Candice Bergen

Let Them All Talk (2020)

A celebrated author takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Stars: Gemma Chan | Dianne Wiest | Candice Bergen | Meryl Streep | Lucas Hedges

Book Club (2018)

As: Sharon

Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Bill Holderman

Stars: Diane Keaton | Craig T. Nelson | Candice Bergen | Mary Steenburgen | Jane Fonda

Home Again (2017)

As: Lillian Stewart

Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Hallie Meyers-Shyer

Stars: Michael Sheen | Reese Witherspoon | Nat Wolff | Pico Alexander | Jon Rudnitsky

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

As: Julia Meyerowitz

An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Noah Baumbach

Stars: Ben Stiller | Emma Thompson | Adam Sandler | Dustin Hoffman | Grace Van Patten

Rules Don't Apply (2016)

As: Nadine Henly

It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also ...

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Warren Beatty

Stars: Annette Bening | Warren Beatty | Matthew Broderick | Alec Baldwin | Lily Collins

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson (2015)

The film follows Henson’s career from his first work with his Muppets in the early 1950’s during television’s Golden Age up to his sudden and shocking death in 1990, as he transcended puppetry to become one of the most creative, prolific and influential artists of his time. Key events include his early television work with the Muppets while still a student at the University of Maryland, his ...

Runtime: 90 min.

Stars: Frank Oz | Brian Henson | Jim Henson | Lisa Henson | Cheryl Henson

Louis Malle, le rebelle (2015)

As: Self (archiveFootage)

Directed by: Pierre-Henri Gibert

Stars: Candice Bergen | Louis Malle

Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (2015)

As: Herself

A three-hour prime-time special celebrating SNL '​s fortieth year on the air.

Runtime: 154 min.

Directed by: Don Roy King

Stars: Candice Bergen | Dan Aykroyd | Fred Armisen | Alec Baldwin | Vanessa Bayer

Beautiful and Twisted (2015)

As: Bernice

Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.

Runtime: 86 min.

Directed by: Christopher Zalla

Stars: Jude Ciccolella | Seychelle Gabriel | Candice Bergen | Paz Vega | Rob Lowe

A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)

As: Donna Mitchler

Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.

Runtime: 88 min.

Directed by: Tristram Shapeero

Stars: Jeffrey Tambor | Wendi McLendon-Covey | Lauren Graham | Robin Williams | Joel McHale

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)

As: Herself

The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.

Directed by: Sally Norris

Stars: Candice Bergen | Anthony Hopkins | Michael Douglas | Richard Attenborough | Julian Fellowes

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's (2013)

As: Herself

It's the most mythic of all American emporiums - and the scene of many an ultimate fashion fantasy. Now audiences get a rarified chance to peek behind the backroom doors and into the reality of the fascinating inner workings and fabulous untold stories from Bergdorf Goodman's iconic history in Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Matthew Miele

Stars: William Fichtner | Candice Bergen | Joan Rivers | Ashley Olsen | Mary-Kate Olsen

Inequality for All (2013)

As: Murphy Brown

U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap.

Runtime: 89 min.

Directed by: Jacob Kornbluth

Stars: Mary Tyler Moore | Lily Tomlin | Dolly Parton | Tyne Daly | Robert Reich

Elusive Justice (2011)

As: Narrator

Narrated by Candice Bergen, Elusive Justice is an unprecedented examination of the more than six-decade global hunt for the 20th century's most notorious war criminals, thousands of whom are still presumed to be alive. Featuring intimate portraits of the Nazi hunters, the film also examines the nations and institutions that helped bring war criminals to justice or, in too many cases, helped them to escape.

Runtime: 116 min.

Stars: Candice Bergen

The Women of SNL (2010)

As: Fern (archive footage)

A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Jorma Taccone | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Paul Miller | Dave Wilson | Don Roy King

Stars: Kristen Wiig | Maya Rudolph | Tina Fey | Amy Poehler | Ana Gasteyer

The Romantics (2010)

As: Augusta Hayes

Seven close friends reunite for the wedding of two of their friends. Problems arise because the bride and the maid of honor have had a long rivalry over the groom.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Galt Niederhoffer

Stars: Anna Paquin | Josh Duhamel | Katie Holmes | Adam Brody | Dianna Agron

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)

Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features favorite holiday-themed sketches from SNL's 35-year history.

Stars: John Malkovich | James Franco | Justin Timberlake | Alec Baldwin | Hugh Laurie

Bride Wars (2009)

As: Marion St. Claire

Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.

Runtime: 89 min.

Directed by: Gary Winick

Stars: Anne Hathaway | Kate Hudson | Bryan Greenberg | Chris Pratt | Steve Howey

The Women (2008)

As: Catherine Frazier

The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Diane English

Stars: Annette Bening | Eva Mendes | Cloris Leachman | Meg Ryan | Debra Messing

Sex and the City (2008)

As: Enid Frick

A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.

Runtime: 145 min.

Directed by: Michael Patrick King

Stars: Kim Cattrall | Sarah Jessica Parker | Kristin Davis | Cynthia Nixon | Chris Noth

Footsteps (2003)

As: Daisy Lowendahl

Daisy Lowendahl (Bergen) is a best-selling suspense novelist who finds herself at her isolated beach house with a local young fan (Hall) who knows almost everything about her, and two men - one of whom may be trying to kill her, the other of whom could save her life, causing Daisy to be thrown into the middle of a real-life drama.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: John Badham

Stars: Candice Bergen | Michael Murphy | Bryan Brown | Bug Hall | Austin St. John

The In-Laws (2003)

As: Judy Tobias

Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Andrew Fleming

Stars: Lindsay Sloane | Candice Bergen | Michael Douglas | Ryan Reynolds | Albert Brooks

View from the Top (2003)

As: Sally Weston

A small-town woman tries to achieve her goal of becoming a flight attendant.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Bruno Barreto

Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Mark Ruffalo | Candice Bergen | Christina Applegate | Marc Blucas

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

As: Mayor Kate Hennings

New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But Melanie's past holds many secrets, including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Andy Tennant

Stars: Rhona Mitra | Josh Lucas | Candice Bergen | Patrick Dempsey | Reese Witherspoon

Miss Congeniality (2000)

As: Kathy Morningside

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Donald Petrie

Stars: Michael Caine | William Shatner | Candice Bergen | Sandra Bullock | Benjamin Bratt

Mary & Tim (1996)

As: Mary Horton

Another adaptation of the novel "Tim", about the love that develops between a mentally challenged young man and the older, lonely widow who takes him under her wing.

Directed by: Glenn A. Jordan

Stars: Candice Bergen | Tom McCarthy | Shirley Knight | Richard Kiley | Louise Latham

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)

HBO documentary about movies

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Chuck Workman

Stars: Candice Bergen | Warren Beatty | Robert Altman | George Burns | Peter Coyote

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)

As: Herself

A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.

Runtime: 60 min.

Stars: Candice Bergen | Barbara Bush | Joe Raposo | Christopher Cerf | Marc Brugnoni

Mayflower Madam (1987)

As: Sydney Biddle Barrows

Inspired by the explosive sex-for-sale scandal that rocked Manhattan in 1984, the infamous Sydney Biddle Barrows, a driven young socialite, opens an exclusive escort service catering to the wealthy and affluent. From Sydney's rise to become a million-dollar, modern-day madam to her notorious plummet into bankruptcy and public disgrace, experience a private glimpse into the forbidden world of high-class ...

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Lou Antonio

Stars: Chris Sarandon | Candice Bergen | Caitlin Clarke | Jim Antonio | Debra Rogers

Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985)

As: Ewa Berwid

A crime drama dircted by Anthony Page.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Anthony Page

Stars: Jürgen Prochnow | Eli Wallach | Candice Bergen | Héctor Elizondo | Alison La Placa

Stick (1985)

As: Kyle McClaren

Ernest (Stick) Stickley just out of prison agrees to help a friend deliver a package. It's a setup and his friend is killed. Stick is going to find out why!

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Burt Reynolds

Stars: George Segal | Castulo Guerra | Candice Bergen | Charles Durning | Burt Reynolds

Arthur the King (1985)

As: Morgan Le Fay

Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent themes.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Clive Donner

Stars: Malcolm McDowell | Candice Bergen | Edward Woodward | Joseph Blatchley | Dyan Cannon

2010 (1984)

As: SAL 9000

This is a sequel to 2001 A Space Odyssey. It is now 2010 and both the Americans and the Russians are racing to get to Jupiter to investigate the black monolith (similar to the one found in Lunar Crater Clavius) which was found by the U.S.S. Discovery in orbit around Jupiter's moons. The U.S.S. Discovery's orbit is rapidly decaying and it will crash into IO but the Americans cannot get there in time to save ...

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Peter Hyams

Stars: Helen Mirren | John Lithgow | Bob Balaban | Roy Scheider | Keir Dullea

Gandhi (1982)

As: Margaret Bourke-White

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

Runtime: 191 min.

Directed by: Richard Attenborough

Stars: Ben Kingsley | Candice Bergen | Edward Fox | Trevor Howard | John Gielgud

Rich and Famous (1981)

As: Merry Noel Blake

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: George Cukor

Stars: Candice Bergen | David Selby | Meg Ryan | Jacqueline Bisset | Steven Hill

Starting Over (1979)

As: Jessica Potter

A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This effects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel. Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ditched by his ambitious singer wife (Candice Bergen), until he begins to forge a new new relationship with an equally insecure teacher (Jill Clayburgh). But when the wife ...

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Alan J. Pakula

Stars: Jill Clayburgh | Candice Bergen | Charles Durning | Burt Reynolds | Frances Sternhagen

Oliver's Story (1978)

As: Marcie Bonwit

Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hours don't ease his pain, especially when he finds that his leftist views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm. Eventually, Oliver's inconsolable grief begins to alienate those around him, until he finds new love with Marcie Bonwit, the wealthy ...

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: John Korty

Stars: Candice Bergen | Benson Fong | Edward Binns | Ryan O'Neal | Nicola Pagett

A Night Full of Rain (1978)

As: Lizzy

Lizzy (Candice Bergen), a liberated American photographer, falls for narrow-minded journalist Paolo (Giancarlo Giannini). Then finds she can't live with him or without him. Bergen (Murphy Brown) and Giannini (Seven Beauties) take both comic and fierce battle stations in this colorful excursion into the male/female combat zone. So what if the world, as we learn from the TV in Lizzy and Paolo's luxurious ...

Runtime: 104 min.

Directed by: Lina Wertmüller

Stars: Candice Bergen | Michael Tucker | Giancarlo Giannini | Mario Scarpetta | Lucio Amelio

The Domino Principle (1977)

As: Elinore "Ellie" Tucker

Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in prison for murder, he has hit rock-bottom. But one day a man in a three-piece suit visits him in prison, a man he has never seen before, and informs him that he can ...

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Stanley Kramer

Stars: Candice Bergen | Edward Albert | Mickey Rooney | Gene Hackman | Richard Widmark

The Wind and the Lion (1975)

As: Eden Pedecaris

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: John Milius

Stars: Sean Connery | Geoffrey Lewis | Candice Bergen | John Huston | Brian Keith

Bite the Bullet (1975)

As: Miss Jones

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Richard Brooks

Stars: Ian Bannen | Candice Bergen | Ben Johnson | James Coburn | Gene Hackman

11 Harrowhouse (1974)

As: Maren Shirell

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Aram Avakian

Stars: Candice Bergen | Charles Grodin | James Mason | Trevor Howard | John Gielgud

Carnal Knowledge (1971)

As: Susan

The concurrent sexual lives of best friends Jonathan and Sandy are presented, those lives which are affected by the sexual mores of the time and their own temperament, especially in relation to the respective women who end up in their lives.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Mike Nichols

Stars: Candice Bergen | Ann-Margret | Rita Moreno | Jack Nicholson | Art Garfunkel

T.R. Baskin (1971)

As: T. R. Baskin

Enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city and has to search for her place in the scheme of things.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Herbert Ross

Stars: Candice Bergen | James Caan | Peter Boyle | Marcia Rodd | Erin Allin O'Reilly

Soldier Blue (1971)

As: Kathy Maribel Lee, 'Cresta'

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.

Runtime: 112 min.

Directed by: Ralph Nelson

Stars: Candice Bergen | Jorge Rivero | Donald Pleasence | John Anderson | Peter Strauss

The Hunting Party (1971)

As: Melissa Ruger

A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his infidel wife.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Don Medford

Stars: Oliver Reed | Candice Bergen | Gene Hackman | Ronald Howard | Simon Oakland

The Adventurers (1970)

As: Sue Ann Daley

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white ...

Runtime: 171 min.

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert

Stars: Ernest Borgnine | Candice Bergen | Alan Badel | Charles Aznavour | Thommy Berggren

Getting Straight (1970)

As: Jan

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with ...

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Richard Rush

Stars: Elliott Gould | Candice Bergen | Jeff Corey | Cecil Kellaway | Robert F. Lyons

The Magus (1968)

As: Lily

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Guy Green

Stars: Michael Caine | Candice Bergen | Anthony Quinn | Anna Karina

The Day the Fish Came Out (1967)

As: Electra Brown

A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots are not to make themselves known and can't contact the rescue team. The secrecy causes a comedy of errors including the desolate Greek Isle deciding that since tourists ...

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Mihalis Kakogiannis

Stars: Candice Bergen | Sam Wanamaker | Ian Ogilvy | Colin Blakely | Tom Courtenay

Live for Life (1967)

As: Candice

Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Claude Lelouch

Stars: Candice Bergen | Annie Girardot | Yves Montand | Anouk Ferjac | Uta Taeger

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

As: Shirley Eckert

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the "rice-bowl" system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must ...

Runtime: 182 min.

Directed by: Robert Wise

Stars: Candice Bergen | Richard Attenborough | Richard Crenna | Steve McQueen | Mako

The Group (1966)

As: Lakey

Sidney Lumet's adaptation of the acclaimed Mary McCarthy novel. It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their ...

Runtime: 150 min.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Stars: Candice Bergen | Shirley Knight | Joan Hackett | Joanna Pettet | Elizabeth Hartman