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Candice Bergen - Professional Achievements
 

Emmy Award winning television and film actress who has enjoyed a successful film career but found wider praise and recognition playing a broadcast journalist in the show entitled Murphy Brown (1988-98). Her films include Gandhi, Starting Over (For which she was nominated for an Academy Award in 1979), Soldier Blue, The Group, Rich and Famous and Miss Congeniality! She also has worked as a model and a photo-journalist, and her photos have appeared in Life and Playboy.

Bergen is most widely known for her outstanding performance on the hit TV series, Murphy Brown. Candice Bergen was the also the executive producer of this show. She has made countless guest appearances on popular shows such as Sex in the City. Bergen has also done TV commercials for such companies as Sprint, and Polaroid. Also noteworthy, she was also the first female to ever host Saturday Night Live.

Additional Information

Candice Bergen was born on May 9, 1946 in Beverly Hills, California. She majored in art history and creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania; dropped out after 1 year.

She was married to Louis Malle, a renowned French Film-maker, who died in 1995 from Lymphoma! Bergen married Real Estate developer Marshall Rose on June 15, 2002! She has one daughter, Chloe (by Malle)! Her father was ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and her mother is Frances Bergen, an actress!