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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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The roles that explain the career.
34 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self - Actress | Film |
| 2013 | Struck by Lightning | Grandma | Film |
| 2006 | Candles on Bay Street | Rosemary | Film |
| 2006 | A Very Serious Person | Mrs. A | Film |
| 1998 | Doris Day: It's Magic | Self | Film |
| 1996 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | Miss Maybry | Film |
| 1996 | In the Blink of an Eye | Murial | Film |
| 1995 | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | Film | |
| 1993 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal | Barbara Fox | Film |
| 1990 | Cry-Baby | Mrs. Vernon-Williams | Film |
| 1989 | The Haunting of Sarah Hardy | Emily Thetford | Film |
| 1989 | Mother, Mother | Barbara Cutler | Film |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Rhoda Henry | TV |
| 1988 | Addicted to His Love | Vivien Langford | Film |
| 1987 | Making Mr. Right | Estelle Stone | Film |
| 1981 | The Million Dollar Face | Jo Burns | Film |
| 1977 | Telethon | Dorothy Goodwin | Film |
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502 | Mona Briarly | Film |
| 1974 | Death Cruise | Sylvia Carter | Film |
| 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man | Technical Adviser (Clara Brown) | Film |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | Leslie McCloud | Film |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling | Bianca Steele | Film |
| 1963 | The Caretakers | Lorna Melford | Film |
| 1962 | Cape Fear | Peggy Bowden | Film |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Self - Hostess | TV |
| 1953 | Arena | Ruth Danvers | Film |
| 1953 | Escape from Fort Bravo | Alice Owens | Film |
| 1953 | Cry of the Hunted | Janet Tunner | Film |
| 1951 | The Stooge | Mary Turner | Film |
| 1951 | That's My Boy | Betty 'Babs' Hunter | Film |
| 1951 | Warpath | Molly Quade | Film |
| 1950 | The Men | Nightclub Singer (Uncredited) | Film |
| 1950 | At War with the Army | Helen | Film |
| 1949 | Across The Rio Grande | Polly Burgin | Film |
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