What is Polly Bergen?
{{Infobox person | name = Polly Bergen | image = Polly Bergen 2012 Shankbone.JPG | caption = Bergen in April 2012. | birth_name = Nellie Paulina Burgin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|07|14}} | birth_place = [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|09|19|1939|12|23|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Southbury, Connecticut|Southbury]], [[Connecticut]], U.S. | yearsactive = 1949&ndash;2011 | occupation = [[Actress]], [[singer]], [[television host]] | spouse = {{Marriage|Jerome Courtland|1950|1955}}<br />{{Marriage|[[Freddie Fields]]|1956|1973}}<br />{{Marriage|Jeffrey Endervelt|1982|1990}} | children = 3 (2 [[Adoption|adopted]]) | website = }} '''Nellie Paulina Burgin''' (July 14, 1930 &ndash; September 20, 2014), better known by her [[stage name]] '''Polly Bergen''', was an [[Americans|American]] [[actress]], [[singer]], [[television host]], and [[businesswoman]]. ==Biography== In 1958, Bergen won an [[Emmy Award]] for her role as Helen Morgan in the [[Playhouse 90]] [[drama]] [[Television series|series]] ''The Helen Morgan Story''. She also was awarded with a [[Tony Award]] in 2001 for her role as Carlotta Campion in ''[[Follies]]''. In the early 1960s, she was nominated with two [[Golden Globe Award]] for ''[[Cape Fear (1962 movie)|Cape Fear]]'' (1962) and ''[[The Caretakers]]'' (1963). From 1957 to 1958, she hosted ''The Polly Bergen Show'', an [[NBC]] [[comedy]]/[[variety show]] for 18 episodes. She also had an Emmy-nominated guest role in the television series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' as Stella Wingfield from 2007 until 2011. Bergen was born in [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]] to a [[Southern Baptist]] family. She was married three times, all ending in [[divorce]]. She was first married to Jeffrey Endervelt from 1950 until 1955. She then married [[Theatre|theatrical]] [[agent]]/[[movie producer]] [[Freddie Fields]] from 1956 until 1973. They had three children, two of which her [[Adopti