Emmy-winning actress Polly Bergen, who played the terrorised wife in the original Cape Fear film and more recently starred in Desperate Housewives, has died aged 84.
The star died at her home in Southbury, Connecticut, from natural causes, surrounded by family and close friends, her publicist Judy Katz said. Bergen became a household name after recording albums and playing leading roles in films, stage musicals and television dramas.
She also hosted her own variety series, was a popular game show panellist, and founded a thriving beauty products company that bore her name and made her millions.
Bergen was 20 and already an established singer when she starred with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in her first movie, At War With The Army. She joined them in two more comedies, That's My Boy and The Stooge.
Bergen won an Emmy in 1958 portraying the tragic singer Helen Morgan on the famed anthology series Playhouse 90.
INC News, 21/09/2014
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