Polly Bergen
Acting
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…
Filmography
74
Struck by Lightning
2013
Candles on Bay Street
2006
A Very Serious Person
2006
Commander in Chief
2005
Desperate Housewives
2004
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
The Sopranos
1999
For Hope
1996
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
The Surrogate
1995
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Leave of Absence
1994
Burke's Law
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
The Lightning Incident
1991
Baby Talk
1991
Cry-Baby
1990
My Brother's Wife
1989
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989
Mother, Mother
1989
She Was Marked for Murder
1988
War and Remembrance
1988
Addicted to His Love
1988
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Making Mr. Right
1987
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Velvet
1984
The Winds of War
1983
Born Beautiful
1982
Hotel
1982
The Million Dollar Face
1981
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
1978
How to Pick Up Girls!
1978
Telethon
1977
79 Park Avenue
1977
The Love Boat
1977
Murder on Flight 502
1975
Ellery Queen
1975
Death Cruise
1974
Thriller
1973
An Echo of Theresa
1973
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Kisses for My President
1964
Move Over, Darling
1963
The Caretakers
1963
Belle Sommers
1962
Cape Fear
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Kraft Music Hall
1958
The Polly Bergen Show
The Polly Bergen Show
1957
Wagon Train
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Max Liebman Presents
Max Liebman Presents
1954
The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel
1954
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
Arena
1953
Fast Company
1953
Cry of the Hunted
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Warpath
1951
The Stooge
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
That's My Boy
1951
At War with the Army
1950
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Men
1950
Across The Rio Grande
1949
Champion
1949