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Biography

Emmy Award winning television and film actress who has enjoyed a sucessful film career but found wider praise and recognition as broadcast journalist Murphy…more

Born

5/9/1946, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Birth Name

Candice Patricia Bergen

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Star (3)

Role
- Boston Legal
  Shirley Schmidt
  - S 5: Ep 10 Thanksgiving
    11/24/08
  - S 5: Ep 9 Kill, Baby, Kill
    11/17/08
  - S 5: Ep 8 Roe
    11/10/08
  - S 5: Ep 7 Mad Cows
    11/3/08
  - S 5: Ep 6 Happy Trails
    10/27/08
  - + 76 More Credits
- Murphy Brown
  Murphy Brown
  - S 10: Ep 22 Never Can Say Goodbye (2)
    5/18/98
  - S 10: Ep 21 Never Can Say Goodbye (1)
    5/18/98
  - S 10: Ep 20 Dial and Substance
    5/4/98
  - S 10: Ep 19 A Man and a Woman
    4/27/98
  - S 10: Ep 18 Second Time Around
    4/20/98
  - + 242 More Credits
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Host
  - S 42: Ep 1 The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/16/90
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 25: Ep 1 25th Anniversary Special
    9/26/99
  - S 15: Ep 21 Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies
    5/19/90
  - S 13: Ep 5 Candice Bergen/Cher
    11/21/87
  - S 2: Ep 10 Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa
    12/11/76
  - S 1: Ep 8 Candice Bergen/The Stylistics, Martha Reeves
    12/20/75
  - + 1 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Anne Boleyn
  - S 23: Ep 22 SNL Remembers Phil Hartman
    6/13/98
- Saturday Night Live
  Vern
  - — The Best of Gilda Radner
    7/3/89
Guest Star (47)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 24: Ep 147 April 20, 2012
    4/20/12
  - S 16: Ep 98 October 10, 2003
    10/10/03
  - S 2: Ep 232 August 3, 1990
    8/3/90
- CBS This Morning
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 74 April 3, 2012
    4/3/12
- House
  Arlene Cuddy
  - S 7: Ep 20 Changes
    5/2/11
  - S 7: Ep 11 Family Practice
    2/7/11
  - S 7: Ep 9 Larger Than Life
    1/17/11
- TMZ
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 55 Episode #4.055
    11/8/10
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 60: Ep 1 The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/08
  - S 49: Ep 1 The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/14/97
  - S 48: Ep 1 The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/8/96
  - S 47: Ep 1 The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/10/95
  - S 46: Ep 1 The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/11/94
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 57: Ep 42 February 27, 2008
    2/27/08
- The Colbert Report
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 24 Shashi Tharoor
    2/15/07
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
  - S 54: Ep 1 The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/22/02
  - S 43: Ep 1 The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/25/91
  - S 41: Ep 1 The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/17/89
- Conversations with Michael Eisner
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Candice Bergen
    7/18/06
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 153 Candice Bergen/Mekhi Phifer
    5/4/06
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury
  Judge Amanda Anderlee
  - S 1: Ep 5 Baby Boom
    3/25/05
  - S 1: Ep 2 Forty-One Shots
    3/4/05
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Abominable Showman
    3/3/05
- The View
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 88 Bergen/Elliot
    1/5/05
  - S 6: Ep 174 May 23, 2003
    5/23/03
  - S 6: Ep 5 September 9, 2002
    9/9/02
- Law & Order
  Judge Amanda Anderlee
  - S 15: Ep 3 The Brotherhood
    9/29/04
- Sex and the City
  Enid Frick
  - S 6: Ep 18 Splat!
    2/8/04
- Good Morning America
  Herself
  - S 30: Ep 3 January 5, 2004
    1/5/04
- The Early Show
  Herself
  - — October 10, 2003
    10/10/03
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself (archive footage)
  - S 28: Ep 9 Christmas Special
    12/17/02
- TV Tales
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Murphy Brown
    8/26/02
- Sex and the City
  Enid Mead
  - S 5: Ep 5 Plus one is the Loneliest Number
    8/18/02
  - S 4: Ep 17 A Vogue Idea
    2/3/02
- Family Guy
  Murphy Brown
  - S 2: Ep 11 A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks
    4/18/00
- Family Guy
  Gloria Ironbachs
  - S 2: Ep 8 I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar
    3/28/00
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 101 Show #1366
    3/1/00
  - S 1: Ep 159 Show #0159
    5/12/94
  - S 1: Ep 28 Show #0028
    10/6/93
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 92 Show #716
    2/1/00
  - S 3: Ep 42 Show #473
    11/3/98
  - S 2: Ep 15 Show #257
    9/26/97
  - S 1: Ep 72 Show #72
    10/4/96
- Will & Grace
  Herself
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest (Cameo)
  - S 5: Ep 15 Show #0877
    9/26/97
- Ink
  Murphy Brown
  - S 1: Ep 21 Murphy's Law
    5/12/97
- Seinfeld
  Herself (as Murphy Brown)
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Keys
    5/6/92
- Pebble Mill
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 70 Episode 120
    4/13/92
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 28: Ep 174 Show #4219
    9/11/90
  - S 28: Ep 7 Show #4052
    10/11/89
  - S 18: Ep 55 Show #3155
    1/30/80
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 163 September 11, 1989
    9/11/89
  - S 1: Ep 18 February 1, 1989
    2/1/89
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 86 Show #1061
    11/23/88
  - S 6: Ep 125 Show #0943
    11/12/87
- Looney Tunes
  Herself
  - S 49: Ep 19 Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary Special
    1/14/86
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 107 February 17, 1978
    2/17/78
  - S 1: Ep 143 May 22, 1975
    5/22/75
- The Muppet Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 13 Candice Bergen
    11/29/76
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 38 October 27, 1976
    10/27/76
  - S 7: Ep 131 February 18, 1970
    2/18/70
- The David Frost Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 32 November 2, 1971
    11/2/71
  - S 3: Ep 208 July 22, 1971
    7/22/71
  - S 2: Ep 169 April 23, 1970
    4/23/70
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself - Guest Host
  - S 5: Ep 53 December 3, 1970
    12/3/70
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 24 Little Penguin's Tale
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 20 September 26, 1969
    9/26/69
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 1 May 26, 1969
    5/26/69
  - S 7: Ep 18 October 11, 1972
    10/11/72
  - S 6: Ep 27 October 27, 1971
    10/27/71
  - S 4: Ep 117 June 16, 1970
    6/16/70
  - S 4: Ep 64 March 30, 1970
    3/30/70
- Coronet Blue
  Enid
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Rebels
    6/19/67
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 18: Ep 33 EPISODE #857
    4/16/67
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 39: Ep 1 The 39th Annual Academy Awards
    4/10/67
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/89
  - S 57: Ep 1 The 57th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/85
  - S 46: Ep 1 The 46th Annual Academy Awards
    4/2/74
  - S 45: Ep 1 The 45th Annual Academy Awards
    3/27/73
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Match Game
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 9 Candice & Edgar Bergen (and no Charlie McCarthy)
    10/25/65
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Duo
  - S 17: Ep 2 EPISODE #781
    9/12/65
- The Hollywood Palace
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 12 Host: Burl Ives / Edgar & Candice Bergen
    12/12/64
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 83 February 5, 1964
    2/5/64
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Will & Grace
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 9 Strangers With Candice
    12/4/03

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- Candice and her then boyfriend Terry Melcher lived in the same house that the Manson family murdered Sharon Tate. The house was rented to Sharon and her husband Roman Polanski.
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- Candice was nominated, along with her Boston Legal castmates for a SAG Award in the category of Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2008.
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- Candice was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty over 60, in May 2007.
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- Candice Bergen: At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in, with a vengeance.
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- Candice Bergen: Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.
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- Candice Bergen: Acting has never done anything for me except encourage my vanity and provoke my arrogance.
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