Polly Bergen
Actor
Born July 14, 1930 in 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
Filmography
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actress
Struck by Lightning
Grandma
Candles on Bay Street
Rosemary
A Very Serious Person
Mrs. A
Commander in Chief
Kate Allen
Desperate Housewives
Stella Wingfield
Twice in a Lifetime
Judge Deborah
The Sopranos
Fran Felstein
Doris Day: It's Magic
Self
For Hope
Molly Altman
In the Blink of an Eye
Murial
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Miss Maybry
The Surrogate
Sandy Gilman
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Touched by an Angel
Stella Applegate
Leave of Absence
Janet
Burke's Law
Rachel Doucet
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Barbara Fox
The Lightning Incident
Carol
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
Baby Talk
Doris Campbell
Cry-Baby
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
My Brother's Wife
Myra Gilbert
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Emily Thetford
Mother, Mother
Barbara Cutler
She Was Marked for Murder
Laura Lee Webster
War and Remembrance
Rhoda Henry
Addicted to His Love
Vivien Langford
Jake and the Fatman
Emma Julian
Making Mr. Right
Estelle Stone
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Jocelyn Laird
Velvet
Mrs. Vance
The Winds of War
Rhoda Henry
Born Beautiful
Marion Carmody
Hotel
Elizabeth Hastings
The Million Dollar Face
Jo Burns
How to Pick Up Girls!
Dana Greenberg
Telethon
Dorothy Goodwin
79 Park Avenue
Vera Keppler
The Love Boat
Maisie Nolan
Murder on Flight 502
Mona Briarly
Ellery Queen
Dina Carroll-Winer
Death Cruise
Sylvia Carter
Thriller
Suzy Hunter
An Echo of Theresa
Suzy Hunter
The Danny Thomas Hour
Self
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser
The Dean Martin Show
Kisses for My President
Leslie McCloud
The Hollywood Palace
Self
Move Over, Darling
Bianca Steele
The Caretakers
Lorna Melford
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Belle Sommers
Belle Sommers
Cape Fear
Peggy Bowden
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Dr. Kildare
Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
Startime
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Kraft Music Hall
The Dick Clark Show
Self
Wagon Train
Kitty Allbright
American Bandstand
Self
The Helen Morgan Story
Helen Morgan
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Crystal Coe
Escape from Fort Bravo
Alice Owens
Arena
Ruth Danvers
Fast Company
Carol Maldon
Cry of the Hunted
Janet Tunner
The Oscars
Self
General Electric Theater
Susan Barry
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rosemary
Warpath
Molly Quade
The Stooge
Mary Turner
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Shirley
The Red Skelton Show
Myrtle
That's My Boy
Betty 'Babs' Hunter
At War with the Army
Helen
The Jack Benny Program
Polly Bergen
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Men
Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
The Bob Hope Show
Self
What's My Line?
Self
Across The Rio Grande
Polly Burgin
Champion
Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter