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Polly Bergen
Actress 1930 - 2014

Polly Bergen

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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... Read full bio →

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14 titles
Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby

John Waters 1990 1h 25m 7.5

A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.

Making Mr. Right

Making Mr. Right

Susan Seidelman 1987 1h 38m

When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.

Kisses for My President

Kisses for My President

Curtis Bernhardt 1964 1h 53m

When the women of America join together on election day and elect a Leslie McCloud as the US President, things get a little awkward. Especially for her husband Thad McCloud. He, as First Husband, must take over the job as The First Lady, in the women's groups and garden parties.

The Caretakers

The Caretakers

Hall Bartlett 1963 1h 37m

This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital.

Move Over, Darling

Move Over, Darling

Michael Gordon 1963 1h 43m 6.0

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years.

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

J. Lee Thompson 1962 1h 46m 8.4

A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953 30m

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, and, finally, Polly Bergen

Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

John Sturges 1953 1h 39m 8.0

During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.

Cry of the Hunted

Cry of the Hunted

Joseph H. Lewis 1953 1h 20m

A prison convict escapes through the Louisiana swamps.

The Stooge

The Stooge

Norman Taurog 1951 1h 40m 6.0

Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.

That's My Boy

That's My Boy

Hal Walker 1951 1h 44m 6.0

The greatest player in Ridgefield College history uses his influence and reputation to get his only son, a sickly, uncoordinated nerd, on the college football team with comic results.

The Men

The Men

Fred Zinnemann 1950 1h 25m 7.0

A paralyzed war vet tries to adjust to the world without the use of his limbs.

At War with the Army

At War with the Army

Hal Walker 1950 1h 33m 5.0

Two former nightclub partners are now enlisted in the Army. Sergeant Puccinelli ranks above his former partner, Private First Class Korwin. Puccinelli is desperately trying to get transferred from his dull job to active duty overseas. Meanwhile, all Korwin wants is a pass to see his wife and new baby.

Champion

Champion

Mark Robson 1949 1h 39m 7.5

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. One of the all-time great boxing movies. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Actor--Kirk Douglas, Best Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Film Editing.

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