Polly Bergen
American Emmy Award-winning actress Polly Bergen is also a singer, author and entrepreneur. She owns her own cosmetics line, "Polly Bergen Co." She also created her own personal jewelry and shoe brands.1
Bergen is nominated for a 2008 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy". 2
Fast Facts
- Full name: Nellie Paulina Burgin
- Born: July 14, 1930
- Origin: Knoxville, Tennessee
- Spouses:
- Jerome Courtland (1954-1955)
- Freddie Fields (1956-1975)
- Jeffrey Endervelt (1982-1990)
Career
Polly Bergen first had her taste of show biz at the age of 14, she worked as a radio perfromer. in Los Angeles. She performed slapstick comedy with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in the early 1950s. In 1956 she signed on to the game show To Tell The Truth for five seasons. Bergen received her own variety show called The Polly Bergen Show in 1957. She continued making movies with stars like Joan Crawford, Doris Day, James Garner, Robert Mitchum and many more before taking a three-decade absence. Bergen returned to singing and acting in 1999 and today is a recurring guest star on the ABC show Desperate Housewives
Partial Filmography
- 2006: A Very Serious Person
- 1996: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
- 1990: Cry Baby
- 1989: Mother, Mother
- 1987: Making Mr. Right
- 1967: A Guide For the Married Man
- 1964: Kisses For My President
- 1963: Move Over, Darling
- 1963: The Caretakers
- 1962: Belle Sommers
- 1962: Cape Fear
- 1953: Cry of the Hunted
- 1953: Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
- 1953: Escape From Fort Bravo
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