Polly Bergen

DOB: 1930-07-14

DOD: 2014-09-20

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

Starred In

1963
Movie

Move Over, Darling

1962
Movie

Cape Fear

1990
Movie

Cry-Baby

1953
Movie

Cry of the Hunted

1951
Movie

That's My Boy

1974
Movie

Death Cruise

1963
Movie

The Caretakers

1951
Movie

The Stooge

1953
Movie

Arena

1951
Movie

Warpath

1995
Movie

The Surrogate

1996
Movie

For Hope

1953
Movie

Fast Company

1977
Movie

Telethon

1950
Movie

The Men

1987
Movie

Making Mr. Right

1994
Movie

Leave of Absence

1973
Movie

An Echo of Theresa

1989
Movie

My Brother's Wife

1962
Movie

Belle Sommers

1982
Movie

Born Beautiful

1984
Movie

Velvet

1989
Movie

Mother, Mother

1949
Movie

Champion

1973
Tv

Thriller

1999
Tv

The Sopranos

1977
Tv

The Love Boat

1982
Tv

Hotel

1991
Tv

Baby Talk

1975
Tv

Ellery Queen

1961
Tv

Dr. Kildare

1953
Tv

The Oscars

1959
Tv

Startime

1994
Tv

Burke's Law

1956
Tv

Tony Awards

1956
Tv

Tony Awards

1977
Tv

The Love Boat

1957
Tv

Wagon Train