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My Take
Candice Bergen is my gold standard for aging into your power. She started as a Beverly Hills model with a famous face, then spent decades proving the face was the least interesting thing about her. Murphy Brown earned her five Emmys and two Golden Globes, and the character — prickly, principled, funny — still feels like the blueprint for every fictional newswoman since. Then, when most stars coast, she stole scenes on Boston Legal in her sixties. Add a University of Pennsylvania education and a writer's wit, and you get a performer who never stopped being sharper than the room. I admire longevity, but I admire reinvention more, and she has both.
Overview
Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as the title character on Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Candice Bergen
- Name (Japanese)
- キャンディス・バーゲン
- Reading
- きゃんでぃす・ばーげん
- Born
- May 9, 1946 (age 80)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dog
- Origin
- Beverly Hills, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 68 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / model / television presenter / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Pennsylvania
Awards & achievements
- 1989 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- 1992 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- 1989 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- 1990 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- 1992 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- 1979 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Murphy Brown | — | |
| Notable work | Boston Legal | — |
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.