Polly Bergen
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1930-07-14 – 2014-09-20
Place of birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Polly Bergen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
A Guide for the Married Man
1967Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
Move Over, Darling
1963Bianca Steele
Cape Fear
1962Peggy Bowden
At War with the Army
1950Helen Palmer
Cry-Baby
1990Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Cry of the Hunted
1953Janet Tunner
A Very Serious Person
2006Mrs. A
Candles on Bay Street
2006Rosemary
That's My Boy
1951Betty 'Babs' Hunter
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953Alice Owens
Death Cruise
1974Sylvia Carter
The Caretakers
1963Lorna Melford
The Stooge
1951Mary Turner
Struck by Lightning
2013Grandma
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993Barbara Fox
Murder on Flight 502
1975Mona Briarly
In the Blink of an Eye
1996Murial
Arena
1953Ruth Danvers
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998Self