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Candice Bergen, in a picture from a fashion magazine from the late 1960s.Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress best known for her starring role on the television situation comedy Murphy Brown.

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1 Early life
2 Career
3 Private life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
5 External link

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Early life
She was born in Beverly Hills, California, the daughter of Frances Westerman and radio ventriloquist Edgar Bergen (whose parents, Johan Henriksson Berggren and Nilla Svensdotter Osberg, were Swedish-born immigrants who Anglicized their surname). As a child Candice was often referred to as "Charlie McCarthy's Little Sister", which irritated her (Charlie McCarthy being one of her father's dummies).

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Career
Bergen has written articles, a play, and a memoir. She has also studied photography and worked as a photojournalist. Considered one of Hollywood's most beautiful women, Bergen worked as a fashion model but soon began acting. Despite initial rocky reviews, she appeared in such films as Carnal Knowledge and Starting Over, for which she received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actress.

Bergen was the first female guest host on Saturday Night Live. On Murphy Brown she played a tough television reporter. Although the show was a successful comedy, it tackled important issues: Murphy Brown, a recovering alcoholic, became a single mother and later battled breast cancer. In 1992, then Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle criticized the Murphy Brown character for bearing a child while unmarried. While his remarks became comedic fodder, they paved the way for a subsequent episode to explore the subject of family values within a diverse set of families. Remaining true to the show's humor, Murphy arranges for a truckload of potatoes to be dumped in front of Quayle's residence (a reference to an incident in which Quayle spelled the word "potato" with an e, as "potatoe", an archaic spelling).

After Murphy Brown, Bergen hosted "Exhale with Candice Bergen" on the Oxygen network. She also appeared in character roles in films, most notably Miss Congeniality as the sweet-yet-demented pageant host Kathy Morningside, and portrayed the mayor of New York in Sweet Home Alabama. In 2003 she appeared in the movie View from the Top. In January 2005, Bergen joined the cast of Boston Legal as Shirley Schmidt, a founding partner in the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. She has also done guest appearances on many TV shows, including Family Guy, Will and Grace and Sex and the City, where she played Enid, Carrie Bradshaw's editor at Vogue.

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Private life
Candice attended the University of Pennsylvania, but acknowledges that her failure to take her education seriously resulted in her being asked to leave. Bergen and then boyfriend Terry Melcher lived at 10050 Cielo Drive, which was later occupied by Sharon Tate and her husband, Roman Polanski. Tate and four others were later murdered in the home. A political activist, Bergen accepted a date with Henry Kissinger but was unable to influence his views. In 1981, she married French film director Louis Malle. They had a daughter, Chloe Malle, in 1985, and remained married until his death by cancer in 1995.

Bergen has traveled extensively, and speaks French fluently. She is a vegetarian and is currently married to Marshall Rose

  "Boston Legal" .... Shirley Schmidt (2005-)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2006) TV Episode .... Shirley Schmidt
- Stick It (2006) TV Episode .... Shirley Schmidt
- Shock and Oww! (2006) TV Episode .... Shirley Schmidt
- ...There's Fire! (2006) TV Episode .... Shirley Schmidt
- Live Big (2006) TV Episode .... Shirley Schmidt
(22 more)
"Law & Order: Trial by Jury"
- Baby Boom (2005) TV Episode .... Judge Amanda Anderlee
- 41 Shots (2005) TV Episode .... Judge Amanda Anderlee
- The Abominable Showman (2005) TV Episode .... Judge Amanda Anderlee
"Law & Order"
- The Brotherhood (2004) TV Episode .... Judge Amanda Anderlee
"Sex and the City"
- Splat! (2004) TV Episode .... Enid Frick
- Plus One Is the Loneliest Number (2002) TV Episode .... Enid Mead, Vogue
- A 'Vogue' Idea (2002) TV Episode .... Enid Mead, Vogue
Footsteps (2003) (TV) .... Daisy Lowendahl
The In-Laws (2003/I) .... Judy Tobias
... aka Ungleiches Paar, Ein (Germany)
... aka Wild Wedding - Ein ungleiches Paar (Germany: DVD title)
View from the Top (2003) .... Sally Weston
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) .... Mayor Kate Hennings
Miss Congeniality (2000) .... Kathy Morningside
... aka Miss Undercover (Europe: DVD title)
"Family Guy"
... aka Padre de familia (USA: Spanish title)
- A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks (2000) TV Episode (voice) .... Murphy Brown
- I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar (2000) TV Episode (voice) .... Gloria Ironbox

"Murphy Brown" .... Murphy Brown
- From Here to Jerusalem (1997) TV Episode .... Murphy Brown
- One (1993) TV Episode .... Murphy Brown
- Respect (1988) TV Episode .... Murphy Brown
"Ink"
- Murphy's Law (1997) TV Episode .... Murphy Brown
Images of Life: Photographs That Changed the World (1996) (TV) .... Host
Mary & Tim (1996) (TV) .... Mary Horton
"Seinfeld"
- The Keys (1992) TV Episode .... Murphy Brown
"Saturday Night Live"
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: original title)
... aka SNL
... aka SNL 25 (USA: new title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: new title)
- Episode #15.20 (1990) TV Episode .... Host
- Episode #13.5 (1987) TV Episode .... Host
- Episode #2.10 (1976) TV Episode .... Host
- Episode #1.8 (1975) TV Episode .... Host
- Episode #1.4 (1975) TV Episode .... Host

"Trying Times"
- Moving Day (1987) TV Episode .... Barbara
Mayflower Madam (1987) (TV) .... Sydney Biddle Barrows
Stick (1985) .... Kyle McClaren
"Hollywood Wives" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Elaine Conti
Arthur the King (1985) (TV) .... Morgan Le Fay
... aka Merlin & the Sword (USA: video title)
Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985) (TV) .... Ewa Berwid
... aka My Sweet Victim
2010 (1984) (voice) (as Olga Mallsnerd) .... SAL 9000
... aka 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Gandhi (1982) .... Margaret Bourke-White
... aka Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi (USA: complete title)
The Best of Brazilian Television (1982) (TV) .... Host
Rich and Famous (1981) .... Merry Noel Blake

Starting Over (1979) .... Jessica Potter
Oliver's Story (1978) .... Marcie Bonwit
Fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia, La (1978) .... Lizzy
... aka A Night Full of Rain (USA)
... aka The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain (USA: complete title)
The Domino Principle (1977) .... Ellie Tucker
... aka Domino principe, El (Mexico)
... aka The Domino Killings (UK)
Bite the Bullet (1975) .... Miss Jones
The Wind and the Lion (1975) .... Eden Pedecaris
11 Harrowhouse (1974) .... Maren Shirell
... aka Anything for Love (USA: TV title)
... aka Eleven Harrowhouse
... aka Fast Fortune
T.R. Baskin (1971) .... T. R. Baskin
... aka A Date with a Lonely Girl (UK)
The Hunting Party (1971) .... Melissa Ruger
Carnal Knowledge (1971) .... Susan
Soldier Blue (1970) .... Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'
Getting Straight (1970) .... Jan
The Executioner (1970)
The Adventurers (1970) .... Sue Ann Daley

"The Kraft Music Hall"
- The Woody Allen Special (1969) TV Episode
The Magus (1968) .... Lily
Vivre pour vivre (1967) .... Candice
... aka Live for Life (USA)
... aka Vivere per vivere (Italy)
The Day the Fish Came Out (1967) .... Electra Brown
... aka Otan ta psaria vgikan sti steria (Greece)
"Coronet Blue"
- The Rebels (1967) TV Episode .... Enid
The Sand Pebbles (1966) .... Shirley Eckert
The Group (1966) .... Elinor 'Lakey' Eastlake