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Early life

She was born in Beverly Hills, California, the daughter of Frances Westerman (1922 - 2 October 2006) -- who was known professionally as Frances Westcott when she was a Powers model -- and radio ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. Her paternal grandparents, Johan Henriksson Berggren and Nilla Svensdotter Osberg, were Swedish-born immigrants who Anglicized their surname. As a child Candice was often referred to as Charlie McCarthy's Little Sister, which irritated her (Charlie McCarthy being her father's star dummy).

Career

Bergen has written articles, a play, and a memoir. She has also studied photography and worked as a photojournalist. Considered one of Hollywood's most beautiful women^{citation needed]}, Bergen worked as a fashion model but soon began acting. Despite initial rocky reviews, she appeared in such films as Carnal Knowledge and Starting Over, for which she received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actress.

Bergen was the first female guest host on Saturday Night Live. On Murphy Brown she played a tough television reporter. Although the show was a successful comedy, it tackled important issues: Murphy Brown, a recovering alcoholic, became a single mother and later battled breast cancer. In 1992, then Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the Murphy Brown character for bearing a child while unmarried. While his remarks became comedic fodder, they paved the way for a subsequent episode to explore the subject of family values within a diverse set of families. Remaining true to the show's humor, Murphy arranges for a truckload of potatoes to be dumped in front of Quayle's residence (a reference to an infamous incident in which Quayle spelled the word "potato" with an e, as "potatoe," an archaic spelling). Bergen's run on Murphy Brown was extremely successful; between 1989 and 1995 she was nominated for an Emmy Award seven times and won five. After her fifth win, she declined future nominations for her role as Murphy Brown.

After playing the role of the successful journalist, Bergen was offered the chance to work as a real-life journalist. After the run of Murphy Brown ended in 1998, CBS gave her the opportunity to cover some stories for 60 Minutes, an offer she declined. She expressed that acting was her profession, journalism was meant for her television character, and should not cross over into her own professional life.

After Murphy Brown, Bergen hosted Exhale with Candice Bergen on the Oxygen network. She also appeared in character roles in films, most notably Miss Congeniality as the sweet-yet-demented pageant host Kathy Morningside; she also portrayed the mayor of New York in Sweet Home Alabama. In 2003, she appeared in the movie View from the Top. In January 2005, Bergen joined the cast of Boston Legal as Shirley Schmidt, a founding partner in the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. Bergen received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in Boston Legal in 2006.

She has also done guest appearances on many TV shows, including Seinfeld, Law & Order, Family Guy, Will & Grace (playing herself), and Sex and the City, where she played Enid, Carrie Bradshaw's editor at Vogue.

Private life

Candice attended the University of Pennsylvania, but acknowledges that her failure to take her education seriously resulted in her being asked to leave. Bergen and then boyfriend Terry Melcher lived at 10050 Cielo Drive, which was later occupied by Sharon Tate and her husband, Roman Polanski. Tate and four others were later murdered in the home. A political activist, Bergen accepted a date with Henry Kissinger but was unable to influence his views. In 1981, she married French film director Louis Malle. They had a daughter, Chloe Malle, in 1985, and remained married until his death by cancer in 1995. Her daughter currently attends Brown University.

Bergen has traveled extensively, and speaks French fluently. She is a vegetarian and is currently married to New York real estate magnate and philanthropist Marshall Rose.

Bergen is a sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma.^{citation needed]}

Trivia

• Candice is one of Karen Walker's many enemies in the American sitcom Will and Grace. Karen refers to her as Candy Bergen.

Filmography

Film

• Unusual Occupations: Film Tot Holiday (1947) (short subject)
• The Group (1966)
• The Sand Pebbles (1966)
• Flash 02 (1967) (short subject)
• The Day the Fish Came Out (1967)
• Live for Life (1967)
• Wedding of the Doll (1968) (documentary)
• The Magus (1968)
• The Adventurers (1970)
• The Executioner (1970)
• Getting Straight (1970)
• Soldier Blue (1970)
• Carnal Knowledge (1971)
• The Hunting Party (1971)
• T.R. Baskin (1971)
• 11 Harrowhouse (1974)
• The Lion Roars Again (1975) (short subject)
• The Wind and the Lion (1975)
• Bite the Bullet (1975)
• The Domino Principle (1977)
• A Night Full of Rain (1978)
• Oliver's Story (1978)
• Starting Over (1979)
• Rich and Famous (1981)
• Merlin and the Sword (aka Arthur the King) (1982), Morgan Le Fay
• Gandhi (1982)
• 2010 (1984) (voice only) (credited as Olga Mallsnerd)
• Stick (1985)
• Frames from the Edge (1989) (documentary)
• Belly Talkers (1996) (documentary)
• Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) (documentary)
• Miss Congeniality (2000)
• Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
• View from the Top (2003)
• The In-Laws (2003)

Television

• Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985)
• Arthur the King (1985)
• Hollywood Wives (1985) (miniseries)
• Mayflower Madam (1987)
• Murphy Brown (1988–1998) (also executive producer)
• Mary & Tim (1996) (also co-executive producer)
• Footsteps (2003)
• Sex and the City (2004)
• Law & Order (2004) .... Judge Amanda Anderlee
• Boston Legal (cast member from 2005–present)
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) .... Judge Amanda Anderlee

External links

• Candice Bergen at the Internet Movie Database
• Boston Legal Fansite at 1FleetStreet.org
• SNL Photos, 1987