Polly Bergen

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: Acting

Born: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 1930-07-14

Died: 2014-09-20

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Champion	Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)	66
2	1949	Across The Rio Grande	Polly Burgin	37
3	1950	The Men	Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)	70
4	1950	At War with the Army	Helen Palmer	53
5	1951	That's My Boy	Betty 'Babs' Hunter	58
6	1951	The Stooge	Mary Turner	66
7	1951	Warpath	Molly Quade	58
8	1953	Cry of the Hunted	Janet Tunner	58
9	1953	Fast Company	Carol Maldon	70
10	1953	Arena	Ruth Danvers	47
11	1953	Escape from Fort Bravo	Alice Owens	62
12	1957	The Helen Morgan Story	Helen Morgan	0
13	1962	Cape Fear	Peggy Bowden	74
14	1962	Belle Sommers	Belle Sommers	0
15	1963	The Caretakers	Lorna Melford	62
16	1963	Move Over, Darling	Bianca Steele	66
17	1964	Kisses for My President	Leslie McCloud	70
18	1967	A Guide for the Married Man	Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)	59
19	1973	An Echo of Theresa	Suzy Hunter	0
20	1974	Death Cruise	Sylvia Carter	58
21	1975	Murder on Flight 502	Mona Briarly	57
22	1977	Telethon	Dorothy Goodwin	50
23	1978	How to Pick Up Girls!	Dana Greenberg	20
24	1981	The Million Dollar Face	Jo Burns	0
25	1982	Born Beautiful	Marion Carmody	0
26	1984	Velvet	Mrs. Vance	10
27	1987	Making Mr. Right	Estelle Stone	50
28	1988	Addicted to His Love	Vivien Langford	60
29	1988	She Was Marked for Murder	Laura Lee Webster	40
30	1989	Mother, Mother	Barbara Cutler	20
31	1989	The Haunting of Sarah Hardy	Emily Thetford	47
32	1989	My Brother's Wife	Myra Gilbert	0
33	1990	Cry-Baby	Mrs. Vernon-Williams	65
34	1991	Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star	Self	70
35	1991	The Lightning Incident	Carol	40
36	1993	Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal	Barbara Fox	73
37	1994	Leave of Absence	Janet	35
38	1995	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde		47
39	1995	The Surrogate	Sandy Gilman	63
40	1996	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Miss Maybry	42
41	1996	In the Blink of an Eye	Murial	54
42	1996	For Hope	Molly Altman	60
43	1998	Doris Day: It's Magic	Self	0
44	2006	A Very Serious Person	Mrs. A	58
45	2006	Candles on Bay Street	Rosemary	61
46	2013	Struck by Lightning	Grandma	62
47	2019	Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast	Self - Actress	43

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
4	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Panelist	69
5	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
6	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
7	1950	The Jack Benny Program	Self	78
8	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Self / Myrtle	74
9	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Sally Suey	74
10	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Clara Appleby	74
11	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Shirley	73
12	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Dellie	73
13	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Rosemary	86
14	1953	General Electric Theater	Susan Barry	63
15	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
16	1953	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse	Self - Hostess	0
17	1953	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse	Host	0
18	1954	The Blue Angel	Co-Host	0
19	1954	Max Liebman Presents		0
20	1954	The Jimmy Durante Show	Self	0
21	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Crystal Coe	77
22	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee/Performer	51
23	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
24	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
25	1957	American Bandstand	Self	84
26	1957	Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party	Self	0
27	1957	Wagon Train	Kitty Allbright	63
28	1957	The Polly Bergen Show	Host	0
29	1958	The Dick Clark Show	Self	55
30	1958	Kraft Music Hall		47
31	1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self	73
32	1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self - Hostess	73
33	1959	Startime		60
34	1961	Dr. Kildare	Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon	55
35	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
36	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
37	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
38	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
39	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Jennifer Randolph	57
40	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Singer / Sketch Actor	45
41	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self	45
42	1964	The Hollywood Palace	Self - Singer	45
43	1965	The Dean Martin Show		73
44	1967	The Danny Thomas Hour	Self	50
45	1973	Thriller	Suzy Hunter	66
46	1975	Ellery Queen	Dina Carroll-Winer	74
47	1977	The Love Boat	Maisie Nolan	63
48	1977	The Love Boat	Dana Pierce	63
49	1977	79 Park Avenue	Vera Keppler	48
50	1982	Hotel	Elizabeth Hastings	68
51	1983	The Winds of War	Rhoda Henry	73
52	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Dr. Jocelyn Laird	75
53	1987	Jake and the Fatman	Emma Julian	60
54	1988	War and Remembrance	Rhoda Henry	79
55	1991	Baby Talk	Doris Campbell	68
56	1994	Burke's Law	Rachel Doucet	67
57	1994	Touched by an Angel	Stella Applegate	72
58	1999	The Sopranos	Fran Felstein	87
59	1999	Twice in a Lifetime	Judge Deborah	55
60	2004	Desperate Housewives	Stella Wingfield	79
61	2005	Commander in Chief	Kate Allen	77

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