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Polly Bergen

1930 - 2014

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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 Helen Morgan (Playhouse 90). 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 Cape Fear (1962) and The Caretakers (1963), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Polly Bergen is the 4,811th most popular actor (down from 4,472nd in 2019), the 7,589th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,556th in 2019) and the 2,198th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Polly Bergen ranks 4,811 out of 13,578Before her are Kristen Cloke, Metaksia Simonyan, Aracy Balabanian, Ian Abercrombie, Henry Daniell, and Birol Ünel. After her are Penn Badgley, Anselmo Duarte, Lola Falana, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Jang Dong-gun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Polly Bergen ranks 430Before her are Carlos Lucas, Halszka Osmólska, Michael J. Adams, Kjell Espmark, Jacqueline du Bief, and Oleg Anofriyev. After her are Chuck Daly, Richard Lynn, Štefan Uher, Alakbar Mammadov, Estela de Carlotto, and Kei Kumai. Among people deceased in 2014, Polly Bergen ranks 341Before her are Roger Lloyd-Pack, Joachim Fuchsberger, Al Pease, Imre Gedővári, Miloslava Rezková, and Jimi Jamison. After her are Carol Ann Susi, Alakbar Mammadov, Frankie Knuckles, Juanita Moore, Tony Crook, and Ara Shiraz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Polly Bergen ranks 7,591 out of 20,380Before her are Gilbert Kaplan (1941), Henry Carr (1941), Loren Acton (1936), Paul Whiteman (1890), Clifton Williams (1932), and John O'Hara (1905). After her are Penn Badgley (1986), Chuck Daly (1930), Lola Falana (1942), Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971), Washington Allston (1779), and Lucy Stone (1818).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Polly Bergen ranks 2,199Before her are Edie McClurg (1951), Phyllis Diller (1917), Kyle Gass (1960), Mae Murray (1885), Michael Stuhlbarg (1968), and Kristen Cloke (1968). After her are Penn Badgley (1986), Lola Falana (1942), Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Janis Paige (1922), and Margaret Avery (1944).