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).
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Movies (37)
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Sharon
2023
As They Made Us
as Barbara
2022
The Capote Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
2021
I am a Mennonite
as Self - Interviewee
2021
Let Them All Talk
as Roberta
2020
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
2019
Book Club
as Sharon
2018
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Julia Meyerowitz
2017
Home Again
as Lillian Stewart
2017
Rules Don't Apply
as Nadine Henly
2016
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
as Self - Actor
2015
Beautiful & Twisted
as Bernice
2015
Louis Malle, le rebelle
as Self (archive footage)
2015
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
as Donna Mitchler
2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
2014
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
as Self
2013
Inequality for All
as Murphy Brown (archive footage)
2013
Elusive Justice
as Narrator
2011
The Women of SNL
as Fern (archive footage)
2010
The Romantics
as Augusta Hayes
2010
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
as (archive footage)
2009
Bride Wars
as Marion St. Claire
2009
The Women
as Catherine Frazier
2008
Sex and the City
as Enid Frick
2008
The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'
as Self
2007
William Shatner in Concert
as Self
2006
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
as Self
2005
Footsteps
as Daisy Lowendahl
2003
The Passions of Louis Malle
as Self - Interviewee
2003
The In-Laws
as Judy Tobias
2003
View from the Top
as Sally Weston
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2003
Sweet Home Alabama
as Mayor Kate Hennings
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002
Miss Congeniality
as Kathy Morningside
2000
TV Shows (13)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
And Just Like That…
as Enid Frick
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
The Conners
as Barb
2018
Murphy Brown
as Murphy Brown
2018
Battle Creek
as Constance (Russ' mom)
2015
BoJack Horseman
as The Closer (voice)
2014
The Michael J. Fox Show
as Beth Henry
2013
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Amanda Anderlee
2005
House
as Arlene Cuddy
2004
Boston Legal
as Shirley Schmidt
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003