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Acting

Candice Bergen

Career: Active from 1966 to 2023, busiest in 1985 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 36
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: Gandhi
82/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1992 · Won
Murphy Brown
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1989 · Won
Murphy Brown
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2008 · Nominated
Boston Legal
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2006 · Nominated
Boston Legal
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2006 · Nominated
Boston Legal
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
1995 · Nominated
Murphy Brown
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Supporting Actress
1983 · Nominated
Gandhi
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
1979 · Nominated
Starting Over
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · New Star of the Year – Actress
1966 · Nominated
The Sand Pebbles
Source: Wikidata

Characters

6

The characters Candice Bergen played, best-known titles first.

Candice Bergen as Mayor Kate Hennings

Candice Bergen as Marion St. Claire

Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt

Candice Bergen as Sharon

Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown

Candice Bergen as Sharon

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Candice Bergen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.1, average 2.5
Scare
1.3, average 2.6
Mystery
2.9, average 3.9
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character Study 8
Social Commentary 7
Feel-Good Movie 4
Female Friendship 4
Political Commentary 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Political Intrigue 3
Romantic Drama 3
Character-Driven 3
1970s 3
Educational 2
Thought-Provoking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 61

Book Club: The Next Chapter

51

as Sharon

Shrinking

74

TV show · as Constance

As They Made Us

59

as Barbara

And Just Like That…

52

TV show · as Enid Frick

Show of Titles

as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

Let Them All Talk

68

as Roberta

2010s

15 titles · average score 61

Book Club

55

as Sharon

Murphy Brown

TV show · as Murphy Brown

The Conners

64

TV show · as Barb

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

78

as Julia Meyerowitz

Home Again

45

as Lillian Stewart

Beautiful & Twisted

56

as Bernice

Battle Creek

77

TV show · as Constance (Russ' mom)

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

33

as Donna Mitchler

BoJack Horseman

88

TV show · as The Closer (voice)

Inequality for All

80

as Murphy Brown (archive footage)

The Michael J. Fox Show

64

TV show · as Beth Henry

Elusive Justice

as Narrator

2000s

12 titles · average score 54

Bride Wars

36

as Marion St. Claire

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas

as (archive footage)

Sex and the City

57

as Enid Frick

The Women

34

as Catherine Frazier

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

77

TV show · as Amanda Anderlee

Boston Legal

80

TV show · as Shirley Schmidt

House

84

TV show · as Arlene Cuddy

View from the Top

35

as Sally Weston

The In-Laws

47

as Judy Tobias

Footsteps

43

as Daisy Lowendahl

Sweet Home Alabama

53

as Mayor Kate Hennings

Miss Congeniality

54

as Kathy Morningside

1990s

9 titles · average score 70

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Gloria Ironbox (voice) / Murphy Brown (voice)

Sex and the City

71

TV show · as Enid Frick / Enid Mead

Will & Grace

76

TV show · as Candice Bergen

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

77

as Anne Boleyn

Mary & Tim

70

as Mary Horton

Understanding the Universe

as Narrator

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

The Earth Day Special

58

as Murphy Brown

Law & Order

73

TV show · as Judge Amanda Anderlee

1980s

10 titles · average score 59

Seinfeld

87

TV show · as Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

67

TV show · as Murphy Brown

Mayflower Madam

49

as Sydney Biddle Barrows

Hollywood Wives

55

TV show · as Elaine Conti

Stick

37

as Kyle

Arthur the King

38

as Morgan Le Fay

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

60

as Ewa Berwid

2010

63

as SAL 9000 (voice)

Gandhi

82

as Margaret Bourke-White

Rich and Famous

53

as Merry Noel Blake

1970s

13 titles · average score 50

Starting Over

60

as Jessica Potter

Oliver's Story

30

as Marcie Bonwit

A Night Full of Rain

45

as Lizzy

The Domino Principle

30

as Ellie

The Wind and the Lion

66

as Eden Pedecaris

Bite the Bullet

58

as Miss Jones

11 Harrowhouse

64

as Maren Shirell

Carnal Knowledge

76

as Susan

The Hunting Party

40

as Melissa Ruger

Soldier Blue

53

as Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'

Getting Straight

43

as Jan

The Adventurers

51

as Sue Ann Daley

1960s

5 titles · average score 64

The Magus

56

as Lily

Live for Life

67

as Candice

The Day the Fish Came Out

48

as Electra Brown

The Group

68

as Lakey

The Sand Pebbles

81

as Shirley Eckert