7.5
7.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self
Polly Bergen
Acting
Born:July 14, 1930
Died:September 20, 2014(aged 84)
Birthplace:Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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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 – 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
Filmography (46 movies)
7.4
7.4
Cape Fear
1962
as Peggy Bowden
7.3
7.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
as Barbara Fox
7.0
7.0
Fast Company
1953
as Carol Maldon
7.0
7.0
Kisses for My President
1964
as Leslie McCloud
6.7
6.7
Move Over, Darling
1963
as Bianca Steele
6.6
6.6
The Stooge
1951
as Mary Turner
6.5
6.5
Cry-Baby
1990
as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
6.2
6.2
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
as Alice Owens
6.2
6.2
The Caretakers
1963
as Lorna Melford
6.2
6.2
The Surrogate
1995
as Sandy Gilman
6.2
6.2
Struck by Lightning
2013
as Grandma
6.1
6.1
Candles on Bay Street
2006
as Rosemary
6.0
6.0
For Hope
1996
as Molly Altman
6.0
6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
6.0
6.0
Addicted to His Love
1988
as Vivien Langford
5.8
5.8
Warpath
1951
as Molly Quade
5.8
5.8
That's My Boy
1951
as Betty 'Babs' Hunter
5.8
5.8
Death Cruise
1974
as Sylvia Carter
5.7
5.7
Cry of the Hunted
1953
as Janet Tunner
5.7
5.7
Murder on Flight 502
1975
as Mona Briarly
5.5
5.5
Velvet
1984
as Mrs. Vance
5.5
5.5
A Very Serious Person
2006
as Mrs. A
5.4
5.4
In the Blink of an Eye
1996
as Murial
5.3
5.3
At War with the Army
1950
as Helen Palmer
5.0
5.0
Telethon
1977
as Dorothy Goodwin
5.0
5.0
Making Mr. Right
1987
as Estelle Stone
4.7
4.7
Arena
1953
as Ruth Danvers
4.6
4.6
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995
4.4
4.4
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989
as Emily Thetford
4.2
4.2
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
as Self - Actress
4.0
4.0
The Lightning Incident
1991
as Carol
4.0
4.0
She Was Marked for Murder
1988
as Laura Lee Webster
3.7
3.7
Across The Rio Grande
1949
as Polly Burgin
3.6
3.6
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
as Miss Maybry
2.7
2.7
Leave of Absence
1994
as Janet
2.0
2.0
Mother, Mother
1989
as Barbara Cutler
2.0
2.0
How to Pick Up Girls!
1978
as Dana Greenberg
Belle Sommers
1962
as Belle Sommers
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
as Self
An Echo of Theresa
1973
as Suzy Hunter
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Helen Morgan
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
1978
as Phyllis Shoefly
The Million Dollar Face
1981
as Jo Burns
Born Beautiful
1982
as Marion Carmody
My Brother's Wife
1989
as Myra Gilbert
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