Polly Bergen
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA — Jul 14 1930• Died Sep 20 2014
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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…
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Desperate Housewives
Stella Wingfield
The Sopranos
Fran Felstein
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Jocelyn Laird
The Love Boat
Maisie Nolan
Touched by an Angel
Stella Applegate
Dr. Kildare
Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
Hotel
Elizabeth Hastings
Wagon Train
Kitty Allbright
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
Self
The Jack Benny Program
Self
Kraft Music Hall
Thriller
Suzy Hunter
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Twice in a Lifetime
Judge Deborah
Ellery Queen
Dina Carroll-Winer
Burke's Law
Rachel Doucet
Jake and the Fatman
Emma Julian
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Crystal Coe
Commander in Chief
Kate Allen
The Dean Martin Show
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Self - Hostess
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
Startime
The Dick Clark Show
Self
War and Remembrance
Rhoda Henry
The Danny Thomas Hour
Self
American Bandstand
Self
The Winds of War
Rhoda Henry
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rosemary
Cape Fear
Peggy Bowden
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Shirley
Max Liebman Presents
The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
General Electric Theater
Susan Barry
Cry-Baby
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
The Blue Angel
Co-Host
The Men
Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
Move Over, Darling
Bianca Steele
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actress
Velvet
Mrs. Vance
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Barbara Fox
Champion
Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
The Stooge
Mary Turner
In the Blink of an Eye
Murial
79 Park Avenue
Vera Keppler
For Hope
Molly Altman
That's My Boy
Betty 'Babs' Hunter
Death Cruise
Sylvia Carter
Warpath
Molly Quade
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Mother, Mother
Barbara Cutler
Candles on Bay Street
Rosemary
Making Mr. Right
Estelle Stone
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
Self
Escape from Fort Bravo
Alice Owens
Murder on Flight 502
Mona Briarly
Born Beautiful
Marion Carmody
At War with the Army
Helen Palmer
Addicted to His Love
Vivien Langford
Arena
Ruth Danvers
Struck by Lightning
Grandma
The Caretakers
Lorna Melford
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Miss Maybry
How to Pick Up Girls!
Dana Greenberg
Cry of the Hunted
Janet Tunner
Telethon
Dorothy Goodwin
Doris Day: It's Magic
Self
The Million Dollar Face
Jo Burns
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Emily Thetford
The Surrogate
Sandy Gilman
Fast Company
Carol Maldon
My Brother's Wife
Myra Gilbert
She Was Marked for Murder
Laura Lee Webster
Kisses for My President
Leslie McCloud
Leave of Absence
Janet
A Very Serious Person
Mrs. A
The Lightning Incident
Carol
The Polly Bergen Show
Host
Across The Rio Grande
Polly Burgin
Belle Sommers
Belle Sommers
The Helen Morgan Story
Helen Morgan
Baby Talk
Doris Campbell
An Echo of Theresa
Suzy Hunter
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
Phyllis Shoefly
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter