Polly Bergen
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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
Credits
Cry-Baby (1990)
as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Cape Fear (1962)
as Peggy Bowden
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
as Alice Owens
Struck by Lightning (2013)
as Grandma
Move Over, Darling (1963)
as Bianca Steele
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
Actor
The Men (1950)
as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
as Mona Briarly
That's My Boy (1951)
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
In the Blink of an Eye (1996)
as Murial
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993)
as Barbara Fox
Champion (1949)
as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Making Mr. Right (1987)
as Estelle Stone
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
as Technical Adviser
Candles on Bay Street (2006)
as Rosemary
Warpath (1951)
as Molly Quade
My Brother's Wife (1989)
as Myra Gilbert
The Stooge (1951)
as Mary Turner
At War with the Army (1950)
as Helen
Cry of the Hunted (1953)
as Janet Tunner
Death Cruise (1974)
as Sylvia Carter
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019)
as Self - Actress
How to Pick Up Girls! (1978)
as Dana Greenberg
Arena (1953)
as Ruth Danvers
Leave of Absence (1994)
as Janet
The Lightning Incident (1991)
as Carol
Addicted to His Love (1988)
as Vivien Langford
The Million Dollar Face (1981)
as Jo Burns
She Was Marked for Murder (1988)
as Laura Lee Webster
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1996)
as Miss Maybry
Kisses for My President (1964)
as Leslie McCloud
Across The Rio Grande (1949)
as Polly Burgin
The Surrogate (1995)
as Sandy Gilman
Doris Day: It's Magic (1998)
as Self
The Caretakers (1963)
as Lorna Melford
An Echo of Theresa (1973)
as Suzy Hunter
A Very Serious Person (2006)
as Mrs. A
Mother, Mother (1989)
as Barbara Cutler
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)
as Emily Thetford
Born Beautiful (1982)
as Marion Carmody
Velvet (1984)
as Mrs. Vance
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today (1978)
as Phyllis Shoefly
For Hope (1996)
as Molly Altman
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991)
as Self
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Helen Morgan
Belle Sommers (1962)
as Belle Sommers
Telethon (1977)
as Dorothy Goodwin
Fast Company (1953)
as Carol Maldon