Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014) was an American actress, singer, television host, writer and entrepreneur. She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan in The Helen Morgan Story. For her stage work, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Carlotta Campion in Follies in 2001. Her film work included Cape Fear (1962) and The Caretakers (1963), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She hosted her own weekly variety show for one season (The Polly Bergen Show), was a regular panelist on the TV game show To Tell The Truth and later in life had recurring roles in The Sopranos and Desperate Housewives. She wrote three books on beauty, fashion and charm. She is also the inspiration behind Mother Goose in The Land of Stories. Description above from the Wikipedia article Polly Bergen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Polly Bergen
  • Popularity: 12.108
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1930-07-14
  • Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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  • Also Known As: Nellie Paulina Burgin
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Polly Bergen Movies

  • 1967
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    A Guide for the Married Man
    A Guide for the Married Man

    5.9 1967 HD

    A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.

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  • 1963
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    Move Over, Darling
    Move Over, Darling

    6.572 1963 HD

    Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that...

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  • 1962
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    Cape Fear
    Cape Fear

    7.43 1962 HD

    Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and...

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  • 1950
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    At War with the Army
    At War with the Army

    5.4 1950 HD

    Two former nightclub partners are now enlisted in the Army. Sergeant Puccinelli ranks above his former partner, Private First Class Korwin....

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  • 1990
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    Cry-Baby
    Cry-Baby

    6.536 1990 HD

    A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.

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  • 1953
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    Cry of the Hunted
    Cry of the Hunted

    5.8 1953 HD

    A prison convict escapes through the Louisiana swamps.

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  • 2006
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    A Very Serious Person
    A Very Serious Person

    5.8 2006 HD

    Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old...

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  • 2006
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    Candles on Bay Street
    Candles on Bay Street

    6.3 2006 HD

    DeeDee returns to her hometown with her 11 year old son, Trooper, 13 years after she ran off with her boyfriend. Her childhood best friend, Sam, is...

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  • 1951
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    That's My Boy
    That's My Boy

    5.8 1951 HD

    Jack Jackson, the greatest football player in Ridgefield College history, is disappointed that his only son Junior is an uncoordinated,...

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  • 1953
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    Escape from Fort Bravo
    Escape from Fort Bravo

    6.143 1953 HD

    A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

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  • 1974
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    Death Cruise
    Death Cruise

    5.8 1974 HD

    Several couples are notified that they have won an ocean cruise, but they actually have been lured onto a ship so that they can be murdered.

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  • 1963
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    The Caretakers
    The Caretakers

    6.2 1963 HD

    This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward of a hospital.

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  • 1951
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    The Stooge
    The Stooge

    6.6 1951 HD

    Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned...

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  • 2012
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    Struck by Lightning
    Struck by Lightning

    6.215 2012 HD

    After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary...

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  • 1993
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    Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
    Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

    7.5 1993 HD

    The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's been keeping her age a secret and now reveals that...

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  • 1953
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    Arena
    Arena

    4.7 1953 HD

    Left by his wife, a vain rodeo star picks up a floozy and rides a bad Brahman bull.

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  • 1975
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    Murder on Flight 502
    Murder on Flight 502

    6 1975 HD

    On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.

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  • 1951
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    Warpath
    Warpath

    5.8 1951 HD

    John Vickers has spent eight years hunting for the three men who murdered the woman he loved. He finds one, Woodson, and kills him in a gunfight, but...

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  • 1964
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    Kisses for My President
    Kisses for My President

    7 1964 HD

    A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.

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  • 1949
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    Across The Rio Grande
    Across The Rio Grande

    3.7 1949 HD

    Outlaws attempting to kidnap Steve Blaine from a stagecoach are ran off by the sharpshooting of his sister, Sally and rescuers Jimmy Wakely and...

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  • 1991
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    The Lightning Incident
    The Lightning Incident

    4 1991 HD

    McKeon's baby is kidnapped by a devil-worshipping cult and she uses her new-found psychic abilities to track them down.

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  • 1989
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    The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
    The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

    4.9 1989 HD

    Sela Ward stars as beautiful, vulnerable heiress Sarah Hardy, recently wed and returning to her isolated childhood home, The Pines, to claim her vast...

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  • 1995
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    The Surrogate
    The Surrogate

    5.7 1995 HD

    Amy Winslow wants to go to art college but can't get her financial aid approved. A help wanted ad leads to a couple that will let her move into their...

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  • 1996
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    Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
    Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

    4.2 1996 HD

    This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on...

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  • 1996
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    For Hope
    For Hope

    6 1996 HD

    The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.

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  • 1953
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    Fast Company
    Fast Company

    7 1953 HD

    The temperamental Carol Maldon leaves New York behind to take control of her father's stable, she inherited. Rick Grayton is a horse racing trainer...

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  • 1977
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    Telethon
    Telethon

    5 1977 HD

    The behind-the-scenes intrigues — including, possibly, a murder — of an all-star fundraising telethon set in Las Vegas.

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  • 1987
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    Making Mr. Right
    Making Mr. Right

    5 1987 HD

    When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up...

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  • 1991
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    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    7 1991 HD

    A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.

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  • 1994
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    Leave of Absence
    Leave of Absence

    3.5 1994 HD

    A man asks his wife for a 'leave of absence' in order to care for his mistress who is dying of cancer.

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  • 1988
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    She Was Marked for Murder
    She Was Marked for Murder

    4 1988 HD

    While jogging in New York Central Park, the rich widow Elena meets Eric. Although he's 10 years younger, she falls in love with him and they marry...

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  • 1973
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    An Echo of Theresa
    An Echo of Theresa

    1 1973 HD

    American businessman Brad Hunter and his wife Suzy are visiting England for the first time. Meeting a business contact, Brad introduces his wife as...

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  • 1962
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    Belle Sommers
    Belle Sommers

    1 1962 HD

    A woman recording artist with a past tries to shake off a gangster syndicate.

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  • 1989
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    My Brother's Wife
    My Brother's Wife

    1 1989 HD

    Barney is a guy who comes home for his father's funeral. Eleanor, his brother's wife who is Barney first love meets him and they go to the club where...

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  • 1982
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    Born Beautiful
    Born Beautiful

    1 1982 HD

    This is the story of Betsy a model who is nearly 30. Now in the world of modeling that is considered to be the age of retirement. She then sets out...

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  • 1984
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    Velvet
    Velvet

    1 1984 HD

    A female team of government agents, under the guise of owners of a popular worldwide franchise of aerobic centers, matches wits with a group of...

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  • 1989
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    Mother, Mother
    Mother, Mother

    2 1989 HD

    A Blue Ribbon winner at the American Film Festival, this hard-hitting, dramatic production is about the relationship between a young man with AIDS...

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  • 1978
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    How to Pick Up Girls!
    How to Pick Up Girls!

    2 1978 HD

    The amusing adventures of an unsophisticated small-town lad who arrives in New York, moves in with his swinging buddy, and surprisingly becomes an...

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  • 1998
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    Doris Day: It's Magic
    Doris Day: It's Magic

    1 1998 HD

    When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in her personal life. This documentary brings viewers...

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  • 1981
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    The Million Dollar Face
    The Million Dollar Face

    1 1981 HD

    Tony Curtis is the ruthless head of a cosmetics firm, Kiss of Gold, locked in fierce competition with his arch-rival, Glamour, Inc., that happens to...

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  • 1995
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    Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
    Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

    4.7 1995 HD

    A scientist creating perfumes inherits his great grandfather Dr. Jekyll's formula and decides to use modern technology to improve it. He ends up as...

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  • 1996
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    In the Blink of an Eye
    In the Blink of an Eye

    5.3 1996 HD

    Hamel portrays director Dickoff who suspends her career in order to help a friend who's been in prison for quite some time in connection with a...

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  • 1957
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    The Helen Morgan Story
    The Helen Morgan Story

    1 1957 HD

    Broadway legend Helen Morgan 's life as told by her mother, from her early start in second rate speakeasies to star of top rated shows and owning her...

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  • 1988
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    Addicted to His Love
    Addicted to His Love

    6 1988 HD

    Larry Hogan, using various aliases, meets middle-aged women through dating services and personal ads and uses his charm to cheat them out of their...

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  • 1950
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    The Men
    The Men

    7 1950 HD

    Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition,...

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  • 1999
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    The Sopranos
    The Sopranos

    8.642 1999 HD

    The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements...

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  • 1994
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    Touched by an Angel
    Touched by an Angel

    7.274 1994 HD

    Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

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  • 2004
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    Desperate Housewives
    Desperate Housewives

    7.937 2004 HD

    Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the...

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  • 1999
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    Twice in a Lifetime
    Twice in a Lifetime

    5.5 1999 HD

    Prematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in their lives and thus change them for the better.

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace
    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

    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....

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1953
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    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

    1 1953 HD

    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted...

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  • 1965
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    The Dean Martin Show
    The Dean Martin Show

    7.353 1965 HD

    The Dean Martin Show, also known as The Dean Martin Variety Show, is a TV variety-comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974 for 264 episodes. It was...

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  • 1956
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    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    4 1956 HD

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was...

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars
    The Oscars

    6.923 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1954
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    The Blue Angel
    The Blue Angel

    1 1954 HD

    A variety show set against the background of the Blue Angel night club in New York City.

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  • 1988
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    War and Remembrance
    War and Remembrance

    7.963 1988 HD

    War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of...

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  • 1983
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    The Winds of War
    The Winds of War

    7.263 1983 HD

    Set against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor "Pug" Henry is a career naval officer who,...

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  • 1973
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    Thriller
    Thriller

    6.7 1973 HD

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote
    Murder, She Wrote

    7.587 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour
    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat
    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1982
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    Hotel
    Hotel

    6.6 1982 HD

    Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater
    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1987
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    Jake and the Fatman
    Jake and the Fatman

    5.841 1987 HD

    Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.8 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.704 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1958
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    Kraft Music Hall
    Kraft Music Hall

    4 1958 HD

    Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical...

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  • 1975
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    Ellery Queen
    Ellery Queen

    7.4 1975 HD

    Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76...

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  • 1961
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    Dr. Kildare
    Dr. Kildare

    5.375 1961 HD

    The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the...

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  • 1954
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    The Jimmy Durante Show
    The Jimmy Durante Show

    1 1954 HD

    The Jimmy Durante Show is a 51-episode half-hour comedy/variety television program presented live on NBC from October 2, 1954 to June 23, 1956.

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  • 1954
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    Max Liebman Presents
    Max Liebman Presents

    1 1954 HD

    Max Liebman Presents, is an American television anthology series. A total of 28 episodes aired from 9/12/1954 to 6/9/1956 on the National...

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  • 1959
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    Startime
    Startime

    6 1959 HD

    Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was...

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  • 1958
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    The Dick Clark Show
    The Dick Clark Show

    5.5 1958 HD

    The Dick Clark Show is an American musical variety show broadcast weekly in the United States on the ABC television network 7:30-8 PM on Saturdays...

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  • 1970
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    The Polly Bergen Show
    The Polly Bergen Show

    1 1970 HD

    The Polly Bergen Show is a half-hour 18-episode comedy/variety show, starring then 27-year-old Polly Bergen, which aired on NBC in the 1957-1958...

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  • 1991
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    Baby Talk
    Baby Talk

    7 1991 HD

    Baby Talk is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March 8, 1991 until May 8, 1992 as part of ABC's TGIF lineup. The show was loosely based on...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?
    What's My Line?

    6.619 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1977
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    79 Park Avenue
    79 Park Avenue

    4.8 1977 HD

    A poor New York teenager of the mid-1930 is forced into prostitution despite sincere efforts to make a living and ultimately becomes the city's most...

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show
    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.3 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 1957
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    American Bandstand
    American Bandstand

    8.4 1957 HD

    American Bandstand was an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final...

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  • 1957
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    Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party
    Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.529 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.529 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.529 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?
    What's My Line?

    6.619 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 2005
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    Commander in Chief
    Commander in Chief

    7.5 2005 HD

    Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to...

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace
    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

    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....

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace
    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

    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....

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  • 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards
    Golden Globe Awards

    6.8 1944 HD

    An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...

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  • 1950
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    The Bob Hope Show
    The Bob Hope Show

    8 1950 HD

    The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night...

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  • 1994
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    Burke's Law
    Burke's Law

    6.7 1994 HD

    Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a...

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  • 1959
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    The Bell Telephone Hour
    The Bell Telephone Hour

    6 1959 HD

    “The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that...

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  • 1963
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    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    5.2 1963 HD

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967....

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