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Candice Bergen
Beverly Hills, California, USA
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…
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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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2026
Lorne
Movie Self
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2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV show Self
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2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Movie Sharon
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2023
Shrinking
TV show Constance
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2022
As They Made Us
Movie Barbara
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2021
And Just Like That…
TV show Enid Frick
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2021
The Capote Tapes
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Show of Titles
Movie "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
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2021
I am a Mennonite
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2020
Let Them All Talk
Movie Roberta
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2020
Belushi
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2018
The Conners
TV show Barb
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2018
Murphy Brown
TV show Murphy Brown
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2018
Book Club
Movie Sharon
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2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Movie Julia Meyerowitz
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2017
Home Again
Movie Lillian Stewart
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2016
Rules Don't Apply
Movie Nadine Henly
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2015
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Movie Self - Actor
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2015
Beautiful & Twisted
Movie Bernice
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2015
Louis Malle, le rebelle
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Battle Creek
TV show Constance (Russ' mom)
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2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Movie Donna Mitchler
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2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Movie Self
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2014
BoJack Horseman
TV show The Closer (voice)
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2013
The Michael J. Fox Show
TV show Beth Henry
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2013
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
Movie Self
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2013
Inequality for All
Movie Murphy Brown (archive footage)
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2011
Elusive Justice
Movie Narrator
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2010
The Women of SNL
Movie Fern (archive footage)
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2010
The Romantics
Movie Augusta Hayes
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2009
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Movie (archive footage)
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
Bride Wars
Movie Marion St. Claire
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2008
The Women
Movie Catherine Frazier
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2008
Sex and the City
Movie Enid Frick
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2007
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
Movie Self
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2006
William Shatner in Concert
Movie Self
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2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV show Amanda Anderlee
