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Bergen (Polly) Musical Arrangements
PASC-M.0048
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Description
Television and stage show arrangements for singer/actress, Polly Bergen.
Background
Actress/singer Polly Bergen was born July 14, 1930 in Knoxville, TN, making her radio debut at the age of 14 and honing her
craft on the summer stock circuit before journeying to Hollywood in 1949. She soon made her feature debut in Across the Rio
Grande, quickly followed by roles in no less than three Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis comedies -- At War with the Army, That's My
Boy and The Stooge. Increasing dissatisfaction with the roles coming her way prompted Bergen to walk away from a lucrative
movie contract in 1953, however, and she soon made her Broadway debut in the revue John Murray Anderson's Almanac; upon recovering
from throat surgery, two years later she also recorded her self-titled debut LP for Jubilee, followed later that year by Little
Girl Blue. She jumped to Columbia for 1957's Bergen Sings Morgan, and continued recording for the label until the early 1960s;
in the meantime she also maintained her stage career, additionally finding success in the business world through a series
of ventures including Polly Bergen Cosmetics, Polly Bergen Jewelry and Polly Bergen Shoes. In 1960, she also authored the
first of three books, Fashion and Charm. Bergen returned to film in the 1961 noir classic Cape Fear, although in the decades
she was perhaps best known for her many television appearances, including a starring role in the 1983 miniseries The Winds
of War and its 1988 sequel War and Remembrance.
Extent
25 Linear Feet
(50 boxes, 226 song titles)
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