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