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Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen

Birthday: 1930-07-14 | Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2012
Struck

as    Grandma

2006
Candles on Bay Street

as    Rosemary

1995
The Surrogate

as    Sandy Gilman

1991
The Lightning Incident

as    Carol

1991
Baby Talk

as    Doris Campbell

1990
Cry-Baby

as    Mrs. Vernon-Williams

1989
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

as    Emily Thetford

1987
Making Mr. Right

as    Estelle Stone

1983
The Winds of War

as    Rhoda Henry

1975
Murder on Flight 502

as    Mona Briarly

1974
Death Cruise

as    Sylvia Carter

1964
Kisses for My President

as    Leslie McCloud

1963
Move Over, Darling

as    Bianca Steele

1962
Cape Fear

as    Peggy Bowden

1953
Escape from Fort Bravo

as    Alice Owens

1953
Cry of the Hunted

as    Janet Tunner

1952
The Stooge

as    Mary Turner

1951
That's My Boy

as    Betty 'Babs' Hunter

1951
Warpath

as    Molly Quade

1949
Across The Rio Grande

as    Polly Burgin