Polly Bergen
Known for: Acting
Born: July 14, 1930
Died: September 20, 2014
Place of birth: 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
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Filmography
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5.3
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
6.2
Struck by Lightning
2013
6.1
Candles on Bay Street
2006
5.8
A Very Serious Person
2006
7.5
Commander in Chief
2005
7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
6.2
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
8.7
The Sopranos
1999
NR
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
6.3
For Hope
1996
5.9
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
4.2
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
6.3
The Surrogate
1995
4.7
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
4.5
Leave of Absence
1994
6.8
Burke's Law
1994
7.2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
5.5
The Lightning Incident
1991
7.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
7.0
Baby Talk
1991
6.5
Cry-Baby
1990
10.0
My Brother's Wife
1989
4.8
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989
6.0
Mother, Mother
1989
5.5
She Was Marked for Murder
1988
7.9
War and Remembrance
1988
7.0
Addicted to His Love
1988
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987
5.2
Making Mr. Right
1987
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.7
Velvet
1984
7.3
The Winds of War
1983
7.0
Born Beautiful
1982
6.8
Hotel
1982
8.0
The Million Dollar Face
1981NR
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
1978
4.0
How to Pick Up Girls!
1978
6.0
Telethon
1977
5.2
79 Park Avenue
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
1977NR
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
5.9
Murder on Flight 502
1975
7.5
Ellery Queen
1975
5.8
Death Cruise
1974
7.0
Thriller
1973
6.5
An Echo of Theresa
1973
6.7
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
5.9
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
7.4
The Dean Martin Show
1965
7.6
Kisses for My President
1964
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
6.7
Move Over, Darling
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
6.4
The Caretakers
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
9.0
Belle Sommers
1962
7.5
Cape Fear
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
6.8
Startime
1959
8.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
6.7
The Dick Clark Show
19588.0
The Polly Bergen Show
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957NR
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
1957
8.2
American Bandstand
1957
NR
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
NR
Tony Awards
1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
195510.0
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954NR
Max Liebman Presents
19547.0
The Blue Angel
1954
6.3
Escape from Fort Bravo
19538.5
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
5.0
Arena
1953
7.5
Fast Company
1953
6.1
Cry of the Hunted
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.0
Warpath
1951
6.7
The Stooge
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
5.9
That's My Boy
1951
5.3
At War with the Army
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
7.0
The Men
1950
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
4.5
Across The Rio Grande
1949
6.7
Champion
1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944