Polly Bergen
Acting • Born 1930-07-14 – Died 2014-09-20
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
Filmography
106 credits
A Guide for the Married Man
Movie • 1967
Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
Move Over, Darling
Movie • 1963
Bianca Steele
Cape Fear
Movie • 1962
Peggy Bowden
At War with the Army
Movie • 1950
Helen Palmer
Cry-Baby
Movie • 1990
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Cry of the Hunted
Movie • 1953
Janet Tunner
A Very Serious Person
Movie • 2006
Mrs. A
Candles on Bay Street
Movie • 2006
Rosemary
That's My Boy
Movie • 1951
Betty 'Babs' Hunter
Escape from Fort Bravo
Movie • 1953
Alice Owens
Death Cruise
Movie • 1974
Sylvia Carter
The Caretakers
Movie • 1963
Lorna Melford
The Stooge
Movie • 1951
Mary Turner
Struck by Lightning
Movie • 2013
Grandma
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Movie • 1993
Barbara Fox
Murder on Flight 502
Movie • 1975
Mona Briarly
In the Blink of an Eye
Movie • 1996
Murial
Arena
Movie • 1953
Ruth Danvers
Doris Day: It's Magic
Movie • 1998
Self
Warpath
Movie • 1951
Molly Quade
Kisses for My President
Movie • 1964
Leslie McCloud
Across The Rio Grande
Movie • 1949
Polly Burgin
The Lightning Incident
Movie • 1991
Carol
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Movie • 1989
Emily Thetford
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie • 1957
Helen Morgan
Addicted to His Love
Movie • 1988
Vivien Langford
The Surrogate
Movie • 1995
Sandy Gilman
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Movie • 1996
Miss Maybry
For Hope
Movie • 1996
Molly Altman
Fast Company
Movie • 1953
Carol Maldon
Telethon
Movie • 1977
Dorothy Goodwin
The Million Dollar Face
Movie • 1981
Jo Burns
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Movie • 1995
The Men
Movie • 1950
Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
Making Mr. Right
Movie • 1987
Estelle Stone
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie • 1991
Self
Leave of Absence
Movie • 1994
Janet
She Was Marked for Murder
Movie • 1988
Laura Lee Webster
An Echo of Theresa
Movie • 1973
Suzy Hunter
My Brother's Wife
Movie • 1989
Myra Gilbert
Belle Sommers
Movie • 1962
Belle Sommers
Born Beautiful
Movie • 1982
Marion Carmody
Velvet
Movie • 1984
Mrs. Vance
Mother, Mother
Movie • 1989
Barbara Cutler
How to Pick Up Girls!
Movie • 1978
Dana Greenberg
Champion
Movie • 1949
Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Movie • 2019
Self - Actress
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
Movie • 1978
Phyllis Shoefly
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie • 1958
Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Dr. Jocelyn Laird
Thriller
TV • 1973
Suzy Hunter
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
Fran Felstein
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Maisie Nolan
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Stella Wingfield
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Stella Applegate
Hotel
TV • 1982
Elizabeth Hastings
American Bandstand
TV • 1957
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Susan Barry
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Emma Julian
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Rosemary
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Crystal Coe
Twice in a Lifetime
TV • 1999
Judge Deborah
Baby Talk
TV • 1991
Doris Campbell
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
Self - Hostess
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
The Dean Martin Show
TV • 1965
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Dina Carroll-Winer
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Jimmy Durante Show
TV • 1954
Self
Max Liebman Presents
TV • 1954
The Blue Angel
TV • 1954
Co-Host
Startime
TV • 1959
The Polly Bergen Show
TV • 1957
Host
The Dick Clark Show
TV • 1958
Self
War and Remembrance
TV • 1988
Rhoda Henry
The Winds of War
TV • 1983
Rhoda Henry
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
TV • 1957
Self
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Rachel Doucet
Commander in Chief
TV • 2005
Kate Allen
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Jennifer Randolph
79 Park Avenue
TV • 1977
Vera Keppler
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Dana Pierce
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV • 1967
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self - Hostess
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Kitty Allbright
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Shirley
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Dellie
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Self / Myrtle
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Sally Suey
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Clara Appleby
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Self
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
Host