Candice Bergen

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1946-05-09 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Beverly Hills, California, USA

Also Known As Candice Patricia Bergen, Candy Bergen, Olga Mallsnerd, 甘蒂絲·柏根

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 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).

Known For

Actor

2022
As They Made Us

as Barbara

2021
The Capote Tapes

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2021
I am a Mennonite

as Interviewee

2021
And Just Like That…

as Enid Frick

2020
2020
Belushi

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Book Club

as Sharon

2018
The Conners

as Barb

2018
Murphy Brown

as Murphy Brown

2017
Home Again

as Lillian Stewart

2016
Rules Don't Apply

as Nadine Henly

2015
2015
2015
Louis Malle, le rebelle

as Self (archiveFootage)

2015
Battle Creek

as Constance (Russ' mom)

2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas

as Donna Mitchler

2014
And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2014
BoJack Horseman

as The Closer (voice)

2013
Inequality for All

as Murphy Brown (archive footage)

2013
2011
Elusive Justice

as Narrator

2010
The Women of SNL

as Fern (archive footage)

2010
The Romantics

as Augusta Hayes

2009
Bride Wars

as Marion St. Claire

2008
The Women

as Catherine Frazier

2008
Sex and the City

as Enid Frick

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Amanda Anderlee

2004
House

as Arlene Cuddy

2004
Boston Legal

as Shirley Schmidt

2003
Footsteps

as Daisy Lowendahl

2003
The In-Laws

as Judy Tobias

2003
View from the Top

as Sally Weston

2002
Sweet Home Alabama

as Mayor Kate Hennings

2000
Miss Congeniality

as Kathy Morningside

1999
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1999
Family Guy

as Murphy Brown (voice)

1999
Family Guy

as Gloria Ironbox (voice)

1998
Will & Grace

as Candice Bergen

1998
Sex and the City

as Enid Mead

1998
Sex and the City

as Enid Frick

1997
The View

as Self

1996
Mary & Tim

as Mary Horton

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

1994
The World of Jim Henson

as Self (archive footage)

1992
1990
The Earth Day Special

as Murphy Brown

1990
Law & Order

as Judge Amanda Anderlee

1989
Seinfeld

as Murphy Brown

1988
Murphy Brown

as Murphy Brown

1987
Mayflower Madam

as Sydney Biddle Barrows

1986
1985
Stick

as Kyle

1985
Arthur the King

as Morgan Le Fay

1985
Hollywood Wives

as Elaine Conti

1984
2010

as SAL 9000 (voice)

1983
Harty

as Self

1982
Gandhi

as Margaret Bourke-White

1981
Rich and Famous

as Merry Noel Blake

1979
Starting Over

as Jessica Potter

1978
Oliver's Story

as Marcie Bonwit

1976
The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

1975
Bite the Bullet

as Miss Jones

1975
The Wind and the Lion

as Eden Pedecaris

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1974
11 Harrowhouse

as Maren Shirell

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1971
T.R. Baskin

as T. R. Baskin

1971
The Hunting Party

as Melissa Ruger

1971
1970
Soldier Blue

as Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'

1970
1970
The Adventurers

as Sue Ann Daley

1968
The Magus

as Lily

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
The Day the Fish Came Out

as Electra Brown

1967
Live for Life

as Candice

1966
The Sand Pebbles

as Shirley Eckert

1966
The Group

as Lakey

1965
Dim Dam Dom

as Self

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Audience Member

Producer

2018
Murphy Brown

as Executive Producer

1988
Murphy Brown

as Co-Executive Producer