Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1930-07-14
Day of Death
2014-09-20
Place of Birth
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Polly Bergen
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 (50)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Struck by Lightning
2013
Candles on Bay Street
2006
A Very Serious Person
2006
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
For Hope
1996
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
The Surrogate
1995
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995
Leave of Absence
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
The Lightning Incident
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
