Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

1946-05-09 Beverly Hills, California, USA 81 Credits

Biography

Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018-2019). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Sup...

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Book Club: The Next Chapter

Book Club: The Next Chapter

2023

as Sharon

6.3
Acting

Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls' trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their r...

As They Made Us

As They Made Us

2022

as Barbara

5.3
Acting

Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.

The Capote Tapes

The Capote Tapes

2021

as Self (archive footage)

6.6
Acting

A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of his time.

Show of Titles

Show of Titles

2021

as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

Acting

An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.

I am a Mennonite

I am a Mennonite

2021

as Interviewee

Acting

A filmmaker explores his Mennonite roots and identity.

Let Them All Talk

Let Them All Talk

2020

as Roberta

5.6
Acting

A celebrated author takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds...

Belushi

Belushi

2020

as Self (archive footage)

6.9
Acting

Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short lif...

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

2019

as Self

6.5
Acting

"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was...

Book Club

Book Club

2018

as Sharon

6.2
Acting

Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club to get inspir...

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

2017

as Julia Meyerowitz

6.5
Acting

An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Home Again

Home Again

2017

as Lillian Stewart

6.1
Acting

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply

2016

as Nadine Henly

5.7
Acting

It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Ang...

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

2015

as Self - Actor

7.0
Acting

The film follows Henson’s career from his first work with his Muppets in the early 1950’s during television’s Golden Age up to his sudden and shocking...

Beautiful & Twisted

Beautiful & Twisted

2015

as Bernice

5.4
Acting

Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.

Louis Malle, le rebelle

Louis Malle, le rebelle

2015

as Self (archiveFootage)

7.0
Acting
A Merry Friggin' Christmas

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

2014

as Donna Mitchler

5.4
Acting

Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hi...

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014

as Self

4.8
Acting

The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's

2013

as Self

6.1
Acting

It's the most mythic of all American emporiums - and the scene of many an ultimate fashion fantasy. Now audiences get a rarified chance to peek behind...

Inequality for All

Inequality for All

2013

as Murphy Brown (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

Based on Reich's 2010 book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, the film examines widening income inequality in the United States. U.S....

Elusive Justice

Elusive Justice

2011

as Narrator

9.0
Acting

Narrated by Candice Bergen, Elusive Justice is an unprecedented examination of the more than six-decade global hunt for the 20th century's most notori...

The Women of SNL

The Women of SNL

2010

as Fern (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

The Romantics

The Romantics

2010

as Augusta Hayes

4.9
Acting

Alliances are tested when seven college pals reunite to watch two of their own say “I do” at a seaside wedding. But the maid of honor and the groom sh...

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

2009

7.4
Acting

Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features...

Bride Wars

Bride Wars

2009

as Marion St. Claire

6.2
Acting

Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.

The Women

The Women

2008

as Catherine Frazier

5.1
Acting

The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-we...

Sex and the City

Sex and the City

2008

as Enid Frick

6.6
Acting

A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadver...

The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'

The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'

2007

as Self

Acting

The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' features video clips of surviving cast and crew, including Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen, and Neile Adams, the...

William Shatner in Concert

2006

as Self

Acting

William Shatner performs a concert of biographical songs that take the audience into the reality of his life and career: from STAR TREK to BOSTON LEGA...

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

2005

as Self

7.2
Acting

A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.

Footsteps

Footsteps

2003

as Daisy Lowendahl

5.6
Acting

Daisy Lowendahl is a best-selling suspense novelist who finds herself at her isolated beach house with a local young fan who knows almost everything a...

The Passions of Louis Malle

2003

as Self - Interviewee

Acting

A documentary portrait of the legendary French film director Louis Malle featuring many of his collaborators including playwrights David Hare and John...

The In-Laws

The In-Laws

2003

as Judy Tobias

5.6
Acting

Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.

View from the Top

View from the Top

2003

as Sally Weston

5.5
Acting

No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to...

Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama

2002

as Mayor Kate Hennings

6.4
Acting

New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—inc...

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

2002

as Self

6.5
Acting

A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.

Miss Congeniality

Miss Congeniality

2000

as Kathy Morningside

6.5
Acting

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at t...

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999

as Self

6.8
Acting

A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

1999

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of lege...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

1998

as Anne Boleyn

7.7
Acting

Classic Saturday Night Live skits featuring the hilarious Phil Hartman.

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

as Self

6.6
Acting

Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "wor...

Mary & Tim

Mary & Tim

1996

as Mary Horton

5.5
Acting

Another adaptation of the novel "Tim", about the love that develops between a mentally challenged young man and the older, lonely widow who takes him ...

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

as Self

8.1
Acting

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and write...

The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a...

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary....

Understanding the Universe

Understanding the Universe

1993

as Narrator

Acting

Join astronomers and astrophysicists as they probe light years beyond the Milky Way, in Understanding The Universe, part of TLC's popular television s...

Aretha Franklin: Duets

Aretha Franklin: Duets

1993

as Self

8.0
Acting

A chance to hear admirers including Elton John, Gloria Estefan, Smokey Robinson, PM Dawn, Bonnie Raitt and Rod Stewart sharing a stage with the Queen ...

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

1990

as Self

10.0
Acting

A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.

The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Murphy Brown

6.9
Acting

The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour s...

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge

1989

as Self

6.2
Acting

A camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part of the iconography of tw...

Mayflower Madam

Mayflower Madam

1987

as Sydney Biddle Barrows

3.8
Acting

Inspired by the explosive sex-for-sale scandal that rocked Manhattan in 1984, the infamous Sydney Biddle Barrows, a driven young socialite, opens an e...

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

1986

as Self

6.7
Acting

Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985

as Ewa Berwid

3.5
Acting

A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wif...

Stick

Stick

1985

as Kyle

5.3
Acting

After getting out of jail, car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley witnesses the murder of his friend Rainy during a drug deal. To avoid getting killed by t...

Arthur the King

Arthur the King

1985

as Morgan Le Fay

3.3
Acting

Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunatel...

2010

2010

1984

as SAL 9000 (voice)

6.6
Acting

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvou...

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

1983

as Self

Acting

The making of the film Gandhi (1982).

Gandhi

Gandhi

1982

as Margaret Bourke-White

7.6
Acting

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian ...

Rich and Famous

Rich and Famous

1981

as Merry Noel Blake

5.4
Acting

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.

Starting Over

Starting Over

1979

as Jessica Potter

6.4
Acting

After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

The Muppets Go Hollywood

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

as Self

6.3
Acting

Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...

Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

1978

as Marcie Bonwit

4.8
Acting

Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hour...

A Night Full of Rain

A Night Full of Rain

1978

as Lizzy

5.5
Acting

Lizzy, a liberated American photographer, falls for narrow-minded journalist Paolo. Then finds she can't live with him or without him.

The Domino Principle

The Domino Principle

1977

as Ellie

5.9
Acting

Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he wil...

Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

1975

as Miss Jones

6.4
Acting

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, amo...

The Wind and the Lion

The Wind and the Lion

1975

as Eden Pedecaris

6.5
Acting

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure ...

The Lion Roars Again

1975

as Self

Acting

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.

11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse

1974

as Maren Shirell

5.7
Acting

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen...

T.R. Baskin

T.R. Baskin

1971

as T. R. Baskin

5.1
Acting

Enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city and has to searc...

The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

1971

as Melissa Ruger

6.2
Acting

A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.

Carnal Knowledge

Carnal Knowledge

1971

as Susan

6.6
Acting

Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.

Soldier Blue

Soldier Blue

1970

as Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'

6.8
Acting

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman w...

Getting Straight

Getting Straight

1970

as Jan

6.4
Acting

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he...

The Adventurers

The Adventurers

1970

as Sue Ann Daley

4.5
Acting

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the co...

The Woody Allen Special

The Woody Allen Special

1969

as Self

3.0
Acting

The Woody Allen Special is a television special that premiered on CBS on 21 September 1969. Allen hosted and wrote the television special show in whic...

The Magus

The Magus

1968

as Lily

5.5
Acting

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.

The Day the Fish Came Out

The Day the Fish Came Out

1967

as Electra Brown

4.9
Acting

A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who a...

Live for Life

Live for Life

1967

as Candice

6.2
Acting

Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.

The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles

1966

as Shirley Eckert

7.2
Acting

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution...

The Group

The Group

1966

as Lakey

5.6
Acting

It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own l...

Harvest Moon

N/A

Acting

Story about the early months of the pandemic, where a young boy named Charlie tries to get his estranged parents together again.