Bergen, Polly

Polly Bergen
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Polly Bergen

Name	Bergen, Polly Gender: F
Birthname	Burgin, Nellie Paulina
born on	14 July 1930 at 03:30 (= 03:30 AM )
Place	Knoxville TN, USA, 35n58, 83w55
Timezone	CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	21°12' 00°16 Asc. 07°35'

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Biography

American singer, actress, TV performer and businesswoman, always an overachiever. She went to 45 schools in 28 states before she was 18. At 15 she was already singing in Las Vegas, claiming to be 22 and passing her mom off as her sister. In 1948, she signed a movie contract at $600 a week. Four years later, she signed with MGM as a starlet in B flicks.

A Broadway debut followed on 12/10/1953. In 1954, she hosted a TV variety series, "Blue Angel." The next year, she played in Vegas. She sang hillbilly, light opera and pop. On 12/18/1956, Bergen began as a wacky panelist on "To Tell the Truth," a TV series that won her an Emmy in 1957. Her first major film role came in 1962 in "Cape Fear." She scored an Emmy as best actress for her TV role in "The Helen Morgan Story," 1957. Her second Emmy was 26 years later, for "Winds of War."

Bergen was married just after high school to actor Jerome Courtland; the marriage lasted from 1949-1955. She married her agent, Freddie Fields, on 2/13/1956; they had three kids and divorced after 17 years together. In 1957 and 1959, they adopted kids.

In 1962, she began psychoanalysis. She says that her mind is always racing. She is chronically early and an unashamed perfectionist. As a kid, she was expected to bring home straight A's so she grew up trying to do everything perfectly.

As a businesswoman, she founded Polly Bergen Co., a successful home-based cosmetic business that she later sold to Faberge. She was the author of "Polly's Principles," 1974 and "The Polly Bergen Book of Beauty, Fashion and Charm," 1977.

She made a third marriage, to Jeffrey Endervelt, in 1982. With $2 million of her money and $1 million of his, they founded Polly Bergen's shoes, handbags, jewelry and production company.

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Events

• Work : Contracts, agreements 1948 (Signed movie contract)

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 10 December 1953 (Broadway debut)

• Work : New Job 1954 (TV series, Blue Angel)

• Work : New Job 18 December 1956 (TV series, To Tell the Truth)

• Work : Prize 1957 (Emmy)

• Relationship : Marriage 1949 (Jerome Courtland)

• Relationship : Marriage 13 February 1956 (Freddie Fields)

• Family : Adopted a child 1957

• Family : Adopted a child 1959

Source Notes

Lockhart quotes B.C. (Same in Contemporary American Horoscopes)

Categories

• Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress

• Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage (Legitimate theater, Broadway)

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.

• Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Beauty books)

• Notable : Awards : Emmy (Two)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy

• Lifestyle : Home : Many moves (28 states before age 18)

• Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star (To Tell the Truth)

• Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality (Blue Angel)

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/Opera

• Family : Parenting : Foster, Step, or Adopted Kids (Two adopted children)

• Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Three)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (One)

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Three)

• Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Freddie Fields, 17 years; divorced)

• Traits : Personality : Hard worker

• Traits : Personality : Perfectionist

• Traits : Personality : Ambitious (Overachiever)

• Vocation : Entertainment : Comedy

• Vocation : Beauty : Designer/ Fashion (Company has shoes, handbags, jewelry)

• Vocation : Business : Entrepreneur (Polly Bergen Co. Cosmetics, fashion, shoes, jewelry)

• Vocation : Entertainment : Night Club/ Vaudeville (Club acts, Vegas)

• Lifestyle : Work : Skills - Multi-faceted (Business, acting, singing, writing)