Polly Bergen
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
Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
A Guide for the Married Man
Bianca Steele
Move Over, Darling
Peggy Bowden
Cape Fear
Helen Palmer
At War with the Army
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Cry-Baby
Janet Tunner
Cry of the Hunted
Mrs. A
A Very Serious Person
Rosemary
Candles on Bay Street
Betty 'Babs' Hunter
That's My Boy
Alice Owens
Escape from Fort Bravo
Sylvia Carter
Death Cruise
Lorna Melford
The Caretakers
Mary Turner
The Stooge
Grandma
Struck by Lightning
Barbara Fox
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Mona Briarly
Murder on Flight 502
Murial
In the Blink of an Eye
Ruth Danvers
Arena
Self
Doris Day: It's Magic
Molly Quade
Warpath
Leslie McCloud
Kisses for My President
Polly Burgin
Across The Rio Grande
Carol
The Lightning Incident
Emily Thetford
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Helen Morgan
The Helen Morgan Story
Vivien Langford
Addicted to His Love
Sandy Gilman
The Surrogate
Miss Maybry
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Molly Altman
For Hope
Carol Maldon
Fast Company
Dorothy Goodwin
Telethon
Jo Burns
The Million Dollar Face
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
The Men
Estelle Stone
Making Mr. Right
Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Janet
Leave of Absence
Laura Lee Webster
She Was Marked for Murder
Suzy Hunter
An Echo of Theresa
Myra Gilbert
My Brother's Wife
Belle Sommers
Belle Sommers
Marion Carmody
Born Beautiful
Mrs. Vance
Velvet
Barbara Cutler
Mother, Mother
Dana Greenberg
How to Pick Up Girls!
Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Champion
Self - Actress
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Phyllis Shoefly
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
49
Gender
Female
Birthday
1930-07-14
Place of Birth
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Also Known As
Nellie Paulina Burgin