Biography
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 s…
Career works
100
Movies
50
Series
50
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
07/14/1930
Place of birth
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Date of death
09/20/2014
Filmography highlights
Movies
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 · 5.0
Struck by Lightning
2013 · 6.2
Candles on Bay Street
2006 · 6.1
A Very Serious Person
2006 · 5.8
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
For Hope
1996 · 6.3
In the Blink of an Eye
1996 · 5.9
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996 · 4.2
The Surrogate
1995 · 6.3
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995 · 4.7
Leave of Absence
1994 · 4.5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993 · 7.2
The Lightning Incident
1991 · 5.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · 7.5
Cry-Baby
1990 · 6.5
Series
Commander in Chief
2005 · 7.6
Desperate Housewives
2004 · 7.9
Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · 6.2
The Sopranos
1999 · 8.7
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
Burke's Law
1994 · 6.8
Baby Talk
1991 · 7.0
War and Remembrance
1988 · 7.9
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · 6.2
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
The Winds of War
1983 · 7.3
Hotel
1982 · 6.8
79 Park Avenue
1977 · 5.2
The Love Boat
1977 · 6.3
Ellery Queen
1975 · 7.5