Candice Bergen Movies and TV Shows: Her 13 Best Projects [Video]

Born May 9, 1946, in Beverly Hills, California to famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and model Frances Westerman Bergen, Candice Patricia Bergen got her start in showbiz as part of her father’s puppet act. She eventually followed in her mother’s footsteps by modeling for Vogue in 1967 after she made her big screen debut in the drama, The Group (1966). But she soon made her own mark.

Although she’s best known as the five-time Emmy award-winning title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988-1998; 2018), her most famous roles were in films, including comedic drama Carnal Knowledge (1971), Oscar-nominated romantic comedy Starting Over (1979) and eight-time Oscar-winning historical drama Gandhi (1982).

Her early successes included dramas The Sand Pebbles (1966), The Adventurers (1970), Soldier Blue (1970), The Hunting Party (1971), The Wind and The Lion (1975),  A Night Full of Rain (1978), Oliver’s Story (1978) and Rich and Famous (1981).

She became the first woman to host Saturday Night Live…