Polly Bergen

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jul 14, 1930 (94 years old)
Death date
Sep 20, 2014

Polly Bergen

Known For

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
1h 37m
Movie 2019

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed simply hanging out with friends, telling anecdotes from his life and recording jazz standards.

For Hope
1h 40m
Movie 1996

For Hope

The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1h 55m
Movie 1996

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1h 30m
Movie 1995

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

A scientist creating perfumes inherits his great grandfather Dr. Jekyll's formula and decides to use modern technology to improve it. He ends up as an ambitious, ruthless woman. She tries to prevent returning into the spineless man.

Leave of Absence
1h 35m
Movie 1994

Leave of Absence

A man asks his wife for a 'leave of absence' in order to care for his mistress who is dying of cancer.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1h 31m
Movie 1993

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's been keeping her age a secret and now reveals that she's 60 and owes her appearance to the cream. She's later killed and the formula missing. Her husband is arrested and Perry defends him.

The Lightning Incident
1h 26m
Movie 1991

The Lightning Incident

McKeon's baby is kidnapped by a devil-worshipping cult and she uses her new-found psychic abilities to track them down.

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
0h 59m
Movie 1991

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.

Baby Talk
0h 23m
TV Show 1991

Baby Talk

Baby Talk is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March 8, 1991 until May 8, 1992 as part of ABC's TGIF lineup. The show was loosely based on the popular Look Who's Talking movies and was adapted for television by Ed Weinberger. Amy Heckerling created original characters for the series while using key creative and script elements from Look Who's Talking, which she had written and directed. Weinberger served as executive producer during the first season, and was replaced by Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein in the second season.

Cry-Baby
1h 25m
Movie 1990

Cry-Baby

A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.

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 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

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