Polly Bergen
Known for: 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 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
Series
The Sopranos
Fran Felstein
1999
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Desperate Housewives
Stella Wingfield
2004
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Jocelyn Laird
1984
Series
The Love Boat
Maisie Nolan
1977
Series
The Love Boat
Dana Pierce
1977
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Wagon Train
Kitty Allbright
1957
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Jennifer Randolph
1963
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Myrtle
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Sally Suey
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Clara Appleby
1951
Series
Touched by an Angel
Stella Applegate
1994
Series
Dr. Kildare
Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
1961
Series
Hotel
Elizabeth Hastings
1982
Series
Jake and the Fatman
Emma Julian
1987
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
1950
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Polly Bergen
1950
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Crystal Coe
1955
Series
The Winds of War
Rhoda Henry
1983
Series
Ellery Queen
Dina Carroll-Winer
1975
Series
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Series
Twice in a Lifetime
Judge Deborah
1999
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
Commander in Chief
Kate Allen
2005
Series
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Series
Thriller
Suzy Hunter
1973
Series
American Bandstand
Self
1957
Series
Burke's Law
Rachel Doucet
1994
Series
Startime
Self
1959
Series
War and Remembrance
Rhoda Henry
1988
Series
The Dick Clark Show
Self
1958
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Self - Hostess
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Host
1953
Series
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self - Hostess
1959
Film
Cape Fear
Peggy Bowden
1962
Series
The Danny Thomas Hour
Self
1967
Film
Cry-Baby
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
1990
The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
1954
Series
79 Park Avenue
Vera Keppler
1977
Film
Move Over, Darling
Bianca Steele
1963
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rosemary
1951
Film
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actress
2019
Film
The Men
Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
1950
Film
Champion
Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Film
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser
1967
Series
General Electric Theater
Susan Barry
1953
Max Liebman Presents
1954
Film
Escape from Fort Bravo
Alice Owens
1953
Film
The Stooge
Mary Turner
1951
Film
Struck by Lightning
Grandma
2013
Film
Warpath
Molly Quade
1951
Film
The Surrogate
Sandy Gilman
1995
Film
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
1976
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Shirley
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dellie
1951
Film
Making Mr. Right
Estelle Stone
1987
Film
At War with the Army
Helen
1950
The Polly Bergen Show
Host
1957
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
Self
1957
Film
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
1991
Film
Leave of Absence
Janet
1994
Film
In the Blink of an Eye
Murial
1996
Film
Cry of the Hunted
Janet Tunner
1953
Film
The Million Dollar Face
Jo Burns
1981
Film
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
1958
Film
For Hope
Molly Altman
1996
The Blue Angel
Co-Host
1954
Film
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Emily Thetford
1989
Film
Murder on Flight 502
Mona Briarly
1975
Film
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Barbara Fox
1993
Film
The Lightning Incident
Carol
1991
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
Phyllis Shoefly
1978
Film
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Miss Maybry
1996
Film
That's My Boy
Betty 'Babs' Hunter
1951
Film
Death Cruise
Sylvia Carter
1974
Film
Telethon
Dorothy Goodwin
1977
Film
Addicted to His Love
Vivien Langford
1988
Film
The Caretakers
Lorna Melford
1963
Film
Velvet
Mrs. Vance
1984
Film
The Helen Morgan Story
Helen Morgan
1957
Film
My Brother's Wife
Myra Gilbert
1989
Film
Kisses for My President
Leslie McCloud
1964
Film
Candles on Bay Street
Rosemary
2006
Film
She Was Marked for Murder
Laura Lee Webster
1988
Film
Fast Company
Carol Maldon
1953
Film
Across The Rio Grande
Polly Burgin
1949
Film
Born Beautiful
Marion Carmody
1982
Film
How to Pick Up Girls!
Dana Greenberg
1978
Film
Belle Sommers
Belle Sommers
1962
Film
Mother, Mother
Barbara Cutler
1989
Film
Doris Day: It's Magic
Self
1998
Film
Arena
Ruth Danvers
1953
Film
A Very Serious Person
Mrs. A
2006
Film
An Echo of Theresa
Suzy Hunter
1973
Series
Baby Talk
Doris Campbell
1991