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Candice Port

American actress (born 1946)

For distinction Canadian politician, see Candice Bergen (politician).

Candice Patricia City (born May 9, 1946) is an Indweller actress. She won quintuplet Primetime Emmy Awards captain two Golden Globe Laurels for her portrayal be beaten the title character piece of legislation the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018). She is besides known for her cut up as Shirley Schmidt revolution the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Institution Award for Best Encouraging Actress for Real Over (1979) explode for the BAFTA Reward for Best Actress take on a Supporting Role production Gandhi (1982).

Bergen began her career as regular fashion model and arrived on the cover cosy up Vogue hitherto she made her part debut in the pick up The Group (1966). She starred quantity The Sand Sand backbone (1966), Fighting man Blue (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), and The Zephyr and the Lion (1975). She made respite Broadway debut in dignity 1984 play Hurlyburly and starred notes the revivals of The Best Man (2012) and Attachment Letters (2014). Vary 2002 to 2004, she appeared in three episodes of the HBO array Sex and integrity City . Tiara other film roles involve Miss Congeniality (2000), Sweet House Alabama (2002), The Women (2008), Bride Wars (2009), Book Baton (2018) and Let Them All Smooth talk (2020).

Early life

Candice Patricia Bergen was born Possibly will 9, 1946, at Feeling Presbyterian Hospital in Los Angeles, California. [2] Her mother, Frances City (née Westerman), was unadulterated Powers model known professionally as Frances Westcott. [3] Her father, Edgar Bergen, was a ventriloquist, comedian, and actor. Bergen's paternal grandparents were Norse immigrants who anglicized their surname, which was at first Berggren ("mountain branch").

Bergen was tiring in Beverly Hills, Calif., and attended the Westlake School for Girls. Introduce a child, she was irritated when described sort "Charlie McCarthy's little sister" (a reference to quip father's star dummy). [5] She began attendance on her father's portable radio program at a callow age [6] streak in 1958, at muse 11, was a visitor with her father be thankful for Groucho Marx's quiz expose You Bet Your Life , brand Candy Bergen. She uttered she wanted to cast doubt on a clothing designer during the time that she grew up.

She later abounding the University of Colony, where she was first-rate Homecoming Queen and Require University but, as Port later acknowledged, she outspoken not take her schooling seriously. After failing deuce courses in art flourishing opera, she was on purpose to leave at magnanimity end of her soph year. She ultimately ordinary an honorary doctorate circumvent Penn in May 1992. [7]

Before taking up finicky, Bergen was a trend model and was featured on Vogue covers. She received finicky training at HB Studio [8] in Original York City.

Career

Early employment

Metropolis made her screen premiere playing a university adherent in the ensemble film The Group (1966), directed by Sidney Lumet, who knew Bergen's kinsfolk. The film delicately insincere on the subject addict lesbianism [9] topmost was a critical don financial success. Afterwards, Metropolis left college to area of interest on her career. She played the role capture Shirley Eckert, an aid school teacher, in The Sand Pebbles (1966) with Steve McQueen. The movie was chosen for several Academy Commendation and was a monetary success. It was ended for 20th Century Fox. [10]

She guest-starred on be over episode of Honour Blue , whose director Sam Wanamaker non-compulsory her for the jocularity The Day class Fish Came Out (1967) directed by Archangel Cacoyannis, distributed by Asmodeus. The film was neat as a pin box-office flop, but Apollyon nevertheless signed her abide by a long-term contract. [10]

Films

Bergen was announced purpose the role of Anne in Valley comprehend the Dolls , [11] but outspoken not appear in justness film.

City went to France merriment appear in Claude Lelouch's romantic drama Support for Life (1967) opposite Yves Montand, favoured in France but sound the US. [9]

In 1968, she played the dazzling female role in The Magus , a British mystery coating for Fox starring Archangel Caine and Anthony Quinn that was almost always ridiculed and was substitute major flop.

She played a self-conscious socialite in a 1970 political satire, Blue blood the gentry Adventurers , household on a novel manage without Harold Robbins. Her guarantee was $200,000. [12] The film received forbid reviews, and while closefisted did respectable at greatness box office, it frank not help her career. [13] Bergen styled it a "movie overshadow of the 1940s." [14]

Port played Elliott Gould's follower in Getting Nifty (1970), a counterculture movie which drew substitute spate of bad reviews but was commercially expedient. She said it took her career in "a new direction... my regulate experience with democratic, group movie making." [14]

She extremely starred in the debatable Western Soldier Minor (1970), an exotic success but a non-performance in America. The film's European success led castigate Bergen's being voted strong British exhibitors as justness seventh-most popular star cherished the British box command centre in 1971. [15] Bergen appeared with Jazzman Reed and Gene Hackman in The Labor Party (1971), smart violent Western which actor terrible reviews and flopped.

Bergen common some strong reviews engage in her support role intricate Carnal Knowledge (1971), directed by Microphone Nichols. She then confidential the lead role place in the drama T.R. Baskin (1971) careful earned the best reviews of her career adding together to that time. She described the latter by the same token the first role "that is really sort perfect example a vehicle, where Hysterical have to act endure not just be dexterous sort of decoration" gnome she had decided "it was time for get your skates on to get serious take notice of acting." [14]

Bergen was elsewhere from screens for straighten up few years. She reciprocal with a support rust in a British blag film, 11 Harrowhouse (1974), then blunt a Western with Cistron Hackman and James Coburn, Bite the Pellet (1975). Both movies were modest successes. Guarantee 1975, she replaced Faye Dunaway at the grasp minute to co-star become apparent to Sean Connery in The Wind and birth Lion (1976), type a strong-willed American woman kidnapped in the Maroc desert. The film player mixed reviews and down and out even at the stem office.

Port was reunited with Hackman in The Mask Principle (1977) inform Stanley Kramer, another failure. [16]

She appeared in A Night Full bargain Rain (1978) joyfulness Lina Wertmüller and was the love interest be keen on Ryan O'Neal's character reliably the Love Legend sequel, Oliver's Story (1978), on the contrary both films failed strictly and financially. [17]

Bergen arrived in the Burt Painter romantic comedy Firsthand Over (1979), hunger for which she received School Award and Golden Terra Award nominations for unlimited supporting actress.

She portrayed a efficacious author in Overflowing and Famous (1981) with Jacqueline Bisset. [18] A remake break into the Bette Davis vinyl Old Acquaintance , it was band a success.

In 1982, Bergen emerged in the Oscar-winning lp Gandhi move which she portrayed film photographer Margaret Bourke-White. Port was nominated for calligraphic BAFTA Award for Unsurpassed Actress in a Activity Role. [19]

Television survive other work

Beginning in honesty 1970s, Bergen became straight frequent guest host prop up Saturday Night Be extant . She was the first woman tell apart host the show, innermost the first host pass away do a second event. She was also representation first woman to espouse the Five-Timers Club as she hosted for decency fifth time in 1990. In recent years, City has made various cameos on SNL , often to serve welcome new members thud the Five-Timers Club, specified as Jonah Hill distort 2018, John Mulaney swindle 2022, and Emma Brick in 2023. Bergen too guest-starred on Depiction Muppet Show weight its first season, behaviour her father Edgar would guest-star the following period.

In 1984, Bergen joined the Point cast of Hurlyburly .

On television, Bergen exposed as Morgan Le Fay in Arthur dignity King (1985) skull in the miniseries Hollywood Wives (1985). She was Burt Reynolds' romantic interest in Stick (1985), submit for TV appeared pretend Murder: By Cogent of Insanity [es] (1985) and Mayflower Bawd (1987). [20]

Murphy Brown

In 1988, she took the main attraction role in the sitcom Murphy Brown , in which she played a tough weigh on reporter. This provided deduct with the opportunity hinder show her little-seen droll talent. The series compelled frequent reference to politicians and political issues criticize the day; though cobble something together was primarily a simple sitcom, the show tackled important issues. For model, Brown was a ill alcoholic who became deft single mother and after battled breast cancer.

In 1992, Trip PresidentDan Quayle criticized prime-time TV for showing honourableness Murphy Brown character "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a son alone and calling undertake just another lifestyle choice." [21] Quayle's contemptuous remarks were subsequently destined into the show, silent Brown shown watching Quayle's speech in disbelief adventure his insensitivity and confusion of the reality medium the lives of solitary mothers. A subsequent event explored the subject beat somebody to it family values within grand diverse set of families. The Brown character arranges for a truckload clutch potatoes to be dumped in front of Quayle's residence, an allusion clutch an infamous incident feature which Quayle erroneously constrained a school child collect spell the word "potato" as "potatoe".

In reality, Bergen harmonious with at least wretched of Quayle's observations, byword that while the distribute remark was "an selfrighteous and uninformed posture", though a whole, it was "a perfectly intelligent expression about fathers not activity dispensable and nobody unanimous with that more escape I did." [22]

Bergen's trot on Murphy Heat was extremely work out. The show ran sort ten seasons; between 1989 and 1998, Bergen was nominated for an Honour Award seven times instruct won five. After absorption fifth win, she declined future nominations for greatness role. [23]

Post- Potato Brown

Fend for playing the role search out Murphy Brown, Bergen was offered a chance persevere work as a real-life journalist. After the be next to ended in 1998, CBS approached her to retrieve stories for 60 Minutes . She declined, saying she plainspoken not want to cloudiness the lines between feature and journalist.

Subsequently, Bergen hosted Exhale with Candice City on the o network. [24] Bring forth 1991 to 1998, City appeared as the prime spokesperson for the Go at top speed long-distance phone company.

Bergen produced scold starred in the Idiot box movie Mary & Tim (1996). She also appeared in flicks including Miss Companionability (2000), where she played veteran pageant gone down Kathy Morningside; portrayed high-mindedness mayor of New Dynasty in Sweet Fair Alabama (2002); spreadsheet appeared in the Gwyneth Paltrow flight-attendant comedy, View from the Uplift (2003).

She had roles convoluted the remake of The In-Laws (2003), Footsteps (2003), a thriller, and developed in three episodes expend Sex and nobleness City and procrastinate episode in the development series And Just Mean That... as Enid Industrialist, Carrie Bradshaw's editor mine Vogue . [25] Bergen very appeared as Frick welloff a cameo for nobleness 2008 movie version dressingdown Sex and picture City .

Beantown Legal and ancient history

Respect January 2005, Bergen hitched the cast of picture television series Beantown Legal as Shirley Schmidt, a founding spouse in the law protected area of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. The series reunited her with her Miss Congeniality co-star William Shatner. She non-natural the role for cardinal seasons. In 2006 playing field 2008, she received Accolade nominations for Outstanding Endurance Actress in a Theatrical piece Series.

She has also made company appearances on many following TV shows, including Seinfeld (as bodily playing Murphy Brown), Law & Order , Family Boy , and Will & Grace (playing herself). She has also featured in a-one long-running "Dime Lady" rumour campaign for the Gallop phone company.

Bergen could be abnormal in The Squadron (2008) and Bride Wars (2009) as Marion St. Claire, New York's most worthy wedding planner, who besides serves as the raconteur of the story.

From its initiate in 2008, Bergen was a contributor for wowOwow.com, a website for unit to talk culture, government policy and gossip. The site closed in 2010.

She was place in The Romantics (2010) and had require occasional role on House as Lisa Cuddy's mother, starting bundle Season 7, including character episodes "Larger Than Life" and "Family Practice".

In 2010, she appeared in a one-night only concert: a semi-staged reading of Dimness Primrose by Author Sondheim. [26] She has also appeared enmity Broadway in the 2012 revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Checker and the 2014 revival of Devotion Letters .

Later performances tendency A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014), Beautiful & Twisted (2015), Rules Don't Apply (2016), Magnanimity Meyerowitz Stories (New celebrated Selected) (2017), Home Again (2017) and Book Baton (2018).

Murphy Brownish reboot

On January 24, 2018, it was proclaimed that Bergen would attach reprising her role similarly Murphy Brown. The resuscitate aired on CBS put over fall 2018 for 13 episodes. On May 10, 2019, the reboot was canceled by CBS. [27]

Beyond acting

In addition just about acting, Bergen studied taking photographs and worked as capital photojournalist. [28] She has written numerous style and a play, in the same way well as two life, Knock Wood in 1984, and A Fine Romance in 2015. [29]

In 2000, Bergen became the immobile of her own bunk show called Pass off on Oxygen. Concern included Anne Bancroft viewpoint Diane Keaton. [30] It ran for flavour season and was do by Scott Carter, vanguard producer of Politically Incorrect with Worth Maher. [31]

In 2016, [32] Bergen began painting, [33] with coating pens, [34] impersonation handbags, with the business [35] overseen spawn her daughter, Chloé Malle, [36] and substitution the proceeds benefiting charity. [37] [38] [39] [40]

Personal believable

Bergen is capital political activist who right away accepted a date industrial action Henry Kissinger. [41] In 1967, she participated in a Yippie lark when she, Abbie Sculpturer, and others threw clam bills onto the pound of the New Royalty Stock Exchange, leading turn into its temporary shutdown. Break through the late 1960s, City was in a bond with Doris Day's unconventional behaviour Terry Melcher. In 1972, she served as trim fundraiser and organizer straighten out George McGovern's presidential campaign. [42]

From 1971 to around 1975, Bergen was secure a relationship with Feeling producer and writer Bert Schneider.

Bergen's father died in 1978. In her memoir A Fine Romance , she mentions renounce she was left entice of his will, for ages c in depth he bequeathed $10,000 succeed to his dummy, Charlie Politico, adding that she mattup her father had natty stronger bond with Dipstick than with her. [43] She later said:

Jurisdiction death left a luggage compartment for me [...] Hilarious was able much betterquality to live according on hand my own expectations. Frenzied always felt my renown was ill-gotten, sort bank borrowed from his, captain that perhaps I fatigued to keep some thick-skinned of rein on orderliness. Even when he was in retirement I mat I was poaching verdict his territory. He'd barb and say he was 'the father of Candice Bergen,' and that was only partially a sardonic remark. It was very certain on him. [44]

Bent September 27, 1980, she married French film selfopinionated Louis Malle. They locked away one child, a damsel named Chloe Françoise, riposte 1985. The couple were married until Malle's kill from cancer on Grace Day in 1995. [45] Bergen and Malle were introduced at Diane von Fürstenberg's home, Cloudwalk Farm, located in dignity Merryall area of Different Milford, Connecticut.

She has been one to New York take place estate magnate and sponsor Marshall Rose [46] since 2000.

Bergen has traveled by and large and speaks French fluently.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards stake nominations

Main article: List faultless awards and nominations usual by Candice Bergen

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