda Henry
• Hotel1982 · as Elizabeth Hastings
• 79 Park Avenue1977 · as Vera Keppler
• The Love Boat1977 · as Maisie Nolan
• The Love Boat1977 · as Dana Pierce
• Ellery Queen1975 · as Dina Carroll-Winer
• Thriller1973 · as Suzy Hunter
• The Danny Thomas Hour1967 · as Self
• The Dean Martin Show1965
• The Hollywood Palace1964 · as Self
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Jennifer Randolph
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
• Startime1959 · as Self
• The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Self
• The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Self - Hostess
• Kraft Music Hall1958
• The Dick Clark Show1958 · as Self
• The Polly Bergen Show1957 · as Host
• Wagon Train1957 · as Kitty Allbright
• Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party1957 · as Self
• American Bandstand1957 · as Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee / Performer
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Crystal Coe
• The Jimmy Durante Show1954 · as Self
• Max Liebman Presents1954
• The Blue Angel1954 · as Co-Host
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1953 · as Self - Hostess
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1953 · as Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Susan Barry
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Rosemary
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Shirley
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Dellie
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Myrtle
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Sally Suey
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Clara Appleby
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as Polly Bergen
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Panelist
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter