Candice Bergen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1946-05-09 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Candice Bergen

Biography

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...

Acting

2000

Miss Congeniality

as Kathy Morningside

1982

Gandhi

as Margaret Bourke-White

2009

Bride Wars

as Marion St. Claire

2008

Sex and the City

as Enid Frick

2003

The In-Laws

as Judy Tobias

1966

The Sand Pebbles

as Shirley Eckert

2003

View from the Top

as Sally Weston

2002

Sweet Home Alabama

as Mayor Kate Hennings

1985

Stick

as Kyle

1975

Bite the Bullet

as Miss Jones

1968

The Magus

as Lily

2008

The Women

as Catherine Frazier

1970

Soldier Blue

as Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'

1971

2010

The Romantics

as Augusta Hayes

1974

11 Harrowhouse

as Maren Shirell

1975

The Wind and the Lion

as Eden Pedecaris

1967

1971

The Hunting Party

as Melissa Ruger

1979

Starting Over

as Jessica Potter

1966

The Group

as Lakey

1967

Live for Life

as Candice

1999

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970

The Adventurers

as Sue Ann Daley

1987

Mayflower Madam

as Sydney Biddle Barrows

1981

Rich and Famous

as Merry Noel Blake

2021

The Capote Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

1985

Arthur the King

as Morgan Le Fay

1971

T.R. Baskin

as T. R. Baskin

1978

Oliver's Story

as Marcie Bonwit

2011

Elusive Justice

as Narrator

2003

Footsteps

as Daisy Lowendahl

2013

Inequality for All

as Murphy Brown (archive footage)

2014

2016

Rules Don't Apply

as Nadine Henly

2009

2015

1984

2010

as SAL 9000 (voice)

2021

I am a Mennonite

as Interviewee

1990

The Earth Day Special

as Murphy Brown

2017

Home Again

as Lillian Stewart

2018

Book Club

as Sharon

1996

Mary & Tim

as Mary Horton

2010

The Women of SNL

as Fern (archive footage)

2020

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Louis Malle, le rebelle

as Self (archiveFootage)

1994

The World of Jim Henson

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Belushi

as Self (archive footage)

2022

As They Made Us

as Barbara

2021

Show of Titles

as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

2003

The Passions of Louis Malle

as Self - Interviewee

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