Candice Bergen
Milestones
- Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Birthday: May 9, 1946
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2009
Co-starred opposite Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway in the comedy "Bride Wars"
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2008
Featured in Diane English's female ensemble "The Women," a remake of the 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce
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2008
Reprised the role of Vogue editor, Enid Frick in "Sex and the City: The Movie"
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2005 to 0000
Joined the cast of ABC's "Boston Legal" as Shirley Schmidt, the third partner of Crane, Poole & Schmidt; earned Golden Globe (2005), Emmy (2006, 2008) and SAG (2006) nominations
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2003
Appeared on NBC's "Will & Grace" as 'Candy Bergen,' an acquaintance of Karen
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2002 to 2004
Had a recurring role on HBO's "Sex and the City" playing Enid Frick, Carrie Bradshaw's (Parker) editor at Vogue
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2002
Played the NYC mayor in "Sweet Home Alabama"
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2002
Served as an occasional contributor to NBC's morning show "Today"
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2000
Returned to features in "Miss Congeniality" as the sweet-yet-demented pageant host Kathy Morningside
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1996
Made first TV-movie in nearly a decade, "Mary & Tim" (CBS)
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1988 to 1998
TV series debut, playing controversial TV journalist "Murphy Brown" (CBS); show achieved a level of political notoriety in the 1992 presidential election when Dan Quayle mentioned the show in a campaign speech, known as the "Murphy Brown speech"
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1985
Broadway debut in the Mike Nichols directed "Hurlyburly"; replaced Sigourney Weaver in the role of Diane
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1985
Last feature film for 15 years, "Stick"
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1985
Made miniseries debut in "Hollywood Wives" (ABC)
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1985
TV-movie debut in "Arthur the King" (CBS)
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1982
Played photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White in the Oscar-winning "Gandhi"
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1981
Teamed with Jacqueline Bisset in George Cukor's "Rich and Famous"
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1979
Earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her comedic turn as Burt Reynolds' ex-wife in "Starting Over"
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1978
Co-starred opposite Ryan O'Neal in "Oliver's Story," a sequel to O'Neal's 1970 hit film "Love Story"
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1975
Starred as an American woman kidnapped in the Middle East in the period drama "The Wind and the Lion"
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1975
Worked as photojournalist for Life, Playboy and Esquire
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1971
Acted in the Mike Nichols directed "Carnal Knowledge"
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1968
Wrote play, "The Freezer" (included in "Best Short Plays of 1968")
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1967
Made adult TV episodic debut, "Coronet Blue" (CBS)
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1966
Film acting debut in "The Group," playing a glamorous lesbian
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1966
Played Shirley Eckert, an assistant school teacher in the Oscar nominated movie, "The Sand Pebbles"
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1958
Appeared with her father on Groucho Marx's quiz show "You Bet Your Life" (NBC) as Candy Bergen
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1952
Radio debut as guest on father's program
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Became a Ford model in NYC; used cover-girl fees to buy cameras
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Hosted the talk show "Exhale" for the Oxygen network