Polly Bergen

Actor Jul 14 (died age 84) Knoxville, Tennessee, USA 1944–2019 (75 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Cry-Baby

Mrs. Vernon-Williams

Film

Cape Fear

Peggy Bowden

Film

Struck by Lightning

Grandma

Film

The Men

Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)

Film

Move Over, Darling

Bianca Steele

Film

Champion

Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Film

War and Remembrance

Rhoda Henry

Film

The Winds of War

Rhoda Henry

Filmography

Acting (100)

Movies (49)

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - Actress

Struck by Lightning

as Grandma

A Very Serious Person

2006

as Mrs. A

5.5

Candles on Bay Street

2006

as Rosemary

6.1

Doris Day: It's Magic

1998

as Self

In the Blink of an Eye

as Murial

For Hope

as Molly Altman

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

as Miss Maybry

The Surrogate

as Sandy Gilman

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Leave of Absence

as Janet

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

1993

as Barbara Fox

7.3

The Lightning Incident

1991

as Carol

4.0

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991

as Self

7.5

Cry-Baby

1990

as Mrs. Vernon-Williams

6.5

My Brother's Wife

1989

as Myra Gilbert

Mother, Mother

1989

as Barbara Cutler

2.0

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

as Emily Thetford

Addicted to His Love

as Vivien Langford

She Was Marked for Murder

as Laura Lee Webster

Making Mr. Right

as Estelle Stone

Velvet

as Mrs. Vance

Born Beautiful

as Marion Carmody

The Million Dollar Face

1981

as Jo Burns

Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today

1978

as Phyllis Shoefly

How to Pick Up Girls!

as Dana Greenberg

Telethon

as Dorothy Goodwin

Murder on Flight 502

as Mona Briarly

Death Cruise

as Sylvia Carter

An Echo of Theresa

as Suzy Hunter

A Guide for the Married Man

1967

as Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)

5.8

Kisses for My President

as Leslie McCloud

Move Over, Darling

as Bianca Steele

The Caretakers

as Lorna Melford

Cape Fear

as Peggy Bowden

Belle Sommers

as Belle Sommers

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958

as Self

6.0

The Helen Morgan Story

1957

as Helen Morgan

Fast Company

1953

as Carol Maldon

7.0

Escape from Fort Bravo

as Alice Owens

Cry of the Hunted

as Janet Tunner

Arena

as Ruth Danvers

That's My Boy

as Betty 'Babs' Hunter

Warpath

as Molly Quade

The Stooge

as Mary Turner

The Men

as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)

At War with the Army

as Helen Palmer

Champion

as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

Across The Rio Grande

1949

as Polly Burgin

3.7

Television (51)

Commander in Chief

as Kate Allen

Desperate Housewives

as Stella Wingfield

The Sopranos

as Fran Felstein

Twice in a Lifetime

as Judge Deborah

Touched by an Angel

as Stella Applegate

Burke's Law

as Rachel Doucet

Baby Talk

as Doris Campbell

War and Remembrance

as Rhoda Henry

Jake and the Fatman

as Emma Julian

Murder, She Wrote

as Dr. Jocelyn Laird

The Winds of War

as Rhoda Henry

Hotel

as Elizabeth Hastings

The Love Boat

as Maisie Nolan

79 Park Avenue

as Vera Keppler

Ellery Queen

as Dina Carroll-Winer

7.5

Thriller

1973

as Suzy Hunter

6.7

The Danny Thomas Hour

as Self

The Dean Martin Show

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Jennifer Randolph

5.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self - Co-Host

5.4

Dr. Kildare

1961

as Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon

5.5

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

Startime

Kraft Music Hall

The Dick Clark Show

as Self

Wagon Train

as Kitty Allbright

American Bandstand

as Self

The Polly Bergen Show

1957

as Host

Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party

1957

as Self

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Presenter

5.9

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

6.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Crystal Coe

7.8

The Jimmy Durante Show

1954

as Self

The Blue Angel

1954

as Co-Host

Max Liebman Presents

1954

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953

as Self - Hostess

7.0

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953

as Host

7.0

General Electric Theater

as Susan Barry

The Red Skelton Show

as Sally Suey

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Rosemary

8.6

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Shirley

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.8

The Jack Benny Program

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter