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Personal Details
Other Works:
(1970s) TV commercial for Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera.
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Publicity Listings:
2 Print Biographies
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2 Portrayals
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5 Interviews
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12 Articles
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8 Pictorials
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181 Magazine Cover Photos
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Alternate Names:
Candy Bergen | Olga Mallsnerd
Height:
5' 7½" (1.71 m)
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Personal Quote:
[on hosting 'Saturday Night Live'] It was like being shot out of a cannon the first time I did the show. It's the purest, most exhilarating serum of terror. Lorne Michaels said that the expression in my eyes was like Patty Hearst when the Symbionese Liberation Army rang her doorbell. You just have to hang on for dear life. It's brilliantly run, but it's a miracle that the show could have ever ...
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Trivia:
She made instant headlines in 1992 when then Vice President
Dan Quayle criticized
Murphy Brown (1988) for creating the storyline of Murphy having a baby out of wedlock. Quayle suffered a fair amount of backlash and ridicule for his remarks and "Murphy Brown" continued to be a highly popular show, right up to its last season in 1998. Speaking to TV reporters in 2002, Bergen stated, "I never have ...
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Trademark:
Husky resonant voice
Nickname:
Candy