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Candice Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an United
States|American actor|actress best known for her
starring role on the television sitcom Murphy
Brown.

She was born in Beverly Hills, California, the
daughter of radio ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and
Frances Westerman. As a child she was often
referred to as "Charlie McCarthy's Little Sister",
which irritated her (Charlie McCarthy being one of
her father's dummies).

She began her career as a fashion model, but soon
began appearing as an actress in such films as
Carnal Knowledge and Starting Over, for which she
received Academy Award|Oscar and Golden Globe
nominations for best supporting actress.

She attended the University of Pennsylvania.
Bergen owned 10050 Cielo Drive but in 1969 she
sold it to her friend, Sharon Tate. Tate was later
murdered there. 

Bergen was the first female guest host on Saturday
Night Live.

On at least one occasion, Bergen dated Henry
Kissinger.

In 1981, she married French film director Louis
Malle. They had a daughter, Chloe Malle, and
remained married until his death by cancer in
1995.

On Murphy Brown she played a tough television
reporter. Although the show was a successful
comedy, it tackled important issues: Murphy Brown,
a recovering alcoholism|alcoholic, became a single
mother and later battled breast cancer. 

On May 19, 1992, then Vice President of the United
States Dan Quayle spoke at the Commonwealth Club
in San Francisco, California. During his speech,
he criticized the Murphy Brown character for
ignoring the importance of fathers and bearing a
child alone. His remarks caused a public
discussion on family values which culminated in an
episode where the television characters reacted to
Quayle's comments including Brown arranging for a
truck load of potatoes to be dumped in front of
Quayle's residence in retaliation.

After Murphy Brown, Bergen has appeared in
character roles in films, most notably Miss
Congeniality as the sweet-yet-demented pageant
host, Kathy Morningside.  She also portrayed the
mayor of New York in the movie Sweet Home Alabama.


In 2003, she appeared in the movie View from the
Top.

In January, 2005, Bergen joined the cast of Boston
Legal as Shirley Schmidt, a founding partner in
the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt.

She is also a vegetarian.

==Filmography==
*Unusual Occupations: Film Tot Holiday (1947)
(short subject)
*The Group (1966)
*The Sand Pebbles (1966)
*Flash 02 (1967) (short subject)
*The Day the Fish Came Out (1967)
*Live for Life (1967)
*Wedding of the Doll (1968) (documentary)
*The Magus (1968)
*The Adventurers (1970)
*The Executioner (1970)
*Getting Straight (1970)
*Soldier Blue (1970)
*Carnal Knowledge (1971)
*The Hunting Party (1971)
*T.R. Baskin (1971)
*11 Harrowhouse (1974)
*The Lion Roars Again (1975) (short subject)
*The Wind and the Lion (1975)
*Bite the Bullet (1975)
*The Domino Principle (1977)
*A Night Full of Rain (1978)
*Oliver's Story (1978)
*Starting Over (1979)
*Rich and Famous (1981)
*Gandhi (film)|Gandhi (1982)
*2010: Odyssey Two|2010 (1984) (voice only)
*Stick (1985)
*Frames from the Edge (1989) (documentary)
*Belly Talkers (1996) (documentary)
*Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) (documentary)
*Miss Congeniality (2000)
*Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
*View from the Top (2003)
*The In-Laws (2003)

==External link==
* http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000298/ Candice
Bergen at the Internet Movie Database