
Born July 14, 1930 — Died September 20, 2014
From Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Also known as Nellie Paulina Burgin
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 Awa...

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actress

Struck by Lightning
Grandma

Candles on Bay Street
Rosemary

A Very Serious Person
Mrs. A

Doris Day: It's Magic
Self

For Hope
Molly Altman

In the Blink of an Eye
Murial

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Miss Maybry

The Surrogate
Sandy Gilman

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Leave of Absence
Janet

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Barbara Fox

The Lightning Incident
Carol

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self

Cry-Baby
Mrs. Vernon-Williams

My Brother's Wife
Myra Gilbert

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Emily Thetford

Mother, Mother
Barbara Cutler

She Was Marked for Murder
Laura Lee Webster

Addicted to His Love
Vivien Langford

Making Mr. Right
Estelle Stone

Velvet
Mrs. Vance

Born Beautiful
Marion Carmody

The Million Dollar Face
Jo Burns
Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today
Phyllis Shoefly

How to Pick Up Girls!
Dana Greenberg

Telethon
Dorothy Goodwin
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)

Murder on Flight 502
Mona Briarly

Death Cruise
Sylvia Carter

An Echo of Theresa
Suzy Hunter

A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser

Kisses for My President
Leslie McCloud

Move Over, Darling
Bianca Steele

The Caretakers
Lorna Melford

Belle Sommers
Belle Sommers

Cape Fear
Peggy Bowden

The All-Star Christmas Show
Self

The Helen Morgan Story
Helen Morgan

Escape from Fort Bravo
Alice Owens

Arena
Ruth Danvers

Fast Company
Carol Maldon

Cry of the Hunted
Janet Tunner

Warpath
Molly Quade

The Stooge
Mary Turner

That's My Boy
Betty 'Babs' Hunter

At War with the Army
Helen

The Men
Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)

Across The Rio Grande
Polly Burgin

Champion
Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice) (uncredited)