Cast & creator
Polly Bergen
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Polly Bergen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Also known as: Nellie Paulina Burgin
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film credits
58
television credits
108
1944–2019 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (108)
Showing 108 of 108 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Desperate Housewives
Stella Wingfield
2004
The Sopranos
Fran Felstein
1999
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Maisie Nolan
1977The Love Boat
Dana Pierce
1977
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Jocelyn Laird
1984
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Wagon Train
Kitty Allbright
1957
Touched by an Angel
Stella Applegate
1994
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
The Red Skelton Show
Myrtle
1951The Red Skelton Show
Sally Suey
1951The Red Skelton Show
Clara Appleby
1951
Dr. Kildare
Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon
1961Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Jennifer Randolph
1963
Hotel
Elizabeth Hastings
1982
Jake and the Fatman
Emma Julian
1987
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Jack Benny Program
Polly Bergen
1950
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Crystal Coe
1955
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Commander in Chief
Kate Allen
2005
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Twice in a Lifetime
Judge Deborah
1999
Ellery Queen
Dina Carroll-Winer
1975
American Bandstand
Self
1957
Thriller
Suzy Hunter
1973
Burke's Law
Rachel Doucet
1994
The Dick Clark Show
Self
1958
Startime
Self
1959
War and Remembrance
Rhoda Henry
1988
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959The Bell Telephone Hour
Self - Hostess
1959The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Self - Hostess
1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Host
1953
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964
The Winds of War
Rhoda Henry
1983
The Danny Thomas Hour
Self
1967The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
1954
Cape Fear
Peggy Bowden
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rosemary
1951
General Electric Theater
Susan Barry
1953
Cry-Baby
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
1990
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Shirley
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dellie
1951
Escape from Fort Bravo
Alice Owens
1953
79 Park Avenue
Vera Keppler
1977Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
Self
1957
Move Over, Darling
Bianca Steele
1963
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser
1967Max Liebman Presents
1954
The Men
Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
1950The Polly Bergen Show
Host
1957
That's My Boy
Betty 'Babs' Hunter
1951Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
Murder on Flight 502
Mona Briarly
1975
Candles on Bay Street
Rosemary
2006
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actress
2019
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Emily Thetford
1989
Champion
Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)
1949
Making Mr. Right
Estelle Stone
1987
Cry of the Hunted
Janet Tunner
1953
Struck by Lightning
Grandma
2013The Blue Angel
Co-Host
1954
Kisses for My President
Leslie McCloud
1964
My Brother's Wife
Myra Gilbert
1989
At War with the Army
Helen
1950
In the Blink of an Eye
Murial
1996
How to Pick Up Girls!
Dana Greenberg
1978
Doris Day: It's Magic
Self
1998
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Miss Maybry
1996
The Million Dollar Face
Jo Burns
1981
Leave of Absence
Janet
1994
The Stooge
Mary Turner
1951
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
1991
She Was Marked for Murder
Laura Lee Webster
1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Barbara Fox
1993
Death Cruise
Sylvia Carter
1974
Warpath
Molly Quade
1951
Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today
Phyllis Shoefly
1978
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
1958
For Hope
Molly Altman
1996
The Helen Morgan Story
Helen Morgan
1957
Across The Rio Grande
Polly Burgin
1949
Addicted to His Love
Vivien Langford
1988
Mother, Mother
Barbara Cutler
1989
An Echo of Theresa
Suzy Hunter
1973
The Lightning Incident
Carol
1991
A Very Serious Person
Mrs. A
2006
Born Beautiful
Marion Carmody
1982
Telethon
Dorothy Goodwin
1977
The Caretakers
Lorna Melford
1963
The Surrogate
Sandy Gilman
1995
Arena
Ruth Danvers
1953
Belle Sommers
Belle Sommers
1962
Fast Company
Carol Maldon
1953
Velvet
Mrs. Vance
1984
Baby Talk
Doris Campbell
1991