Polly Bergen
Acting
Born July 14, 1930 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Biography
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 vari…
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Desperate Housewives
The Sopranos
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
Tony Awards
Murder, She Wrote
The Bob Hope Show
Golden Globe Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
The Red Skelton Show
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Wagon Train
What's My Line?
Jake and the Fatman
Touched by an Angel
Dr. Kildare
The Jack Benny Program
Hotel
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Oscars
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Dean Martin Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
American Bandstand
Kraft Music Hall
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Twice in a Lifetime
The Bell Telephone Hour
Commander in Chief
Thriller
The Dick Clark Show
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Burke's Law
Ellery Queen
The Hollywood Palace
Startime
War and Remembrance
The Jimmy Durante Show
The Winds of War