Polly Bergen
Birthday
1930/07/14
Day of death
2014/09/20 (84 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Also know as
Nellie Paulina Burgin
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...Read more
Acting
(1967) A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
(1963) Move Over, Darling
as Bianca Steele
(1962) Cape Fear
as Peggy Bowden
(1950) At War with the Army
as Helen Palmer
(1990) Cry-Baby
as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
(1953) Cry of the Hunted
as Janet Tunner
(2006) A Very Serious Person
as Mrs. A
(2006) Candles on Bay Street
as Rosemary
(1951) That's My Boy
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
(1953) Escape from Fort Bravo
as Alice Owens
(1974) Death Cruise
as Sylvia Carter
(1963) The Caretakers
as Lorna Melford
(1951) The Stooge
as Mary Turner
(2013) Struck by Lightning
as Grandma
(1993) Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
as Barbara Fox
(1975) Murder on Flight 502
as Mona Briarly
(1996) In the Blink of an Eye
as Murial
(1953) Arena
as Ruth Danvers
(1998) Doris Day: It's Magic
as Self
(1951) Warpath
as Molly Quade
(1964) Kisses for My President
as Leslie McCloud
(1949) Across The Rio Grande
as Polly Burgin
(1991) The Lightning Incident
as Carol
(1989) The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
as Emily Thetford
(1957) The Helen Morgan Story
as Helen Morgan
(1988) Addicted to His Love
as Vivien Langford
(1995) The Surrogate
as Sandy Gilman
(1996) Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Miss Maybry
(1996) For Hope
as Molly Altman
(1953) Fast Company
as Carol Maldon
(1977) Telethon
as Dorothy Goodwin
(1981) The Million Dollar Face
as Jo Burns
(1995) Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as ---
(1950) The Men
as Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
(1987) Making Mr. Right
as Estelle Stone
(1991) Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self
(1994) Leave of Absence
as Janet
(1988) She Was Marked for Murder
as Laura Lee Webster
(1973) An Echo of Theresa
as Suzy Hunter
(1989) My Brother's Wife
as Myra Gilbert
(1962) Belle Sommers
as Belle Sommers
(1982) Born Beautiful
as Marion Carmody
(1984) Velvet
as Mrs. Vance
(1989) Mother, Mother
as Barbara Cutler
(1978) How to Pick Up Girls!
as Dana Greenberg
(1949) Champion
as Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
(2019) Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actress
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Jocelyn Laird
(1973) Thriller
as Suzy Hunter
(1999) The Sopranos
as Fran Felstein
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1977) The Love Boat
as Maisie Nolan
(2004) Desperate Housewives
as Stella Wingfield
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Stella Applegate
(1982) Hotel
as Elizabeth Hastings
(1957) American Bandstand
as Self
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Susan Barry
(1987) Jake and the Fatman
as Emma Julian
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rosemary
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Crystal Coe
(1999) Twice in a Lifetime
as Judge Deborah
(1991) Baby Talk
as Doris Campbell
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer / Sketch Actor
(1953) The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Self - Hostess
(1958) Kraft Music Hall
as ---
(1965) The Dean Martin Show
as ---
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1975) Ellery Queen
as Dina Carroll-Winer
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1954) The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self
(1954) Max Liebman Presents
as ---
(1954) The Blue Angel
as Co-Host
(1959) Startime
as ---
(1957) The Polly Bergen Show
as Host
(1958) The Dick Clark Show
as Self
(1988) War and Remembrance
as Rhoda Henry
(1983) The Winds of War
as Rhoda Henry
(1957) Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
as Self
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1994) Burke's Law
as Rachel Doucet
(2005) Commander in Chief
as Kate Allen
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Jennifer Randolph
(1977) 79 Park Avenue
as Vera Keppler
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1977) The Love Boat
as Dana Pierce
(1967) The Danny Thomas Hour
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self - Hostess
(1957) Wagon Train
as Kitty Allbright
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Shirley
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Dellie
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Self / Myrtle
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Sally Suey
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Clara Appleby
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Self
(1953) The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Host