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Candice Bergen
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- #001
Candice Bergen was the first female host of Saturday Night Live (1975).
- #002
At age 12, Candice Bergen appeared alongside her father and Groucho Marx's daughter Melinda Marx on Episode #8.34 (1958) of Groucho Marx's quiz show. Bergen actually sang with Groucho on the show.
- #003
Candice Bergen played the same character (Murphy Brown) in four different series: Murphy Brown (1988), Seinfeld (1989), Ink (1996) and Family Guy (1999).
- #004
Candice Bergen was expelled from the University of Pennsylvania after failing two courses. She said she failed one of them, an art class, because she could not get to her 8 a.m. class on time.
- #005
In 1992, then-Vice President Dan Quayle made headlines when he criticized Murphy Brown (1988) for its storyline about Murphy having a child out of wedlock. Quayle drew considerable backlash and ridicule for his remarks, and "Murphy Brown" remained a highly popular program until its final season in 1998. Speaking to TV reporters in 2002, Bergen said, "I didn't say much about the whole episode, which was endless, but his speech was extremely clever about fathers not being dispensable, and no one agreed with that more than I did."
- #006
In 1995, after winning her fifth Emmy Award for her lead role on Murphy Brown (1988), Candice Bergen declined future nominations for the role. She was nominated for the role a total of seven consecutive times.
- #007
Candice Bergen speaks fluent French.
- #008
The French dub of Miss Congeniality (2000) broadcast in Quebec, Canada, features the voices of both Candice Bergen and William Shatner.
- #009
In addition to being the first female host of Saturday Night Live (1975), Candice Bergen was the first person to host the show a second time.
- #010
Candice Bergen was hospitalized for high blood pressure and remained in the hospital for several days for observation. At the time there was speculation that she had suffered a stroke, which the journalist immediately denied. In 2011, however, Bergen gave an interview to Harry Smith of CBS-TV in which she admitted she had indeed suffered a stroke and had fully recovered.
- #011
During her college years, Candice Bergen once went on a date with Donald Trump, who wore a three-piece burgundy suit and burgundy patent-leather loafers and drove a burgundy limousine. The date was uneventful and involved no physical contact.
- #012
On November 8, 1985, Candice Bergen gave birth by cesarean section to her only child, Chloe Malle, at age 39. The child's father was her husband, Louis Malle.
- #013
Candice Bergen is very good friends with her fellow actress Ali MacGraw.
- #014
Candice Bergen caught Sidney Lumet's attention for The Group (1966) when the director noticed her selling lipstick in a Revlon commercial. She thought she was holding a leopard, but it was actually just a leopard-print pillow.
- #015
Candice Bergen played Meg Ryan's mother in two separate films: Rich and Famous (1981) and The Women (2008).
- #016
Candice Bergen was considered for the Faye Dunaway role in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).
- #017
Candice Bergen, who is also a photographer and photojournalist, had a brief but memorable role as the famous photographer Margaret Bourke-White in Richard Attenborough's large-scale biographical film Gandhi (1982).
- #018
Candice Bergen auditioned for the role of Elaine Robinson in The Graduate (1967).
- #019
Candice Bergen's paternal grandparents were Swedish: her grandfather came from Vanneberga, Vinslov, and her grandmother from Rattelov, Stoby, both in Skåne. Her mother was of German, English and Irish descent.
- #020
According to June Allyson's biography, she rescued a young Candice Bergen at a party when Candice nearly drowned in the family's swimming pool.
- #021
Bergen and her Book Club (2018) co-stars Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton had all dated Warren Beatty at some point in their lives.
- #022
She had an Arabian horse named Herschel, which she rode in the films The Adventurers (1970) and Bite the Bullet (1975).
- #023
Her second husband, Marshall Rose, was a New York real estate magnate; he died in 2025.
- #024
She is Faith Ford's mentor.
- #025
She studied drama at the Herbert Berghof HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City.
- #026
She is the stepmother of Manuel Cuotemoc Malle and Justine Malle, and the mother of Chloe Malle.
- #027
She loves horses and is an avid rider.
- #028
She appeared in Miss Congeniality (2000) alongside William Shatner, her later co-star on Boston Legal (2004).
- #029
She is the older sister of television film editor and actor Kris Bergen.
- #030
She is the former sister-in-law of Dorothy Lyman and the sister-in-law of Vincent Malle.
- #031
She is a good friend of the actress Christine Kaufmann.
- #032
She applied for the role of Juliet Capulet in the film Romeo and Juliet (1968).
- #033
She was born on Thursday, May 9, 1946, at 21:52 Pacific Daylight Time.
- #034
Sherrie Hewson named Bergen one of her favorite actresses.
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