Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin in Knoxville, Tennessee)
(July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014)
NEW YORK (AP) – Emmy-winning actress and singer Polly Bergen, who
in a long career played the terrorized wife in the original "Cape Fear"
(1962) and the first woman president in 1964’s "Kisses for My President,"
died Saturday.
According to her publicist Judy Katz, Bergen died at her home in Southbury,
Connecticut, from natural causes. She was surrounded by family and close
friends.
In recent years, she played Felicity Huffman’s mother on ABC’s "Desperate
Housewives" (2007-2011) and the past mistress of Tony Soprano’s late
father on HBO’s "The Sopranos." (1999-2007).