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Polly Bergen (* 14. Juli 1930 in Knoxville, Tennessee, als Nellie Paulina Burgin; † 20. September 2014 in Southbury, Connecticut [1]) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Frühes Leben. 2 Leben und Leistungen. 2.1 Familie. 3 Werk. 3.1 Filmografie (Auswahl) 3.2 Diskografie. 4 Weblinks. 5 Einzelnachweise.
Polly Bergen (1930-2014) was an American star of stage, screen and television, who won an Emmy Award and was nominated for a Tony Award. She also created a cosmetics line, wrote books on beauty and fashion, and appeared in The Sopranos and Desperate Housewives.
IMDb profile of Polly Bergen, a versatile performer who starred in films, TV, stage and radio. Learn about her life, career, awards, trivia and more.
- January 1, 1
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- January 1, 1
- Southbury, Connecticut, USA
- Early career
- Assessment
- Later career
- Other activities
- Personal life
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee as Nellie Burgin on July 14, 1930, her family, which included father William, mother Lucy and sister Barbra, eventually moved to Los Angeles. By the time she was 14, Polly was singing professionally on radio and managed to scrape up singing gigs with smaller bands around and about the Southern California area. She atten...
Polly tended to display a looser, down-to-earth personality to induce laughs but she was also was formidable dramatic player and fashion plate quite capable of radiating great charm, poise and elegance. For her role as alcoholic torch singer Helen Morgan in the special TV showcase \"The Helen Morgan Story\", she took home the Emmy award. Unfortunat...
Instead, Polly had to wait another five years for that to happen. As the wife of Gregory Peck and designated victim of revengeful psychopath Robert Mitchum in the taut movie thriller Cape Fear (1962), her film career reignited. Other opportunities came in the form of her distraught mental patient in The Caretakers (1963), which found her at odds wi...
Polly has authored three best-selling beauty books outside the acting arena and has demonstrated a marked level of acumen in the business world. Founding a mail-order cosmetics business in 1965, she sold it to Faberge eight years later. She also developed her own shoe and jewelry lines.
Married (1950-1955) to MGM actor Jerome Courtland during her first movie career peak, she later wed topflight agent/producer Freddie Fields in 1957, a union that lasted 18 years and produced two adopted children, Pamela and Peter. A third marriage in the 1980s also ended in divorce. An assertive voice when it comes to women's rights and issues, her...
- July 14, 1930
- September 20, 2014
21. Sept. 2014 · Polly Bergen, an outspoken actress who also gained acclaim as a nightclub singer, a cosmetics entrepreneur and a ubiquitous quiz-show panelist, did not start out as an overnight smash.
20. Sept. 2014 · Polly Bergen, an actress, singer and businesswoman who won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her portrayal of the alcoholic torch singer Helen Morgan and was nominated for another 50 years later...
20. Sept. 2014 · Polly Bergen, an actress, singer and businesswoman who won an Emmy in 1957 for her portrayal of the alcoholic torch singer Helen Morgan and was nominated for another 50 years later...
