Polly Bergen Net Worth
Polly Bergen Net Worth is
$13 Million
Polly Bergen Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
In a six-decade-plus career (she started out as a radio performer at age 14), there are very few facets of entertainment that lovely singer/actress Polly Bergen has not conquered or, at the very least, touched upon. A nightclub and Columbia recording artist of the 50s and 60s, she is just as well known for her film and Emmy-winning dramatic ... | Full Name | Polly Bergen |
| Date Of Birth | July 14, 1930, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States |
| Died | September 20, 2014, Southbury, Connecticut, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| Height | 5' 5" (1.65 m) |
| Profession | Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew |
| Education | El Camino College Compton Center |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Jeffrey Endervelt (m. 1982–1990), Freddie Fields (m. 1956–1973), Jerome Courtland (m. 1950–1955) |
| Children | Pamela Fields, Peter Fields |
| Parents | Lucy Bergen, Bill Bergen |
| Siblings | Barbra Bergen |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Actress - Best Single Performance - Lead or Support |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Satellite Award for Best Su... |
| Movies | Cape Fear, Cry-Baby, The Winds of War, Move Over, Darling, Kisses for My President, At War with the Army, The Stooge, That's My Boy, Escape from Fort Bravo, The Caretakers, Cry of the Hunted, Struck by Lightning, Making Mr. Right, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Candles on Bay Street, A Very Serious Person... |
| TV Shows | War and Remembrance, The Polly Bergen Show |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | On the loss of Elaine Kaufman: Every year, Elaine would come to my house for Thanksgiving as well as Christmas. She would stand in line with everyone else, because I always had so many people over. It was a great for me, as I got to feed her, because she was always the one feeding me. |
| 2 | I don't want to waste the rest of my life just earning a living. I want to do what's fulfilling for me. I want to play out my life doing what I enjoy, not just showing up for work. |
| 3 | I'm one of those people who always needs a mountain to climb. When I get up a mountain as far as I think I'm going to get, I try to find another mountain. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | She was, in her words, "a tremendous reader of science fiction". |
| 2 | The day after she appeared as the lead in the TV production of the Helen Morgan story, the headline of the TV review column in the NY Herald Tribune was "Pepsi girl takes up hard liquor". |
| 3 | In 1964, Bergen starred with Fred MacMurray in "Kisses for My President," a film premised, incredibly for the first woman becoming president. It wasn't quite an anthem to feminism, though: "Is America prepared?" the posters asked. "What happens to her poor husband when he becomes the First Lady?". In 2008, Bergen campaigned door-to-door for Hilary Rodham Clinton, when the former first lady ran for president. "She always thought a woman president in real life was long overdue," said her longtime manager, Jan McCormack. When Geena Davis as MacKenzie Allen becomes the first woman American president after she ascends to the job following the death of president Teddy Bridges. portrayed a first woman president in the 2005-2006 ABC television drama series "Commander in Chief." Polly Bergen was cast as Geena Davis' MacKenzie Allen's mother. |
| 4 | Polly Bergen died at her home in Southbury, Connecticut at 84 years of age. Her death was from natural causes. Bergen had a history of emphysema and circulatory problems that she attributed to 50 years of smoking. "I had a choice of quitting smoking or singing another chorus of 'Night and Day,' and I chose to continue smoking and quit singing," she told Charles Osgood on CBS News in 2001. "And it was a decision that I regretted from that day forward." But she worked as a character actor well into her older years, appearing as the mistress of Tony Soprano's father on "The Sopranos" and as the mother of Felicity Huffman's character on "Desperate Housewives." "She was a great broad, as they said in the vernacular of her day, a wonderful actress and a lovely woman," Huffman related. "I will miss her fire, her courage and her irreverence". For a woman born in Tennessee and who grew up in Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere as her father traveled between low-paying construction jobs, Bergen radiated urban sophistication. |
| 5 | Born in Knoxville, Tennessee on July 14, 1930, Nellie Paulina Burgin remembered being wowed by the films of Shirley Temple and Deanna Durbin -- especially one where Durbin shot to fame after a producer overheard her singing in her kitchen. "I would stand in my kitchen and sing my life out waiting for someone to show up -- if not today, then tomorrow," Bergin told the Hartford Courant in 2013. At 14, Berben played her first professional gig with her guitar-strumming father on a radio station in Richmond, Indinana. Early in her career, she tried hard to "discard the hillbilly label that had been attached to her," The Times said in 1952, noting her debut at "the plush Maisonette Room in the St. Regis Hotel, New York City, where the ring-side is a veritable sea of mink and ermine." In the 1950s, Bergen also was a regular in Las Vegas, singing standards like "The Party's Over" for as much as $50,000.00 a week to an audience of high rollers and what she called "mob guys." One mobster and his girl-friend befriended her, she later said, and made sure she sent most of her money home to her parents. "There was nobody in the world who knew good from bad better than they did," she explained. At around the same time, Bergen started a lengthy run on the quiz shows, primarily "To Tell the Truth." In her mid 30s, she started experiencing voice problems and for years abandoned singing. |
| 6 | Hard-hit by the financial crisis of 1987, Bergen sold her 4,000-square-foot Park Avenue apartment, appeared in a few television movies, and moved to Montana for a few years. "I just couldn't bear the humiliation of what I was doing," she told the New York Times. "I just can't stand in these lines with 35 actresses who've each got 63 million miles of film, waiting to audition for some idiot who's 12 years old." Bergen later returned to singing, working with a vocal coach to freshen her skills. In 1999, Bergen performed at a Miami Beach benefit performance of Stephen Sondheim's "Company." The audience loved her. "They were like, 'Is she still alive?'" she said. "It felt like I'd never been gone, but I knew I could get better." At 70, Bergen was back on Broadway, nominated for a Tony award in Sondheim's "Follies." Her hit song was "I'm Still Here": Good times and bad times -- I've seen them all. And, my dear: I'm still here...... |
| 7 | Pollly 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. Bergen was 20 and already an established singer when she starred in her first Hollywood feature film -- a Dean Martin-and-Jerry Lewis comedy called "At War With the Army" -- that was released by Paramount Pictures in 1951. Los Angeles Times reviewer Philip K. Scheuer allowed that there might be hope for the attractive but inexperienced newcomer. "Miss Bergen looks like a nice person and her voice is pretty good, but she doesn't know how to face a camera," Scheuer wrote. "Give her time. She's new." She joined Martin and Lewis in two more Paramount film comedies, "That's My Boy" and "The Stooge." In 1953, she made her Broadway debut with Harry Belafonte in the revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac." From 1956-1961 she became a regular panelist on the popular New York based CBS Mark Goodson - Bill Todman produced television game show "To Tell the Truth" with Bud Collyer, Kitty Carlisle and Tom Poston. In 1958, seven years after her first Hollywood feature film with Martin and Lewis, Bergen won a best-actress EMMY for her compelling CBS' William S. Paley's Television anthology series "Playhouse 90" in her portrayal of Helen Morgan, the troubled torch singer of the 1920s and '30s. In 1964's "Kisses for My President," Bergen was cast as the first female U.S. President, with Fred MacMurray as First Gentleman. In the end, the president quits when she gets pregnant. Most importantly in the Dan Curtis Productions' ABC Television 1983 seven episodic mini-series "The Winds of War," and the 1988 sequel, Bergen was nominated for another EMMY in 1989 for best supporting actress in a network television mini-series or special for Dan Curtis Productions' ABC Television "War and Remembrance." She appeared as the troubled wife of high-ranking Navy officer Pug Henry, played by Robert Mitchum. Mitchum also had the key role in the original 1962 landmark Universal-MCA feature suspense film, "Cape Fear," as the sadistic ex-convict who terrorizes a lawyer (Gregory Peck) and his wife (Bergen) and daughter because he blames Peck for sending him to prison. |
| 8 | Rex Reed, film and theater critic for the New York Observer and a close friend of Bergen's for over 50 years, called Bergen a legendary "A-list, New York Oscar party host." In an interview, he recalled watching the Oscar show while sitting on Bergen's Park Avenue apartment's bed between Paul Newman and Lucille Ball. |
| 9 | In the early 1960s, Bergen formed a cosmetics firm that marketed beauty preparations made from "the oil of the turtle." In 1973, Bergen sold the cosmetic company to Fabérge. |
| 10 | Bergen also was an ardent feminist, campaigning for the Equal Rights Amendment and women's reproductive rights. She spoke publicly about having had an illegal abortion when she was a 17 year-old band singer -- a procedure that she said prevented her from bearing children for the rest of her life. |
| 11 | Bergen's personal life, over the years, was not as smooth as her career. Her four-year marriage to actor Jerome Courtland ended in an acrimonious divorce in 1955. Her second marriage was to super-agent and producer Freddie Fields -- they divorced in 1975 after 18 years. In 1982 she married entrepreneur Jeff Endervelt. She co-signed his loans and gave him millions to invest from her beauty company profits. She said in a 2001 New York Times interview: "He would come home and say, 'Honey, sign this.' I wouldn't even look at it. Because you trust your husband." The stock market crash of the 1980s wiped out the investments. She divorced him in 1991, and she said he left her with so many debts she had to sell her New York apartment and other belongings to avoid bankruptcy. |
| 12 | Polly Bergen's survivors include daughter P.K. Fields and son Peter Fields, the children she adopted with her second husband; stepdaughter Kathy Fields Lander; and three grandchildren. |
| 13 | The memorial service (though not the funeral service) for Brandon Lee was held at her home. |
| 14 | When not working, she lives quietly amongst her Hollywood pals in the hills of Litchfield County, Connecticut. [October 2006] |
| 15 | In the spring of 2008, she played the role of "Madame Armfeldt" in Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" at Baltimore's Center Stage -- to standing ovations. [April 2008] |
| 16 | Guest starring as "Lynette Scavo"'s mother (Felicity Huffman's character) in the season finale of Desperate Housewives (2004). [May 2007] |
| 17 | Joined the cast of Commander in Chief (2005) as the President's mother. [November 2005] |
| 18 | As of March, 2002, Ms. Bergen is playing Fraulein Schneider in the long running Broadway Revival of "Cabaret" at Studio 54 in New York City. |
| 19 | Release of her memoirs, "Polly's Principles". [1974] |
| 20 | Was a Girl Scout. |
| 21 | Ex-stepmother of Kathy Fields. |
| 22 | Mother-in-law of David L. Lander. |
| 23 | Aunt of Wendy Riche. |
| 24 | Grandmother of actress Natalie Lander. |
| 25 | Had to leave the 2007 musical "Camille Claudel" (due) following minor surgery. She was replaced by Joan Copeland. |
| 26 | For 30 years, from 1969 to 1999, the husky-voiced Bergen did a lot of showing up for work without singing a note. Excessive smoking and respiratory problems were the primary causes. |
| 27 | Converted from Southern Baptist (her grandfather was a minister) to Judaism after marrying Hollywood talent agent Freddie Fields, by whom she had one biological child and two adopted children. |
| 28 | Copping an Emmy Award for playing torch singer Helen Morgan on TV in 1957, she subsequently recorded an album of Morgan's popular songs. |
| 29 | Children with Freddie Fields: Pamela Fields and Peter Fields. |
| 30 | Ex-sister-in-law of Shep Fields. |
| 31 | Over the last 40 years, she has undertaken successful business ventures as Polly Bergen Cosmetics, Polly Bergen Jewelry, and Polly Bergen Shoes. She has also been active as part-owner of and pitch person for Oil-of-the-Turtle cosmetics. |
| 32 | Played the first woman president in the movie Kisses for My President (1964) and played the mother of the first woman president on the TV show Commander in Chief (2005) |
| 33 | She began her career at age 14 as a radio performer. |
| 34 | Was nominated for Broadway's 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for a revival of "Follies." |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Struck by Lightning | 2012 | Grandma | |
| Desperate Housewives | 2007-2011 | TV Series | Stella Wingfield |
| Candles on Bay Street | 2006 | TV Movie | Rosemary |
| Commander in Chief | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Kate Allen |
| A Very Serious Person | 2006 | Mrs. A | |
| Paradise, Texas | 2005 | Beverly Cameron | |
| Early Bird | 2005 | TV Movie | |
| The Sopranos | 2004 | TV Series | Fran Felstein |
| Twice in a Lifetime | 1999 | TV Series | Judge Deborah |
| Touched by an Angel | 1998 | TV Series | Stella |
| For Hope | 1996 | TV Movie | Molly Altman |
| In the Blink of an Eye | 1996 | TV Movie | Murial |
| Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | 1995 | Miss Maybry | |
| The Surrogate | 1995 | TV Movie | Sandy Gilman |
| Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | 1995 | Mrs. Unterveldt | |
| Leave of Absence | 1994 | TV Movie | Janet |
| Burke's Law | 1994 | TV Series | Rachel Doucet |
| Arly Hanks | 1993 | TV Movie | Ruby Bee |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal | 1993 | TV Movie | Barbara Fox |
| Baby Talk | 1991-1992 | TV Series | Doris Campbell |
| Lady Against the Odds | 1992 | TV Movie | Cleo Storrs |
| Lightning Field | 1991 | TV Movie | Carol |
| Steel Magnolias | 1990 | TV Movie | Clairee Belcher |
| Cry-Baby | 1990 | Mrs. Vernon-Williams | |
| Jake and the Fatman | 1990 | TV Series | Emma Julian |
| My Brother's Wife | 1989 | TV Movie | Myra Gilbert |
| The Haunting of Sarah Hardy | 1989 | TV Movie | Emily Stepford |
| War and Remembrance | 1988-1989 | TV Mini-Series | Rhoda Henry |
| Mother, Mother | 1989 | Short | Barbara Cutler |
| She Was Marked for Murder | 1988 | TV Movie | Laura Lee Webster |
| Addicted to His Love | 1988 | TV Movie | Vivien Langford |
| My Two Dads | 1988 | TV Series | Evelyn Taylor |
| Making Mr. Right | 1987 | Estelle Stone | |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1985 | TV Series | Dr. Jocelyn Laird |
| Hotel | 1985 | TV Series | Elizabeth Hastings |
| Velvet | 1984 | TV Movie | Mrs. Vance |
| Fantasy Island | 1984 | TV Series | Esther Brandell |
| The Winds of War | 1983 | TV Mini-Series | Rhoda Henry |
| The Love Boat | 1977-1982 | TV Series | Dana Pierce / Maisie Nolan |
| Born Beautiful | 1982 | TV Movie | Marion Carmody |
| The Million Dollar Face | 1981 | TV Movie | Jo Burns |
| Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today | 1978 | TV Movie | |
| How to Pick Up Girls! | 1978 | TV Movie | Dana Greenberg |
| Telethon | 1977 | TV Movie | Dorothy Goodwin |
| Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Vera Keppler |
| Ellery Queen | 1976 | TV Series | Dina Carroll-Winer |
| Murder on Flight 502 | 1975 | TV Movie | Mona Briarly |
| Death Cruise | 1974 | TV Movie | Sylvia Carter |
| Thriller | 1973 | TV Series | Suzy Hunter |
| The Wide World of Mystery | 1973 | TV Series | Suzy Hunter |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Myrtle - Bolivar's Fiance / Teacher |
| A Guide for the Married Man | 1967 | Technical Adviser (Clara Brown) | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | Jennifer Randolph |
| Kisses for My President | 1964 | Leslie McCloud | |
| Move Over, Darling | 1963 | Bianca Steele Arden | |
| The Caretakers | 1963 | Lorna Melford | |
| Dr. Kildare | 1963 | TV Series | Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | 1963 | TV Series | Paula Miles |
| Belle Sommers | 1962 | TV Movie | Belle Sommers |
| Cape Fear | 1962 | Peggy Bowden | |
| Wagon Train | 1961 | TV Series | Kitty Allbright |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1961 | TV Series | Crystal Coe |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1960 | TV Series | Lillith Smalwood |
| Lux Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | Lamy |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Helen Morgan |
| Star Stage | 1956 | TV Series | |
| General Electric Theater | 1956 | TV Series | Susan Barry |
| The Elgin Hour | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Betty West / Dawn Desmond |
| Appointment with Adventure | 1955 | TV Series | |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Escape from Fort Bravo | 1953 | Alice Owens | |
| Arena | 1953 | Ruth Danvers | |
| Fast Company | 1953 | Carol Maldon | |
| Cry of the Hunted | 1953 | Janet Tunner | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1952 | TV Series | Dellie |
| The Stooge | 1951 | Mary Turner | |
| Warpath | 1951 | Molly Quade | |
| That's My Boy | 1951 | Betty 'Babs' Hunter | |
| At War with the Army | 1950 | Helen Palmer | |
| The Men | 1950 | Nightclub Singer (singing voice, uncredited) | |
| The Alan Young Show | 1950 | TV Series | |
| Across the Rio Grande | 1949 | Cantina Singer (as Polly Burgin) | |
| Champion | 1949 | Radio and Jukebox Singer (voice, uncredited) |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candles on Bay Street | 2006 | TV Movie performer: "You've Got A Friend" | |
| The 55th Annual Tony Awards | 2001 | TV Special performer: "I'm Still Here" | |
| Move Over, Darling | 1963 | performer: "Bridal Chorus Here Comes The Bride" 1850 - uncredited | |
| Yves Montand on Broadway | 1961 | TV Movie performer: "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" uncredited, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" uncredited, "Take Me Along" uncredited, "They Can't Take Away from Me" uncredited, "I Love Paris" uncredited, "C'est Magnifique" uncredited, "Autumn Leaves" Les Feuilles Mortes, "C'est si bon" uncredited, "I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again" uncredited, "Skip to My Lou" uncredited, "Gwine to Rune All Night" uncredited | |
| The George Burns Show | 1960 | TV Special performer: "Just One of Those Things", "Buttons and Bows" - uncredited | |
| The Polly Bergen Show | 1958 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Half a Hero | 1953 | performer: "Love" | |
| That's My Boy | 1951 | performer: "Ballin' the Jack" | |
| At War with the Army | 1950 | performer: "You and Your Beautiful Eyes" | |
| Across the Rio Grande | 1949 | performer: "Across the Rio Grande" | |
| Champion | 1949 | performer: "Never Be It Said" |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hangup | 1974 | cosmetics | |
| A Touch of Class | 1973 | cosmetics |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leave of Absence | 1994 | TV Movie story |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leave of Absence | 1994 | TV Movie co-executive producer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2014 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 13th Annual Tony Awards | 1959 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| New American Bandstand 1965 | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
| The All-Star Christmas Show | 1958 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Dick Clark Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Milton Berle Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Polly Bergen Show | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
| The Big Record | 1957 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | 1957 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Vocalist |
| Washington Square | 1957 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1957 | TV Series | Herself - Singer |
| The Jonathan Winters Show | 1956 | TV Series | Herself |
| Atlantic City Holiday | 1956 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show | 1956 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | 1956 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jimmy Durante Show | 1955 | TV Series | Herself |
| Frankie Laine Time | 1955 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess / Herself . Hostess |
| Your Hit Parade | 1954 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Blue Angel | 1954 | TV Series | Herself |
| The George Jessel Show | 1954 | TV Series | Herself |
| Half a Hero | 1953 | Herself - Guest Appearance | |
| Songs for Sale | 1951-1952 | TV Series | Herself |
| Cavalcade of Stars | 1952 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Actress |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1951 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| To Tell the Truth | 1956-2016 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
| A Conversation with Polly Bergen | 2007 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Doris & Marty | 2007 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Doris Day's Best Friends | 2007 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| The Making of 'War & Remembrance' | 2004 | Video short | Herself |
| War & Remembrance: Behind the Scenes | 2004 | Video short | Herself |
| The 55th Annual Tony Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee & Performer |
| Hollywood Greats | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| One on One with John Tesh | 1992 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Chuck Woolery Show | 1991 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | 1991 | Documentary | Herself |
| Live with Kelly and Ryan | 1990 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee |
| The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant | 1988 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Hour Magazine | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1972-1980 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself - Vocalist / Actress |
| To Tell the Truth | 1980 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist (1980-1981) |
| The Paul Ryan Show | 1977 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Bob Braun Show | 1967-1975 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself - Singer |
| Celebrity Sweepstakes | 1974 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1966-1973 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Dinah's Place | 1971 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The David Frost Show | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1967-1971 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1966-1971 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Polly Bergen Musical Special | 1971 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Game Game | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest Host |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1966-1968 | TV Series | Herself - Singer / Herself / Sketch Actor |
| The Skitch Henderson Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| Not for Women Only | 1968 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess (1976-1977) |
| The Dean Martin Show | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Dream Girl of '67 | 1967 | TV Series | Herself - Fashion Hostess |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1953-1967 | TV Series | Herself / Singer |
| The Andy Williams Show | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | 1959-1966 | TV Series | Herself - Host / Herself - Singer / Hostess |
| What's My Line? | 1958-1966 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Mystery Guest #3 / Herself - Panelist |
| Password All-Stars | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Contestant / Panelist - Celebrity Contestant |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Herself |
| Yves Montand on Broadway | 1961 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The 33rd Annual Academy Awards | 1961 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1958-1961 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1960 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Person to Person | 1960 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Garry Moore Show | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Walter Winchell Show | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1960 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The George Burns Show | 1960 | TV Special | Polly Bergen |
| Startime | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom | 1959 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Herself - In Memoriam |
| The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - In Memoriam |
| Desperate Housewives Special: Secrets and Lies | 2007 | TV Movie | Stella Wingfield |
| The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1979 | TV Special | Herself |
| Bob Hope's World of Comedy | 1976 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Valentine's Day | 1964 | TV Series | Bianca Steele Arden |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1957 | TV Series | Herself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Actress - Best Single Performance - Lead or Support | Playhouse 90 (1956) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Desperate Housewives (2004) |
| 2007 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Desperate Housewives (2004) |
| 2004 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | Drama Guest Actress | The Sopranos (1999) |
| 2004 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series | The Sopranos (1999) |
| 1989 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | War and Remembrance (1988) |
| 1983 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | The Winds of War (1983) |
| 1964 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actress - Drama | The Caretakers (1963) |
| 1964 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Female Dramatic Performance | The Caretakers (1963) |
Known for movies
To Tell the Truth (1956-2016)
as Herself - Panelist
Cry-Baby (1990)
as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Cape Fear (1962)
as Peggy Bowden
Move Over, Darling (1963)
as Bianca Steele Arden