Cast
Polly Bergen
Acting
Cast
Polly Bergen
Known for
Acting
Born
1930-07-14
From
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Died
2014-09-20
Also known as Nellie Paulina Burgin
Biography
Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 â 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 â 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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Cry-Baby
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Cape Fear
as Peggy Bowden
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My Brother's Wife
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The Men
as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
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Escape from Fort Bravo
as Alice Owens
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Struck by Lightning
as Grandma
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Move Over, Darling
as Bianca Steele
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
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Warpath
as Molly Quade
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Making Mr. Right
as Estelle Stone
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In the Blink of an Eye
as Murial
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Leave of Absence
as Janet
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That's My Boy
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
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Death Cruise
as Sylvia Carter
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
as Barbara Fox
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
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A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser
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The Caretakers
as Lorna Melford
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Murder on Flight 502
as Mona Briarly
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Cry of the Hunted
as Janet Tunner
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Champion
as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
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Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actress
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At War with the Army
as Helen
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The All-Star Christmas Show
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How to Pick Up Girls!
as Dana Greenberg
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The Stooge
as Mary Turner
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She Was Marked for Murder
as Laura Lee Webster
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Candles on Bay Street
as Rosemary
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Addicted to His Love
as Vivien Langford
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An Echo of Theresa
as Suzy Hunter
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For Hope
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Arena
as Ruth Danvers
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self
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Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
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Born Beautiful
as Marion Carmody
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Mother, Mother
as Barbara Cutler
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A Very Serious Person
as Mrs. A
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The Million Dollar Face
as Jo Burns
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The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
as Emily Thetford
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Across The Rio Grande
as Polly Burgin
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Kisses for My President
as Leslie McCloud
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The Surrogate
as Sandy Gilman
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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Miss Maybry
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The Lightning Incident
as Carol
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Fast Company
as Carol Maldon
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Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
as Phyllis Shoefly
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The Helen Morgan Story
as Helen Morgan
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Velvet
as Mrs. Vance
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Telethon
as Dorothy Goodwin
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Belle Sommers
as Belle Sommers