Polly Bergen Filmography

A Very Serious Person

Actors: Charles Busch, P.J. Verhoest, Polly Bergen, Dana Ivey, Carl Andress

Synopsis: A young boy with an obsessive enthusiasm for old-Hollywood forms a warm bond with his effeminate Danish mentor as Psycho Beach Party and Die, Mommie, Die! director Charles Busch turns in his camp card to craft an uncharacteristically low-key and highly-personal rama about self-acceptance and Read More

Candles on Bay Street

Actors: Alicia Silverstone, Eion Bailey, Annabeth Gish, Matthew Knight, Polly Bergen, James Rebhorn

Synopsis: Based on the 1999 bestseller by K.C. McKinnon, this touching Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation stars Alicia Silverstone as Dee Dee, a single mom and professional candlemaker who returns to her Maine hometown after a lengthy absence. Having left town with a somewhat sullied reputation, she returns Read More

Touched By an Angel: Deconstructing Harry

Synopsis: Following orders from Above, Tess (Della Reese) takes her driver's-license examination, only to end up as accessory to a crime! Tess' driving instructor Doris (Lainie Kazan) interrupts the lesson long enough to stop at the funeral of her married lover--and to steal the man's ashes. Commanding Tess Read More

Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored

Synopsis: Actor Tim Reid (WKRP in Cincinnati) made his directorial debut with this filmed adaptation of Clifton L. Taulbert's autobiography. Set in an African-American community in the segregated South, Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored follows a young Taulbert through three decades, beginning with Read More

In the Blink of an Eye

Actors: Veronica Hamel, Mimi Rogers, Piper Laurie, Polly Bergen, Carlos Gomez

Synopsis: After her lifelong friend is jailed for murder, a brave woman launches a private investigation to prove her innocent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

For Hope

Synopsis: Comic actor Bob Saget served as producer and director of this made-for-TV film, inspired by the true story of Saget's sister Gay, who died in 1994 at the age of 47. Despite the pressures of single motherhood, schoolteacher Hope Altman (Dana Delany) seems to have her life in order until she is Read More

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Actors: Sean Young, Tim Daly, Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tobolowsky, Harvey Fierstein

Synopsis: Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a man whose scientific meddling has unexpected results gets a cross-gender update in this comedy. Richard Jacks (Tim Daly) is a research scientist trying to work his way up the ladder at a major perfume company when he inherits the notebooks of his Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin Deep Scandal

Actors: Raymond Burr

Synopsis: The murder of a cosmetics company tycoon leads lawyer Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) into a strange case involving a new anti-aging concoction. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Lady Against the Odds

Actors: Crystal Bernard, Annabeth Gish, Roy Thinnes, Polly Bergen, Heather McAdam

Synopsis: A private detective becomes involved in a new cast when her partner's guardian is murdered. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

The Lightning Incident

Actors: Nancy McKeon, Polly Bergen, Elpidia Carrillo, Miriam Colon

Synopsis: In this campy thriller, a pregnant sculptor is tormented with terrible nightmares just before the birth of her son. She doesn't recognize the dreams as psychic premonitions until after the members of a vengeful voodoo cult steal her newborn son. The distraught mom soon learns that she is also Read More

Cry-Baby

Actors: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake

Synopsis: John Waters does a quirky spin on '50s nostalgia in Cry-Baby, his musical homage to Rebel Without a Cause and Romeo and Juliet. Set in Baltimore in 1954 at the birth of rock & roll, the film features Johnny Depp as Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker. Depp is pure charisma as a juvenile delinquent with a Read More

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

Actors: Morgan Fairchild, Sela Ward, Michael Woods

Synopsis: As usual, the USA network's ad copy for their TV-movie The Haunting of Sarah Hardy was a model of understatement: "She has beauty, wealth, love, and a past that's driving her insane." Sela Ward stars as Sarah, a newlywed who is obsessed with the memory of her late mother. Sarah is convinced that Read More

War & Remembrance: The Final Chapter

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Polly Bergen, David Dukes, Sharon Stone, Barry Bostwick, Sami Frey, Topol

My Brother's Wife

Actors: Mel Harris, John Ritter

Synopsis: My Brother's Wife was adapted from A. R. Gurney's off-Broadway play The Middle Ages, but if you dig back a little you'll find a kernel of the plotline in Phillip Barry's 1928 play Holiday. John Ritter plays the flamboyantly nonconformist member of a staid Boston family. When he sees his future Read More

She Was Marked for Murder

Synopsis: In this suspenseful drama, a prominent publishing executive marries a younger man soon after the death of her husband. After the nuptials, the bride realizes she has made a terrible mistake as her charming groom seems to be planning to murder her. The film is also called Marked for Murder. Read More

Addicted to His Love - Sisterhood

Actors: Barry Bostwick, Linda Purl

Synopsis: When this seriocomic TV film first aired March 28, 1988, it was titled Addicted to His Love. Evidently to pacify certain feminist factions, the film was rechristened Sisterhood for syndication. Either way, this is the story of a smooth lothario, played by Barry Bostwick. In the course of 97 Read More

War & Remembrance

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, John Gielgud, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Polly Bergen, David Dukes, Michael Jeffrey Woods, Sharon Stone, Barry Bostwick

Making Mr. Right

Actors: Ann Magnuson, John Malkovich, Glenne Headly, Ben Masters, Laurie Metcalf

Synopsis: This sci-fi comedy from Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) director Susan Seidelman stars John Malkovich along with several other actors from his Steppenwolf Theatre troupe in Chicago. Malkovich stars as Dr. Jeff Peters, a scientist for the Chemtech Corporation who has invented an affable robotic Read More

Murder, She Wrote: School for Scandal

Synopsis: Jessica (Angela Lansbury arrives at the campus of Crenshaw University to receive an honorary degree. Among the faculty members is Professor Joselyn Clover (Polly Bergen), whose daughter Daphne (Mary Kate McGeehan) has penned a notoriously lurid best-selling novel. When the campus "stud" is Read More

Velvet

Synopsis: In this espionage adventure, four beautiful aerobics instructors (government spies in disguise) try to stop villains from stealing the newest nuclear weapon. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Winds of War

Synopsis: This World War II epic drama, based on the book by Herman Wouk, follows the life and trials of a career naval officer (Robert Mitchum) sent to Germany during Hitler's rise to power, who witnesses the gradual escalation of the war. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Winds of War, Part 3: Cataclysm

Synopsis: In the third episode of the seven-part, eighteen-hour miniseries The Winds of War, President Roosevelt has dispatched Naval Commander "Pug" Henry (Robert Mitchum) to Germany, there to try to reason with the power-mad Adolf Hitler (Gunter Meisner), whose army has just invaded Poland. Henry also Read More

Winds of War, Part 2: The Storm Breaks

Synopsis: In the second episode of the seven-part, eighteen-hour miniseries The Winds of War, several of the characters introduced in part one are swept up in the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland. Among these are Byron Henry (Jan-Michael Vincent), Natalie Jastrow (Ali McGraw) and Leslie Slote (David Dukes), who Read More

Winds of War, Part 6: Changing the Guard

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman, Polly Bergen

Synopsis: The sixth episode of the seven-part, eighteen-hour miniseries The Winds of War takes place in early 1941. Government attache "Pug" Henry (Robert Mitchum) commands a fleet of destroyers escorted a US convoy that is unoffically heading to England, there to aid in the war effort against Germany. En Read More

Winds of War, Part 7: Into the Maelstorm

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman, Polly Bergen

Synopsis: In the final episode of the seven-part, eighteen-hour miniseries The Winds of War, Ambassador-at-large "Pug" Henry (Robert Mitchum) represents the US in a series of conferences with the intansigent Russian premier Josef Stalin (Anatoly Chauginian). Dallying briefly with his erstwhile British Read More

Winds of War, Part 5: Of Love and War

Synopsis: In the fifth episode of the seven-part, eighteen-hour miniseries The Winds of War, US Naval Commander "Pug" Henry (Robert Mitchum) continues acting as President Roosevelt's emissary of peace in war-torn Europe, even as Hitler (Gunter Meisner) secretly prepares to double-cross Stalin (Anatoly Read More

Winds of War, Part 4: Defiance

Synopsis: Set in 1940, the fourth episode of the seven-part, eighteen-hour miniseries The Winds of War finds American troubleshooter Cmdr. "Pug" Henry (Robert Mitchum) heading to England on a secret mission for President Roosevelt. Here he is reunited with his secret love, Pamela Tudsbury (Victoria Tennant) Read More

Born Beautiful

Synopsis: Born Beautiful proposes that model Erin Grey is over the hill when she turns 27. We don't believe it, but the plot hinges upon Grey's rivalry with the younger, more aggressive Lori Singer. Some of the characters are straight out of Valley of the Dolls, especially the neurotic pill-popper played by Barbara Blackburn Read More

The Million Dollar Face

Actors: Gayle Hunnicutt, Lee Grant

Synopsis: The expensive face of the title belongs to Sylvia Kristel, who actually levies a price of $2.5 million upon the fictional cosmetics firm of Glamour Inc. Ms. Kristel's story is but one of the many intrigues within the hallowed halls of Glamour. Tony Curtis stars as the company's CEO, beset with Read More

How to Pick up Girls

Synopsis: Though Desi Arnaz Jr. gets star billing in How to Pick Up Girls, the film's true leading man is third-billed Fred McCrarren. He plays a clueless Nebraska boy whose efforts to score with chicks in the Big City come to naught. Finally he stumbles upon the "secret" to successful dating with the help Read More

79 Park Avenue

Actors: Barbara Barrie

Synopsis: The formal title for this TV mini-series was Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue, just in case you might mistake it for William Makepeace Thackeray's 79 Park Avenue. Originally presented in three parts, this adaptation of the Robbins best-seller stars Lesley Ann Warren as Marja Fludjicki, a Read More

Telethon

Synopsis: A marathon fundraiser held in exciting Las Vegas finds itself beset by behind-the-scenes romance and danger in this drama. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Murder on Flight 502

Synopsis: While bound for London from New York, the occupants of a 747 are terrorized by a mad bomber. The jet's pilot (Robert Stack) and several brave passengers must thwart the plot. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Anatomy of Terror

Synopsis: In Anatomy of Terror, a made-for-TV spy mystery thriller, a Korean war vet (Paul Burke) discovers that he is the victim of brainwashing and must depend on the help of his girlfriend (Polly Bergen) to learn the truth. The plot has some interesting twists, but the cast gives uniformly lackluster Read More

Death Cruise

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV movie, six persons have won a cruise-ship vacation, but they find that the awards were just a trick to begin a killing game. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

An Echo of Theresa

Synopsis: An Echo of Theresa was the first 90-minute entry in the ABC-TV late-night anthology Wide World Mystery. Billed as a "psychological thriller," the videotaped drama stars Polly Bergen and Paul Burke. Bergen and Burke portray a middle-aged couple on their blissful second honeymoon. Ere long, however Read More

A Guide for the Married Man

Actors: Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Claire Kelly

Synopsis: Ed Stander (Robert Morse), with the help of an all-star cast, teaches Paul Manning (Walter Matthau) the fine art of philandering in A Guide for the Married Man. Paul, happily married to sexy Ruth (Inger Stevens), has no burning desire to cheat, but Ed makes the prospect sound very attractive. Read More

Kisses for My President

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews, Eli Wallach

Synopsis: Behind every great woman, there's a man who isn't so sure he's happy to be there -- or at least that's the state of affairs in this gender-switch comedy. Leslie McCloud (Polly Bergen) makes history when she becomes the first woman elected to the office of President of the United States. However Read More

Move Over, Darling

Actors: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Chuck Connors, Thelma Ritter

Synopsis: A man makes the highly unexpected discovery that he has two wives in this romantic comedy. Widower Nick Arden (James Garner) has just set off on his honeymoon with his new wife Bianca (Polly Bergen) when his mother Grace (Thelma Ritter) receives a very unexpected guest -- Nick's late wife Ellen (Doris Day Read More

The Caretakers

Actors: Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Joan Crawford, Janis Paige, Diane McBain

Synopsis: A "bad movie" with a fervent fan following, The Caretakers is set in a bleak mental institution. Joan Crawford plays the hard-bitten head nurse (we first see her taking a karate lesson!) who is dead set against the progressive theories of new doctor Robert Stack. After a few minutes' exposure to Read More

Cape Fear

Actors: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam

Synopsis: After an eight-year prison term for rape and assault, Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is set free. Immediately making a beeline to Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), the former prosecutor responsible for Cady's conviction, Cady laconically informs Sam that he intends to "pay back" the attorney for his years Read More

Belle Sommers

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: You Can't Trust a Man

Synopsis: Nightclub singer Crystal Coe (Polly Bergen) is less than thrilled when her former husband, Tony (Joe Maross), shows up. It seems that Tony has served a lengthy prison sentence for a crime that Crystal had committed. Now Crystal must find a way to divest herself of Tony for good -- never suspecting Read More

Just Polly and Me

Actors: Phil Silvers, Polly Bergen

Arena

Actors: Gig Young, Jean Hagen, Polly Bergen, Barbara Lawrence

Synopsis: Bob Danvers, an arrogant, irresponsible rodeo star, retaliates for losing his wife by having an affair with a pretty fan in this melodrama. His wife, Ruth, really loves him, but she can no longer handle his selfishness and leaves. Hob has his moment of truth at a major Tucson rodeo when his Read More

Cry of the Hunted

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen, William Conrad, Mary Zavian

Synopsis: On the whole, the MGM B product of the 1950s contained some of the studio's best-ever "small" pictures. Filmed on location in the Louisana swamplands, Cry of the Hunted boils down to an extended chase, with escaped convict Vittorio Gassman as the fox and sheriff Barry Sullivan as the hound. Sullivan Read More

Escape From Fort Bravo

Actors: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Demarest, William Campbell

Synopsis: A nail-biting Indian deadlock remains the climax of this otherwise overly verbose Western filmed in M-G-M's then-new Ansco colors (forerunner of Eastmancolor). After ruthlessly dragging an escaped prisoner through the Arizona desert, Union Army Captain Roper (William Holden) suffers rebuke from Read More

Half a Hero

Actors: Red Skelton, Jean Hagen, Charles Dingle, Willard Waterman, Mary Wickes

Synopsis: Red Skelton does his best with the situation-comedy trappings of Half a Hero. A sort of poor man's Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, the story concerns one Ben Dobson (Skelton), whose wife Martha (Jean Hagen) talks him into leaving the big city and moving into a suburban housing development. Read More

Fast Company

Actors: Howard Keel, Polly Bergen, Marjorie Main, Robert Burton

Synopsis: In this musical comedy, a young woman inherits a race horse. She wants to race it but encounters difficulty with its trainer who wants to be able to buy the horse for himself. To do so, he makes sure the horse keeps losing races. The woman refuses to sell it. Later, race track con artists try to Read More

The Stooge

Actors: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall, Eddie Mayehoff

Synopsis: Filmed right after 1951's At War with the Army, the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis vehicle The Stooge was shelved until late 1952 to make way for another military farce, Jumping Jacks. When Stooge finally hit the screens Martin and Lewis fans were surprised by its dramatic content and the subdued Read More

That's My Boy

Actors: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Ruth Hussey, Eddie Mayehoff, Marion Marshall

Synopsis: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' second starring vehicle was the odd mixture of slapstick and sentiment known as That's My Boy. Lewis is cast as Junior Jackson, the milquetoast son of former college football All-American "Jarrin' Jack" Jackson (Eddie Mayehoff). Regarding Junior as a disgrace, Jarrin' Read More

Warpath

Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Charles Stevens, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker, Polly Bergen, Harry Carey, Jr.

Synopsis: In this western, a cowboy rides out to avenge the death of his fiancee. Three outlaws are responsible for the murder. He finds the first and kills him. The second he finds has become a sergeant in the Seventh Cavalry. The third has become a storekeeper. Unfortunately, before he can kill them, they Read More

At War With the Army

Actors: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Mike Kellin, Jimmie Dundee, Dick Stabile

Synopsis: Though At War With the Army was the third film appearance of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, it was the team's first starring vehicle. A pattern is set herein for all the Martin-Lewis flicks to follow: Martin plays a self-assured romeo, forever bursting into song, while Lewis is a hopeless screw-up Read More

Across the Rio Grande

Actors: Jimmy Wakely, Reno Browne, Riley Hill, Dennis Moore

Synopsis: In this late entry in Monogram's Jimmy Wakely series of musical Westerns, Wakely and sidekick Cannonball (Dub Taylor) come to the aid of Reno Browne, whose brother, Steven (Riley Hill), is convicted and sentenced to death for killing an enemy of their later father. Wakely and Cannonball, who has Read More