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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-07-14

Deathday

2014-09-20 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Also Known As

Nellie Paulina Burgin

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.

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Acting

2019

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actress

2013

Struck by Lightning as Grandma

2006		Candles on Bay Street as Rosemary
2006		A Very Serious Person as Mrs. A

2005

Commander in Chief as Kate Allen

2004

Desperate Housewives as Stella Wingfield

1999		Twice in a Lifetime as Judge Deborah
1999		The Sopranos as Fran Felstein

1998

Doris Day: It's Magic as Self

1996		For Hope as Molly Altman
1996		In the Blink of an Eye as Murial
1996		Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored as Miss Maybry

1995		The Surrogate as Sandy Gilman
1995		Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

1994		Touched by an Angel as Stella Applegate
1994		Leave of Absence as Janet
1994		Burke's Law as Rachel Doucet

1993

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal as Barbara Fox

1991		The Lightning Incident as Carol
1991		Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self
1991		Baby Talk as Doris Campbell

1990

Cry-Baby as Mrs. Vernon-Williams

1989		My Brother's Wife as Myra Gilbert
1989		The Haunting of Sarah Hardy as Emily Thetford
1989		Mother, Mother as Barbara Cutler

1988		She Was Marked for Murder as Laura Lee Webster
1988		War and Remembrance as Rhoda Henry
1988		Addicted to His Love as Vivien Langford

1987		Jake and the Fatman as Emma Julian
1987		Making Mr. Right as Estelle Stone

1984		Murder, She Wrote as Dr. Jocelyn Laird
1984		Velvet as Mrs. Vance

1983

The Winds of War as Rhoda Henry

1982		Born Beautiful as Marion Carmody
1982		Hotel as Elizabeth Hastings

1981

The Million Dollar Face as Jo Burns

1978

How to Pick Up Girls! as Dana Greenberg

1977		Telethon as Dorothy Goodwin
1977		79 Park Avenue as Vera Keppler
1977		The Love Boat as Maisie Nolan
1977		The Love Boat as Dana Pierce

1975		Murder on Flight 502 as Mona Briarly
1975		Ellery Queen as Dina Carroll-Winer

1974

Death Cruise as Sylvia Carter

1973		Thriller as Suzy Hunter
1973		An Echo of Theresa as Suzy Hunter

1967		The Danny Thomas Hour as Self
1967		A Guide for the Married Man as Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)

1965

The Dean Martin Show

1964		Kisses for My President as Leslie McCloud
1964		The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer / Sketch Actor
1964		The Hollywood Palace as Self
1964		The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer

1963		Move Over, Darling as Bianca Steele
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Jennifer Randolph
1963		The Caretakers as Lorna Melford

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962		Belle Sommers as Belle Sommers
1962		Cape Fear as Peggy Bowden

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961		Dr. Kildare as Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon

1959		Startime
1959		The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
1959		The Bell Telephone Hour as Self - Hostess

1958		Kraft Music Hall
1958		The Dick Clark Show as Self

1957		The Polly Bergen Show as Host
1957		Wagon Train as Kitty Allbright
1957		Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party as Self
1957		American Bandstand as Self
1957		The Helen Morgan Story as Helen Morgan

1956		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Performer
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Crystal Coe

1954		The Jimmy Durante Show as Self
1954		Max Liebman Presents
1954		The Blue Angel as Co-Host

1953		Escape from Fort Bravo as Alice Owens
1953		The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Self - Hostess
1953		The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Host
1953		Arena as Ruth Danvers
1953		Fast Company as Carol Maldon
1953		Cry of the Hunted as Janet Tunner
1953		The Oscars as Self
1953		General Electric Theater as Susan Barry

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rosemary
1951		Warpath as Molly Quade
1951		The Stooge as Mary Turner
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Shirley
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Dellie
1951		The Red Skelton Show as Self / Myrtle
1951		The Red Skelton Show as Sally Suey
1951		The Red Skelton Show as Clara Appleby
1951		That's My Boy as Betty 'Babs' Hunter

1950		At War with the Army as Helen Palmer
1950		The Jack Benny Program as Self
1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		The Men as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
1950		The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1949		Across The Rio Grande as Polly Burgin
1949		Champion as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter