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Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Milestones

  • Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California, USA
  • Birthday: May 9, 1946
  • 2009

    Co-starred opposite Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway in the comedy "Bride Wars"

  • 2008

    Featured in Diane English's female ensemble "The Women," a remake of the 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce

  • 2008

    Reprised the role of Vogue editor, Enid Frick in "Sex and the City: The Movie"

  • 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

  • 2003

    Appeared on NBC's "Will & Grace" as 'Candy Bergen,' an acquaintance of Karen

  • 2002 to 2004

    Had a recurring role on HBO's "Sex and the City" playing Enid Frick, Carrie Bradshaw's (Parker) editor at Vogue

  • 2002

    Played the NYC mayor in "Sweet Home Alabama"

  • 2002

    Served as an occasional contributor to NBC's morning show "Today"

  • 2000

    Returned to features in "Miss Congeniality" as the sweet-yet-demented pageant host Kathy Morningside

  • 1996

    Made first TV-movie in nearly a decade, "Mary & Tim" (CBS)

  • 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"

  • 1985

    Broadway debut in the Mike Nichols directed "Hurlyburly"; replaced Sigourney Weaver in the role of Diane

  • 1985

    Last feature film for 15 years, "Stick"

  • 1985

    Made miniseries debut in "Hollywood Wives" (ABC)

  • 1985

    TV-movie debut in "Arthur the King" (CBS)

  • 1982

    Played photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White in the Oscar-winning "Gandhi"

  • 1981

    Teamed with Jacqueline Bisset in George Cukor's "Rich and Famous"

  • 1979

    Earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her comedic turn as Burt Reynolds' ex-wife in "Starting Over"

  • 1978

    Co-starred opposite Ryan O'Neal in "Oliver's Story," a sequel to O'Neal's 1970 hit film "Love Story"

  • 1975

    Starred as an American woman kidnapped in the Middle East in the period drama "The Wind and the Lion"

  • 1975

    Worked as photojournalist for Life, Playboy and Esquire

  • 1971

    Acted in the Mike Nichols directed "Carnal Knowledge"

  • 1968

    Wrote play, "The Freezer" (included in "Best Short Plays of 1968")

  • 1967

    Made adult TV episodic debut, "Coronet Blue" (CBS)

  • 1966

    Film acting debut in "The Group," playing a glamorous lesbian

  • 1966

    Played Shirley Eckert, an assistant school teacher in the Oscar nominated movie, "The Sand Pebbles"

  • 1958

    Appeared with her father on Groucho Marx's quiz show "You Bet Your Life" (NBC) as Candy Bergen

  • 1952

    Radio debut as guest on father's program

  • Became a Ford model in NYC; used cover-girl fees to buy cameras

  • Hosted the talk show "Exhale" for the Oxygen network

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In Boston Legal

Saturday at 10:00 pm WWOR

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