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