Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Born: May 9, 1946
in Beverly Hills, California, USA
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 Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982).

Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the cover of Vogue before she made her screen debut in the film The Group (1966). She starred in The Sand Pebbles (1966), Soldier Blue (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), and The Wind and the Lion (1975). She made her Broadway debut in the 1984 play Hurlyburly and starred in the revivals of The Best Man (2012) and Love Letters (2014). From 2002 to 2004, she appeared in three episodes of the HBO series Sex and the City. Her other film roles include Miss Congeniality (2000), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), The Women (2008), Bride Wars (2009), Book Club (2018) and Let Them All Talk (2020).

Movies for Candice Bergen...

A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
Title: A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
Released: December 14, 2023
Type: Movie
A star-studded collection of Saturday Night Live's hilarious Christmas-themed sketches from various seasons, including D... in a Box, Schweddy Balls, Elf on the Shelf, A Christmas Carol and many more.
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Title: 100 Years of Warner Bros.
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 2023
Type: TV
Tracing a century of movie and TV history, these four documentary specials explore the unparalleled global impact of Warner Bros. on art, commerce, and culture.
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Book Club: The Next Chapter
Title: Book Club: The Next Chapter
Character: Sharon
Released: May 11, 2023
Type: Movie
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 relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.
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As They Made Us
Title: As They Made Us
Character: Barbara
Released: April 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.
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Title: And Just Like That…
Character: Enid Frick
Released: December 9, 2021
Type: TV
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
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The Capote Tapes
Title: The Capote Tapes
Character: Self (voice) (archive footage)
Released: September 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Newly discovered interviews with friends of Truman Capote made by Paris Review co-founder George Plimpton invigorate this fascinating documentary on the author (and socialite) behind Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, while situating Capote in the 20th-century American literary canon.
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Let Them All Talk
Title: Let Them All Talk
Character: Roberta
Released: December 10, 2020
Type: Movie
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 himself involved with a young literary agent.
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Belushi
Title: Belushi
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 14, 2020
Type: Movie
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Title: Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: Movie
"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was unflinching in his commitment to bringing some of the most memorable movies of the last half of the 20th century to the big screen.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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Title: The Conners
Character: Barb
Released: October 16, 2018
Type: TV
This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America.
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Title: Murphy Brown
Character: Murphy Brown
Released: September 27, 2018
Type: TV
Amid a divided nation, chaotic national discourse and rampant attacks on the press, Murphy decides to return to the airwaves and recruits her FYI team. Joining them is social media director Pat Patel, who is tasked with bringing Murphy and the team into the 21st century.
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Book Club
Title: Book Club
Character: Sharon
Released: May 18, 2018
Type: Movie
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 inspiration on how to handle sexual pleasure at an elderly age.
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Title: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Character: Julia Meyerowitz
Released: October 13, 2017
Type: Movie
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
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Home Again
Title: Home Again
Character: Lillian Stewart
Released: September 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.
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Rules Don't Apply
Title: Rules Don't Apply
Character: Nadine Henly
Released: November 23, 2016
Type: Movie
It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.
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In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Title: In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Character: Self - Actor
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: Movie
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 death in 1990, as he transcended puppetry to become one of the most creative, prolific and influential artists of his time. Key events include his early television work with the Muppets while still a student at the University of Maryland, his commercial work and network appearances in the late 1950s and early 1960’s, his breakthrough with Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and his groundbreaking fantasy films, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Among those interviewed for the Jim Henson episode are his children, Lisa, Cheryl, Brian and Heather Henson, actors Neil Patrick Harris and Candice Bergen, Willard Scott, director John Landis, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, and Sesame Street cast members Bob McGrath and Carroll Spinney.
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Beautiful & Twisted
Title: Beautiful & Twisted
Character: Bernice
Released: June 8, 2015
Type: Movie
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
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Louis Malle, le rebelle
Title: Louis Malle, le rebelle
Character: Self (archiveFootage)
Released: March 30, 2015
Type: Movie
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Title: Battle Creek
Character: Constance (Russ' mom)
Released: March 1, 2015
Type: TV
In this mismatched buddy cop dramedy, an amazingly handsome, happy-go-lucky FBI agent is paired with a local, hard scrabble Michigan homicide detective. As they solve crimes together, their polar opposite methods only slightly outweigh their disdain for each other.
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Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Title: Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Character: Self
Released: February 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Former members of Saturday Night Live come together to remember the past 40 years of Saturday Night Live.
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A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Title: A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Character: Donna Mitchler
Released: November 7, 2014
Type: Movie
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 hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Title: Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 2014
Type: Movie
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
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Title: BoJack Horseman
Character: The Closer (voice)
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: TV
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
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 itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Title: The Michael J. Fox Show
Character: Beth Henry
Released: September 26, 2013
Type: TV
Look who’s making the news again! One of NY’s most beloved news anchors, Mike Henry (Michael J. Fox), put his career on hold to spend more time with his family and focus on his health after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. But now five years later, with the kids busy growing up and Mike growing restless, it just might be time for him to get back to work. Having never wanted Mike to leave in the first place, his old boss Harris Green jumped at the chance to get him back on TV. The trick, as it’s always been, was to make Mike think it was his idea. After several – okay, many - failed attempts, Mike’s family, anxious to see him out of the house, finally succeeded in getting him to “run into” Green. Now their plan is in motion. He’ll be back to juggling home, family, and career, just like the old days – only better.
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Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
Title: Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
Character: Self
Released: May 3, 2013
Type: Movie
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 the backroom doors and into the reality of the fascinating inner workings and fabulous untold stories from Bergdorf Goodman's iconic history in Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's.
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Inequality for All
Title: Inequality for All
Character: Murphy Brown (archive footage)
Released: January 19, 2013
Type: Movie
U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap.
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Elusive Justice
Title: Elusive Justice
Character: Narrator
Released: November 26, 2011
Type: Movie
Narrated by Candice Bergen, Elusive Justice is an unprecedented examination of the more than six-decade global hunt for the 20th century's most notorious war criminals, thousands of whom are still presumed to be alive. Featuring intimate portraits of the Nazi hunters, the film also examines the nations and institutions that helped bring war criminals to justice or, in too many cases, helped them to escape.
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Saturday Night Live Backstage
Title: Saturday Night Live Backstage
Character: Self
Released: February 20, 2011
Type: Movie
Originally a special celebrating the 35th anniversary of the show was planned but it was scrapped and replaced with this special, which shows viewers how an SNL episode is created within the span of a week.
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Saturday Night Live Backstage
Title: Saturday Night Live Backstage
Released: February 20, 2011
Type: Movie
Originally a special celebrating the 35th anniversary of the show was planned but it was scrapped and replaced with this special, which shows viewers how an SNL episode is created within the span of a week.
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The Women of SNL
Title: The Women of SNL
Character: Fern (archive footage)
Released: November 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.
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The Romantics
Title: The Romantics
Character: Augusta Hayes
Released: September 10, 2010
Type: Movie
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 share a passionate history, and the bride isn’t the only one who’s wondering if it’s all in the past.
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SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Title: SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
Released: December 17, 2009
Type: Movie
Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features favorite holiday-themed sketches from SNL's 35-year history.
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Title: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
Released: July 16, 2009
Type: TV
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.
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Bride Wars
Title: Bride Wars
Character: Marion St. Claire
Released: January 9, 2009
Type: Movie
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
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The Women
Title: The Women
Character: Catherine Frazier
Released: September 12, 2008
Type: Movie
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-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.
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Sex and the City
Title: Sex and the City
Character: Enid Frick
Released: May 12, 2008
Type: Movie
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 inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.
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William Shatner in Concert
Title: William Shatner in Concert
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2006
Type: Movie
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 LEGAL. Shatner sings in front of a live audience with Ben Folds, Brad Paisley and Joe Jackson. Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew and Candice Bergen make cameos.
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Title: Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Character: Amanda Anderlee
Released: March 3, 2005
Type: TV
The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a case, investigating leads and preparing witnesses for trial.
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Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Title: Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Character: Self
Released: February 20, 2005
Type: Movie
A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.
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Title: House
Character: Arlene Cuddy
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: TV
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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Title: Boston Legal
Character: Shirley Schmidt
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
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Footsteps
Title: Footsteps
Character: Daisy Lowendahl
Released: October 11, 2003
Type: Movie
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 about her, and two men — one of whom may be trying to kill her, the other of whom could save her life, causing Daisy to be thrown into the middle of a real-life drama.
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Title: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2003
Type: TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.
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The In-Laws
Title: The In-Laws
Character: Judy Tobias
Released: May 23, 2003
Type: Movie
Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.
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View from the Top
Title: View from the Top
Character: Sally Weston
Released: March 21, 2003
Type: Movie
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 the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream. The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for.
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Sweet Home Alabama
Title: Sweet Home Alabama
Character: Mayor Kate Hennings
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: Movie
New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
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Miss Congeniality
Title: Miss Congeniality
Character: Kathy Morningside
Released: December 22, 2000
Type: Movie
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 the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Title: Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1999
Type: Movie
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.
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Title: Family Guy
Character: Gloria Ironbox (voice)
Released: January 31, 1999
Type: TV
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
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Title: Family Guy
Character: Murphy Brown (voice)
Released: January 31, 1999
Type: TV
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
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Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Title: Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
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 legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on celluloid. From Dustin Hoffman's 1966 stock and personality tests to Raquel Welch and James Coburn cavorting for Our Man Flint, from The Three Stooges to Rock Hudson, see stars trying to get on film.
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Title: Will & Grace
Character: Candice Bergen
Released: September 21, 1998
Type: TV
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.
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Title: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Character: Self
Released: June 23, 1998
Type: TV
To commemorate the first century of American filmmaking, the American Film Institute embarked on a celebration of America's greatest movies from the first 100 years of American cinema — 1896-1996.
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Title: Sex and the City
Character: Enid Frick
Released: June 6, 1998
Type: TV
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. 
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Title: Sex and the City
Character: Enid Mead
Released: June 6, 1998
Type: TV
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. 
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Title: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Character: Anne Boleyn
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Classic Saturday Night Live skits featuring the hilarious Phil Hartman.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Title: Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Character: Self
Released: July 8, 1997
Type: Movie
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 "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
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Mary & Tim
Title: Mary & Tim
Character: Mary Horton
Released: November 3, 1996
Type: Movie
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 under her wing.
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Title: The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 10, 1996
Type: TV
The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on the show include Broadway, children, extended families and charitable works, people and organizations. The show was based out of Studio 8G at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York City, NY, USA and was produced and syndicated by KidRo Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Title: The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Character: Self
Released: June 5, 1995
Type: Movie
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 writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.
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The World of Jim Henson
Title: The World of Jim Henson
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 23, 1994
Type: Movie
Episode of Great Performances about Jim Henson
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Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Title: Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 18, 1994
Type: Movie
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. It was originally broadcast on May 18, 1994. The show featured Joe Pesci (as Ronald Grump), Corbin Bernsen (as real estate attorney, Arnie), Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman (as a Worm TV hosts), John Goodman (as Tough Guy Helpline operator), Charles Grodin (as Chaz), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as reporter Kathie Lee Kathie), Rosie O'Donnell (as the Good Hope Fairy), Susan Sarandon (as Bitsy), Barbara Walters (reporting for 25/25), and Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford (as themselves).
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Understanding the Universe
Title: Understanding the Universe
Character: Narrator
Released: August 3, 1993
Type: Movie
Join astronomers and astrophysicists as they probe light years beyond the Milky Way, in Understanding The Universe, part of TLC's popular television series. Narrated by actress Candice Bergen, This enriching and entertaining video employs graphic models and spectacular computer animation to illustrate some of the most complex theories of all time. Peer through the largest telescopes on Earth. Get a close-up look at our sun, nebulas and supernovas, capture by the Hubble Space Telescope. Listen via satellite to echoes of the Big Bang. See how "red Shift" among the stars suggests that our universe if much younger than previously thought. Visit the set of Star Trek: Voyager and ponder the questions, could black holes be "worm holes," or shortcuts to other worlds? Understanding the Universe boldly goes where no television show has gone before.
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Aretha Franklin: Duets
Title: Aretha Franklin: Duets
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 1993
Type: Movie
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 of Soul herself. The concert took place at New York City's Neederlander Theatre in 1993, as an Aids benefit. Elton, Smokey and Rod provide backing vocals on the first number Chain of Fools.
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Title: Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Character: Narrator (Voice)
Released: April 21, 1992
Type: TV
Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved children's stories in this superb Emmy-nominated collection featuring 26 tales narrated by famous actors and musicians. The stories by Mercer Mayer, Virginia Lee Burton, Marilyn Sadler and others are voiced by Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, Candice Bergen, Ringo Starr, Michael J. Fox, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Kathy Bates and many more.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Judge Amanda Anderlee
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Title: Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 1990
Type: Movie
A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.
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The Earth Day Special
Title: The Earth Day Special
Character: Murphy Brown
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: Movie
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 special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.
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Title: Seinfeld
Character: Murphy Brown
Released: July 5, 1989
Type: TV
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
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Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
Title: Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
Character: Self
Released: June 26, 1989
Type: Movie
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 twentieth-century erotic fantasy. He's on the go from L.A., to Paris, to Monte-Carlo, to Berlin, where he was a youth until he escaped from the Nazis in 1936. We see him on shoots, interviewing models, and discussing his work.
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Title: Murphy Brown
Character: Murphy Brown
Released: November 14, 1988
Type: TV
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
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Mayflower Madam
Title: Mayflower Madam
Character: Sydney Biddle Barrows
Released: November 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Inspired by the explosive sex-for-sale scandal that rocked Manhattan in 1984, the infamous Sydney Biddle Barrows, a driven young socialite, opens an exclusive escort service catering to the wealthy and affluent. From Sydney's rise to become a million-dollar, modern-day madam to her notorious plummet into bankruptcy and public disgrace, experience a private glimpse into the forbidden world of high-class prostitution-where money talks...pleasure sells...and discretion is everything.
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Title: American Masters
Character: Self
Released: June 23, 1986
Type: TV
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
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Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Title: Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.
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Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Title: Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Character: Ewa Berwid
Released: October 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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 wife's career really takes off. The husband, unable to cope with the pressures of his failed business, his failing marriage and the adjustments necessary to live in a completely different society, begins to take out his frustrations on his wife.
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Stick
Title: Stick
Character: Kyle
Released: April 26, 1985
Type: Movie
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 the same people, who work for mobster Chucky, Stick gets a job as a chauffeur for millionaire Barry Braham and lies low. As he gets used to his new routine, Stick woos Barry's financial consultant, Kyle McClaren, but must fight back when Chucky's men come after him.
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Arthur the King
Title: Arthur the King
Character: Morgan Le Fay
Released: April 26, 1985
Type: Movie
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 unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent themes.
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Title: Hollywood Wives
Character: Elaine Conti
Released: February 17, 1985
Type: TV
Hollywood Wives tells the stories of several women in Hollywood, from powerful talent agents and screenwriters to vivacious screen vixens and young, innocent newcomers.
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2010
Title: 2010
Character: SAL 9000
Released: December 6, 1984
Type: Movie
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
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Title: Harty
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1983
Type: TV
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Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Title: Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 1983
Type: Movie
The making of the film Gandhi (1982).
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Gandhi
Title: Gandhi
Character: Margaret Bourke-White
Released: December 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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 independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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Rich and Famous
Title: Rich and Famous
Character: Merry Noel Blake
Released: September 23, 1981
Type: Movie
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
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Starting Over
Title: Starting Over
Character: Jessica Potter
Released: October 5, 1979
Type: Movie
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
Title: The Muppets Go Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: May 16, 1979
Type: Movie
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movie. Hosts Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who attend the event. Gary Owens serves as off-camera announcer, and appears on-screen to introduce Miss Piggy.
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Oliver's Story
Title: Oliver's Story
Character: Marcie Bonwit
Released: December 15, 1978
Type: Movie
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 hours don't ease his pain, especially when he finds that his leftist views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm. Eventually, Oliver's inconsolable grief begins to alienate those around him, until he finds new love with Marcie Bonwit, the wealthy and beautiful heiress to the Bonwit Teller fortune. Despite his affection for her, Oliver finds it difficult to leave the memory of Jenny behind, which causes major problems in their relationship.
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A Night Full of Rain
Title: A Night Full of Rain
Character: Lizzy
Released: January 17, 1978
Type: Movie
Lizzy, a liberated American photographer, falls for narrow-minded journalist Paolo. Then finds she can't live with him or without him.
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The Domino Principle
Title: The Domino Principle
Character: Ellie
Released: March 23, 1977
Type: Movie
Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.
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Title: The Muppet Show
Character: Self - Special Guest Star
Released: September 5, 1976
Type: TV
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Bite the Bullet
Title: Bite the Bullet
Character: Miss Jones
Released: September 26, 1975
Type: Movie
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, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
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The Wind and the Lion
Title: The Wind and the Lion
Character: Eden Pedecaris
Released: May 22, 1975
Type: Movie
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 to military intervention.
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The Lion Roars Again
Title: The Lion Roars Again
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.
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11 Harrowhouse
Title: 11 Harrowhouse
Character: Maren Shirell
Released: September 26, 1974
Type: Movie
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 from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
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T.R. Baskin
Title: T.R. Baskin
Character: T. R. Baskin
Released: October 20, 1971
Type: Movie
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 search for her place in the scheme of things.
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The Hunting Party
Title: The Hunting Party
Character: Melissa Ruger
Released: July 16, 1971
Type: Movie
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
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Carnal Knowledge
Title: Carnal Knowledge
Character: Susan
Released: June 30, 1971
Type: Movie
The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in relation to the respective women who end up in their lives.
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Soldier Blue
Title: Soldier Blue
Character: Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'
Released: August 12, 1970
Type: Movie
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 who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.
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Getting Straight
Title: Getting Straight
Character: Jan
Released: May 13, 1970
Type: Movie
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's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.
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The Adventurers
Title: The Adventurers
Character: Sue Ann Daley
Released: March 25, 1970
Type: Movie
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country- a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white as he'd assumed.
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The Woody Allen Special
Title: The Woody Allen Special
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 1969
Type: Movie
A Woody Allen special for CBS, in 1969.
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The Magus
Title: The Magus
Character: Lily
Released: December 10, 1968
Type: Movie
A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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The Day the Fish Came Out
Title: The Day the Fish Came Out
Character: Electra Brown
Released: September 27, 1967
Type: Movie
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 are dressed so casually that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots are not to make themselves known and can't contact the rescue team. The secrecy causes a comedy of errors including the desolate Greek Isle deciding that since tourists have now arrived, they have to become touristy.
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Live for Life
Title: Live for Life
Character: Candice
Released: September 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.
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The Sand Pebbles
Title: The Sand Pebbles
Character: Shirley Eckert
Released: December 20, 1966
Type: Movie
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-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
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The Group
Title: The Group
Character: Lakey
Released: March 4, 1966
Type: Movie
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 lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.
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Title: Dim Dam Dom
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1965
Type: TV
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Title: The Hollywood Palace
Character: Self
Released: January 4, 1964
Type: TV
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Title: The Emmy Awards
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1949
Type: TV
An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
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Harvest Moon
Title: Harvest Moon
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Story about the early months of the pandemic, where a young boy named Charlie tries to get his estranged parents together again.
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Eddington
Title: Eddington
Character: Paula
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Follows a small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations.