Cast & creator
Candice Bergen
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Law & Order
Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018-2019). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982). Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the cover of Vogue before she made her screen debut in the film The Group (1966). She starred in The Sand Pebbles (1966), Soldier Blue (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), and The Wind and the Lion (1975). She made her Broadway debut in the 1984 play Hurlyburly and starred in the revivals of The Best Man (2012) and Love Letters (2014). From 2002 to 2004, she appeared in three episodes of the HBO series Sex and the City. Her other film roles include Miss Congeniality (2000), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), The Women (2008), Bride Wars (2009), Book Club (2018) and Let Them All Talk (2020).
Also known as: Candice Patricia Bergen, Candy Bergen, Olga Mallsnerd
83
film credits
46
television credits
127
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (129)
Showing 129 of 129 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Law & Order
Judge Amanda Anderlee
1990
Family Guy
Murphy Brown (voice)
1999Family Guy
Gloria Ironbox (voice)
1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
House
Arlene Cuddy
2004
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The View
Self
1997
Seinfeld
Murphy Brown
1989
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Boston Legal
Shirley Schmidt
2004
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Will & Grace
Candice Bergen
1998
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Sex and the City
Enid Mead
1998Sex and the City
Enid Frick
1998
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
BoJack Horseman
The Closer (voice)
2014
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member
1944
Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown
1988Murphy Brown
Co-Executive Producer
1988
Shrinking
Constance
2023
The Conners
Barb
2018Film '72
Self
1971
Dinah!
Self
1974
American Masters
Self
1986
And Just Like That…
Enid Frick
2021
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Miss Congeniality
Kathy Morningside
2000
The Michael J. Fox Show
Beth Henry
2013
Sex and the City
Enid Frick
2008
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Amanda Anderlee
2005
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
2023
Bride Wars
Marion St. Claire
2009
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Battle Creek
Constance (Russ' mom)
2015
Sweet Home Alabama
Mayor Kate Hennings
2002
Dim Dam Dom
Self
1965
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Sharon
2023
Home Again
Lillian Stewart
2017Harty
Self
1983
View from the Top
Sally Weston
2003
Gandhi
Margaret Bourke-White
1982
Book Club
Sharon
2018
The Women
Catherine Frazier
2008
2010
SAL 9000 (voice)
1984
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
1992
Carnal Knowledge
Susan
1971
Rules Don't Apply
Nadine Henly
2016
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown
2018Murphy Brown
Executive Producer
2018
Let Them All Talk
Roberta
2020
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Donna Mitchler
2014
Soldier Blue
Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'
1970
Lorne
Self
2026
The In-Laws
Judy Tobias
2003
Starting Over
Jessica Potter
1979
Hollywood Wives
Elaine Conti
1985
The Sand Pebbles
Shirley Eckert
1966
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Julia Meyerowitz
2017
The Domino Principle
Ellie
1977
The Wind and the Lion
Eden Pedecaris
1975
Bite the Bullet
Miss Jones
1975
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
1993
The Hunting Party
Melissa Ruger
1971
Stick
Kyle
1985
As They Made Us
Barbara
2022
The Romantics
Augusta Hayes
2010
The Women of SNL
Fern (archive footage)
2010
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Anne Boleyn
1998
Beautiful & Twisted
Bernice
2015
Show of Titles
"There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
2021
Oliver's Story
Marcie Bonwit
1978
Rich and Famous
Merry Noel Blake
1981
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
1997
The Adventurers
Sue Ann Daley
1970
Inequality for All
Murphy Brown (archive footage)
2013
The Magus
Lily
1968
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
1979
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
(archive footage)
2009
The Group
Lakey
1966
A Night Full of Rain
Lizzy
1978
The Earth Day Special
Murphy Brown
1990
Arthur the King
Morgan Le Fay
1985
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
1995
The World of Jim Henson
Self (archive footage)
1994
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
1994
The Capote Tapes
Self (archive footage)
2021
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Passions of Louis Malle
Self - Interviewee
2003
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Live for Life
Candice
1967
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
1986
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
Self
1989
Louis Malle, le rebelle
Self (archive footage)
2015
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Ewa Berwid
1985
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Getting Straight
Jan
1970
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Self
2005The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975
The Woody Allen Special
Self
1969
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
2014
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003
T.R. Baskin
T. R. Baskin
1971William Shatner in Concert
Self
2006
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Self - Actor
2015
Elusive Justice
Narrator
2011
11 Harrowhouse
Maren Shirell
1974
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
1990
The Day the Fish Came Out
Electra Brown
1967
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
1993
Mary & Tim
Mary Horton
1996Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
1983
I am a Mennonite
Self - Interviewee
2021
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
Self
2007
Footsteps
Daisy Lowendahl
2003
Mayflower Madam
Sydney Biddle Barrows
1987Harvest Moon
Understanding the Universe
Narrator
1993
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
Self
2013