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Polly Bergen
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.
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As actor
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Struck by Lightning
A Very Serious Person
Candles on Bay Street
Doris Day: It's Magic
In the Blink of an Eye
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
For Hope
The Surrogate
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Leave of Absence
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
The Lightning Incident
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Cry-Baby
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
My Brother's Wife
Mother, Mother
Addicted to His Love
She Was Marked for Murder
Making Mr. Right
Velvet
Born Beautiful
The Million Dollar Face
How to Pick Up Girls!
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
Telethon
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Murder on Flight 502
Death Cruise