
Polly Bergen
Known for: Acting
Born: July 14, 1930
Died: September 20, 2014
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…
Known for

The Helen Morgan Story
1957

Telethon
1977

An Echo of Theresa
1973

A Very Serious Person
2006

Death Cruise
1974

The Caretakers
1963

Kisses for My President
1964

The Lightning Incident
1991

For Hope
1996

Fast Company
1953

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991

Belle Sommers
1962

Mother, Mother
1989

Move Over, Darling
1963

Cape Fear
1962

Cry of the Hunted
1953

Candles on Bay Street
2006

The Stooge
1951

Murder on Flight 502
1975

Arena
1953

Warpath
1951

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989

Leave of Absence
1994

Born Beautiful
1982

How to Pick Up Girls!
1978
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
1978

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993

Addicted to His Love
1988

The Surrogate
1995

She Was Marked for Murder
1988

The All-Star Christmas Show
1958

That's My Boy
1951

Escape from Fort Bravo
1953

Making Mr. Right
1987

My Brother's Wife
1989

Velvet
1984

At War with the Army
1950

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019

In the Blink of an Eye
1996

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996

Cry-Baby
1990

Struck by Lightning
2013

Across The Rio Grande
1949

The Million Dollar Face
1981

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995

A Guide for the Married Man
1967

Doris Day: It's Magic
1998
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976

The Men
1950

Champion
1949

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Thriller
1973

The Sopranos
1999

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

The Love Boat
1977

Desperate Housewives
2004

Touched by an Angel
1994

Hotel
1982

American Bandstand
1957

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

General Electric Theater
1953

Jake and the Fatman
1987

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Twice in a Lifetime
1999

Baby Talk
1991
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953

Kraft Music Hall
1958

The Dean Martin Show
1965

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956

Ellery Queen
1975

Dr. Kildare
1961

The Oscars
1953
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
Max Liebman Presents
1954
The Blue Angel
1954
The Polly Bergen Show
1957

The Dick Clark Show
1958

War and Remembrance
1988

The Winds of War
1983
Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
1957

The Bob Hope Show
1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

What's My Line?
1950

Burke's Law
1994

Commander in Chief
2005

The Hollywood Palace
1964

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

79 Park Avenue
1977

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Golden Globe Awards
1944

The Danny Thomas Hour
1967

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Wagon Train
1957

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The Red Skelton Show
1951

The Jack Benny Program
1950

Tony Awards
1956

Startime
1959