Filmography
| Film and Television credits | ||||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 1949 | Champion | Singer | ||
| Across the Rio Grande | Singer | |||
| 1950 | The Men | Singer | ||
| At War with the Army | Helen Palmer | |||
| 1951 | That's My Boy | Betty 'Babs' Hunter | ||
| Warpath | Molly Quade | |||
| 1952 | The Stooge | Mary Turner | ||
| 1953 | Cry of the Hunted | Janet Tunner | ||
| Fast Company | Carol Maldon | |||
| Arena | Ruth Danvers | |||
| Escape from Fort Bravo | Alice Owens | |||
| 1954 | The Blue Angel | Herself-Host | ||
| 1954-1955 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Herself-Host | ||
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Helen Morgan | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | |
| 1957–1958 | The Polly Bergen Show | Herself | 18 episodes | |
| 1956–1961 | To Tell the Truth | Herself | ||
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Crystal Coe | Episode: You Can't Trust a Man | |
| 1962 | Cape Fear | Peggy Bowden | ||
| Belle Sommers | Belle Sommers | |||
| 1963 | The Caretakers | Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Laurel Award for Top Female Dramatic Performance |
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| Move Over, Darling | Bianca Steele | |||
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | U.S. President Leslie Harrison McCloud | ||
| 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man | Technical Adviser (Clara Brown) | cameo | |
| 1974 | Death Cruise | Sylvia Carter | ||
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502 | Mona Briarly | ||
| 1976–1977 | Not for Women Only | Herself-Host | ||
| 1977 | Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue | Vera Keppler | TV miniseries | |
| Telethon | Dorothy Goodwin | |||
| 1978 | How to Pick Up Girls! | Dana Greenberg | ||
| 1981 | The Million Dollar Face | Jo Burns | ||
| 1982 | Born Beautiful | Marion Carmody | ||
| The Love Boat | Dana Pierce | 3 episodes | ||
| 1983 | The Winds of War | Rhoda Henry | TV miniseries
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
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| 1984 | Fantasy Island | Esther Brandell | Episode: Lady of the House/Mrs. Brandell's Favorites | |
| Velvet | Mrs. Vance | |||
| 1985 | Hotel | Elizabeth Hastings | Episode: Images | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Dr. Jocelyn Laird | Episode: School for Scandal | ||
| 1987 | Making Mr. Right | Estelle Stone | ||
| 1988 | Addicted to His Love | Vivien Langford | ||
| She Was Marked for Murder | Laura Lee Webster | |||
| 1988-1989 | War and Remembrance | Rhoda Henry | TV miniseries
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
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| 1989 | Mother, Mother | Barbara Cutler | ||
| The Haunting of Sarah Hardy | Emily Stepford | |||
| My Brother's Wife | Myra Gilbert | |||
| 1990 | Cry-Baby | Mrs. Vernon-Williams | ||
| Steel Magnolias | Clairee Belcher | TV pilot | ||
| 1991 | Lightning Field | Carol | ||
| 1992 | Lady Against the Odds | Cleo Storrs | ||
| 1991-1992 | Baby Talk | Doris Campbell | 23 episodes | |
| 1993 | Arly Hanks | Ruby Bee | ||
| 1995 | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | Mrs. Unterveldt | ||
| The Surrogate | Sandy Gilman | |||
| Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | Miss Maybry | |||
| 1996 | In the Blink of an Eye | Murial | ||
| For Hope | Molly Altman | |||
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | Stella | Episode: Deconstructing Harry | |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | Fran Felstein | Episode: In Camelot | |
| 2005 | Paradise, Texas | Beverly Cameron | ||
| 2006 | A Very Serious Person | Mrs. A | ||
| Candles on Bay Street | Rosemary | |||
| 2005-2006 | Commander in Chief | Kate Allen | 10 episodes | |
| 2007-2011 | Desperate Housewives | Stella Wingfield | 10 episodes
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
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| 2012 | Struck by Lightning | Grandma | ||
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