Polly Bergen
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 Polly Bergen and Angela Lansbury at the 1989 Emmy Awards. |
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| Born | Nellie Paulina Burgin July 14, 1930 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
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| Spouse(s) | Jerome Courtland (1954-1955) Freddie Fields (1956-1975) Jeffrey Endervelt (1982-1990) |
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Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin, July 14, 1930, Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and entrepreneur.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
Bergen appeared in many film roles, notably in the original Cape Fear (1962) opposite Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum.
She captured an Emmy award for her portrayal of singer Helen Morgan on an episode of the 1950s television series Playhouse 90. Bergen had her own recording career for Columbia Records during that era.
She was a regular panelist on the CBS game show To Tell the Truth during its debut run. She earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Rhoda Henry in two ABC miniseries, The Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance. She starred in a 2001 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies at the Belasco Theater and received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
She also appeared on HBO's The Sopranos as the former mistress of Tony Soprano's father, Fran Felstein, a former acquaintance of John F. Kennedy.
In 2007, Bergen had a role in Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo's mother, Stella Wingfield.
Bergen became a semi-regular cast member of 2006's Commander-in-Chief as the mother of a President of the United States played by Geena Davis. Bergen had herself once played the first female President of the United States in the 1964 film Kisses for My President.
Another of recent appearances came in CBS' Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation Candles on Bay Street (2006), in which she played the assistant to a husband-and-wife team of veterinarians. In the 1950's , she was also known as " The Pepsi Cola Girl " ,having done a series of commercials for that product . http://www.pepsinut.com/pepsi_stars.htm
[edit] Personal life
In 1965, she created the Polly Bergen Co. cosmetics line. She also is the founder of personal jewelry and shoe brands and the author of three books on beauty.
Bergen converted to Judaism[citation needed] after having married Hollywood talent agent Freddie Fields, by whom she had one biological child and two adopted children. She had previously been a Southern Baptist; a grandfather was a Baptist minister.[citation needed]
She had two other marriages that also ended in divorce. When not working, Bergen lives in Connecticut.
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[edit] Television
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[edit] External links
- Polly Bergen at the Internet Movie Database
- Polly Bergen at the Internet Broadway Database
- Polly Bergen at Allmovie
- Polly Bergen - Madame President
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