Polly Bergen

Also Credited As:

Nellie Paulina Burgin
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Biography

One of the most diversely talented of American performers, Polly Bergen was an Emmy-winning actress, singer and entrepreneur who found success in nearly every medium over the course of a half-century in show business. A professional singer while still in her teens, she transitioned from nightclub chanteuse to film actress in the 1950s, but found her early roles lacking. She returned to singing while keeping a hand in acting via television and …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Writer, Music, Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup

Born

Nellie Paulina Burgin on July 14, 1930 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

LATEST CREDITS

A Very Serious Person

Mrs A

Belle Sommers

Belle Sommers

Telethon

Dorothy Goodwin

The Polly Bergen Special

Host

Murder on Flight 502

Mona Briarly

The Lightning Incident

Carol Bernard

Kisses For My President

Leslie McCloud

The Caretakers

Lorna Melford

An Echo of Theresa

Suzy Hunter

For Hope

Molly

Death Cruise

Sylvia Carter

Candles on Bay Street

Rosemary

Cry of the Hunted

Janet Tunner

Move Over, Darling

Bianca Steele Arden

Not For Women Only

Host

Steel Magnolias

Clairee Belcher

Cape Fear

Peggy Bowden

My Brother's Wife

Myra Gilbert

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Actor

Arly Hanks Mysteries

Ruby Bee Hanks

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

Mrs Thetford

Cry Baby

Mrs Vernon-Williams

In the Blink of an Eye

Murial

Leave of Absence

Janet

The Surrogate

Sandy Gilman