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
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1958
Filmography36 titles
My Brother's Wife
The Sopranos
Desperate Housewives
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Jack Benny Program
Commander in Chief
Kisses for My President
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Murder, She Wrote
Cape Fear
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Red Skelton Show
Touched by an Angel
The Men
What's My Line?
Thriller
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Ed Sullivan Show
Move Over, Darling
The Stooge
Champion
Wagon Train
Cry-Baby
The Caretakers
The Love Boat
Escape from Fort Bravo
Struck by Lightning
Candles on Bay Street
Warpath
In the Blink of an Eye
Murder on Flight 502
That's My Boy
At War with the Army
Making Mr. Right
Arena
Leave of Absence