Personal Info
Known Credits
47
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1930-07-14 (95 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Also Known For
Nellie Paulina Burgin
Polly Bergen
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2019 --
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
| Self - Actress
2013 --
Struck by Lightning
| Grandma
2006 --
Candles on Bay Street
| Rosemary
2006 --
A Very Serious Person
| Mrs. A
1998 --
Doris Day: It's Magic
| Self
1996 --
For Hope
| Molly Altman
1996 --
In the Blink of an Eye
| Murial
1996 --
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
| Miss Maybry
1995 --
The Surrogate
| Sandy Gilman
1995 --
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
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1994 --
Leave of Absence
| Janet
1993 --
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
| Barbara Fox
1991 --
The Lightning Incident
| Carol
1991 --
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
| Self
1990 --
Cry-Baby
| Mrs. Vernon-Williams
1989 --
My Brother's Wife
| Myra Gilbert
1989 --
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
| Emily Thetford
1989 --
Mother, Mother
| Barbara Cutler
1988 --
She Was Marked for Murder
| Laura Lee Webster
1988 --
Addicted to His Love
| Vivien Langford
1987 --
Making Mr. Right
| Estelle Stone
1984 --
Velvet
| Mrs. Vance
1982 --
Born Beautiful
| Marion Carmody
1981 --
The Million Dollar Face
| Jo Burns
1978 --
How to Pick Up Girls!
| Dana Greenberg
1977 --
Telethon
| Dorothy Goodwin
1975 --
Murder on Flight 502
| Mona Briarly
1974 --
Death Cruise
| Sylvia Carter
1973 --
An Echo of Theresa
| Suzy Hunter
1967 --
A Guide for the Married Man
| Technical Adviser (Clara Brown)
1964 --
Kisses for My President
| Leslie McCloud
1963 --
Move Over, Darling
| Bianca Steele
1963 --
The Caretakers
| Lorna Melford
1962 --
Belle Sommers
| Belle Sommers
1962 --
Cape Fear
| Peggy Bowden
1957 --
The Helen Morgan Story
| Helen Morgan
1953 --
Escape from Fort Bravo
| Alice Owens
1953 --
Arena
| Ruth Danvers
1953 --
Fast Company
| Carol Maldon
1953 --
Cry of the Hunted
| Janet Tunner
1951 --
Warpath
| Molly Quade
1951 --
The Stooge
| Mary Turner
1951 --
That's My Boy
| Betty 'Babs' Hunter
1950 --
At War with the Army
| Helen Palmer
1950 --
The Men
| Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
1949 --
Across The Rio Grande
| Polly Burgin
1949 --
Champion
| Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)