Polly Bergen is a Actor American born on 14 july 1930 at Knoxville (USA)
Polly Bergen
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Birth name Nellie Paulina BurginNationality USABirth 14 july 1930 at Knoxville (
USA)
Death 20 september 2014 (at 84 years)
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 1962's Cape Fear and 1963's The Caretakers, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She hosted her own variety show for one season (The Polly Bergen Show), and as an author wrote three books on beauty, fashion, and charm. Biography
Bergen was married to actor Jerome Courtland in the early 1950s. In 1957 she married Hollywood agent-producer Freddie Fields with whom she had two adopted children, Pamela Kerry Fields and Peter William Fields, and stepdaughter Kathy Fields. The couple divorced in 1975. She was married to entrepreneur Jeffrey Endervelt in the 1980s. Bergen converted from Southern Baptist to Judaism upon marrying Fields in 1957.
Bergen was a liberal-minded, politically active Democrat and feminist. She was an active advocate of the Equal Rights Amendment, women's education, and planned parenthood. Bergen's niece is the television producer Wendy Riche.
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