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Candice Bergen
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Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018-2019). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982).
Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the cover of Vogue before she made her screen debut in the film The Group (1966). She starred in The Sand Pe…
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Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018-2019). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982). Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the cover of Vogue before she made her screen debut in the film The Group (1966). She starred in The Sand Pebbles (1966), Soldier Blue (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), and The Wind and the Lion (1975). She made her Broadway debut in the 1984 play Hurlyburly and starred in the revivals of The Best Man (2012) and Love Letters (2014). From 2002 to 2004, she appeared in three episodes of the HBO series Sex and the City. Her other film roles include Miss Congeniality (2000), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), The Women (2008), Bride Wars (2009), Book Club (2018) and Let Them All Talk (2020).
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Lorne
as Self
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Sharon
As They Made Us
as Barbara
The Capote Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
I am a Mennonite
as Self - Interviewee
Let Them All Talk
as Roberta
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
Book Club
as Sharon
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Julia Meyerowitz
Home Again
as Lillian Stewart
Rules Don't Apply
as Nadine Henly
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
as Self - Actor
Beautiful & Twisted
as Bernice
Louis Malle, le rebelle
as Self (archive footage)
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
as Donna Mitchler
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
as Self
Inequality for All
as Murphy Brown (archive footage)
Elusive Justice
as Narrator
The Women of SNL
as Fern (archive footage)
The Romantics
as Augusta Hayes
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
Bride Wars
as Marion St. Claire
The Women
as Catherine Frazier
Sex and the City
as Enid Frick
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
as Self
No Poster
William Shatner in Concert
as Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
as Self
Footsteps
as Daisy Lowendahl
The Passions of Louis Malle
as Self - Interviewee
The In-Laws
as Judy Tobias
View from the Top
as Sally Weston
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
Sweet Home Alabama
as Mayor Kate Hennings
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
Miss Congeniality
as Kathy Morningside
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
as Anne Boleyn
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
Mary & Tim
as Mary Horton
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Understanding the Universe
as Narrator
Aretha Franklin: Duets
as Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
The Earth Day Special
as Murphy Brown
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
as Self
Mayflower Madam
as Sydney Biddle Barrows
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
as Self
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Ewa Berwid
Stick
as Kyle
Arthur the King
as Morgan Le Fay
2010
as SAL 9000 (voice)
No Poster
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
as Self
Gandhi
as Margaret Bourke-White
Rich and Famous
as Merry Noel Blake
Starting Over
as Jessica Potter
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
Oliver's Story
as Marcie Bonwit
A Night Full of Rain
as Lizzy
The Domino Principle
as Ellie
Bite the Bullet
as Miss Jones
The Wind and the Lion
as Eden Pedecaris
No Poster
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
11 Harrowhouse
as Maren Shirell
T.R. Baskin
as T. R. Baskin
The Hunting Party
as Melissa Ruger
Carnal Knowledge
as Susan
Soldier Blue
as Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'
Getting Straight
as Jan
The Adventurers
as Sue Ann Daley
The Woody Allen Special
as Self
The Magus
as Lily
The Day the Fish Came Out
as Electra Brown
Live for Life
as Candice
The Sand Pebbles
as Shirley Eckert
The Group
as Lakey
No Poster