1930-07-14 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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
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Struck by Lightning | Grandma | 2012-04-20 |
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A Very Serious Person | Mrs. A | 2006-01-01 |
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Candles on Bay Street | Rosemary | 2006-11-26 |
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Doris Day: It's Magic | Self | 1998-10-18 |
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For Hope | Molly Altman | 1996-11-17 |
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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | Miss Maybry | 1996-01-26 |
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In the Blink of an Eye | Murial | 1996-03-24 |
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The Surrogate | Sandy Gilman | 1995-10-22 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | 1995-08-25 | |
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Leave of Absence | Janet | 1994-05-11 |
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal | Barbara Fox | 1993-02-19 |
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self | 1991-03-10 |
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The Lightning Incident | Carol | 1991-09-12 |
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Cry-Baby | Mrs. Vernon-Williams | 1990-04-06 |
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My Brother's Wife | Myra Gilbert | 1989-12-17 |
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Mother, Mother | Barbara Cutler | 1989-01-06 |
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The Haunting of Sarah Hardy | Emily Thetford | 1989-05-31 |
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Addicted to His Love | Vivien Langford | 1988-03-27 |
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She Was Marked for Murder | Laura Lee Webster | 1988-12-18 |
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Making Mr. Right | Estelle Stone | 1987-04-03 |
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Velvet | Mrs. Vance | 1984-08-27 |
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Born Beautiful | Marion Carmody | 1982-11-01 |
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The Million Dollar Face | Jo Burns | 1981-03-12 |
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How to Pick Up Girls! | Dana Greenberg | 1978-11-03 |
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Telethon | Dorothy Goodwin | 1977-11-06 |
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Murder on Flight 502 | Mona Briarly | 1975-11-21 |
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Death Cruise | Sylvia Carter | 1974-10-30 |
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An Echo of Theresa | Suzy Hunter | 1973-01-15 |
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A Guide for the Married Man | Technical Adviser (Clara Brown) | 1967-05-25 |
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Kisses for My President | Leslie McCloud | 1964-08-21 |
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The Caretakers | Lorna Melford | 1963-08-21 |
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Move Over, Darling | Bianca Steele | 1963-12-19 |
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Belle Sommers | Belle Sommers | 1962-05-30 |
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Cape Fear | Peggy Bowden | 1962-04-12 |
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The Helen Morgan Story | Helen Morgan | 1957-05-16 |
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Arena | Ruth Danvers | 1953-06-24 |
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Fast Company | Carol Maldon | 1953-05-21 |
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Escape from Fort Bravo | Alice Owens | 1953-12-04 |
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Cry of the Hunted | Janet Tunner | 1953-05-08 |
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The Stooge | Mary Turner | 1951-11-15 |
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Warpath | Molly Quade | 1951-11-22 |
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That's My Boy | Betty 'Babs' Hunter | 1951-05-31 |
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At War with the Army | Helen Palmer | 1950-12-31 |
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Across The Rio Grande | Polly Burgin | 1949-05-14 |
