Candice Bergen

Born 1946 · American actress

Candice Patricia Bergen is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown. She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979) and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982).

Candice Bergen, in order

1. 1966 The Group: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · critics 75%, audiences 60% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
2. 1966 The Sand Pebbles: acted · directed by Robert Wise · critics 86%, audiences 87%
3. 1967 Live for Life: acted · directed by Claude Lelouch
4. 1967 The Day the Fish Came Out: acted · directed by Michael Cacoyannis
5. 1968 The Magus: acted · directed by Guy Green
6. 1970 Getting Straight: acted · directed by Richard Rush · critics 33%, audiences 41%
7. 1970 Soldier Blue: acted · directed by Ralph Nelson
8. 1970 The Adventurers: acted · directed by Lewis Gilbert · audiences 56% · streaming on Hoopla
9. 1971 Carnal Knowledge: acted · directed by Mike Nichols · critics 91%, audiences 72% · streaming on Kanopy, Fandango at Home (free), Plex
10. 1971 T.R. Baskin: acted · directed by Herbert Ross
11. 1971 The Hunting Party: acted · directed by Don Medford
12. 1974 11 Harrowhouse: acted · directed by Aram Avakian
13. 1975 Bite the Bullet: acted · directed by Richard Brooks
14. 1975 The Wind and the Lion: acted · directed by John Milius
15. 1977 The Domino Principle: acted · directed by Stanley Kramer
16. 1978 A Night Full of Rain: acted · directed by Lina Wertmüller
17. 1978 Oliver's Story: acted · directed by John Korty
18. 1979 Starting Over: acted · directed by Alan J. Pakula
19. 1981 Rich and Famous: acted · directed by George Cukor
20. 1982 Gandhi: acted · directed by Richard Attenborough · critics 89%, audiences 92% · streaming on YouTube (free)
21. 1984 2010: The Year We Make Contact: acted · directed by Peter Hyams
22. 1985 Hollywood Wives (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Day
23. 1985 Merlin and the Sword (TV movie): acted · directed by Clive Donner
24. 1985 Stick: acted · directed by Burt Reynolds
25. 1987 Mayflower Madam (TV movie): acted · directed by Lou Antonio
26. 1988 Murphy Brown (TV series): acted
27. 1996 Mary & Tim (TV movie): acted · directed by Glenn Jordan
28. 2000 Miss Congeniality: acted · directed by Donald Petrie · critics 42%, audiences 69% · streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, Starz
29. 2002 Sweet Home Alabama: acted · directed by Andy Tennant · critics 39%, audiences 78% · streaming on Peacock, Fandango at Home (free)
30. 2003 Footsteps: acted · directed by John Badham
31. 2003 The In-Laws: acted · directed by Andrew Fleming · critics 33%, audiences 40%
32. 2003 View from the Top: acted · directed by Bruno Barreto
33. 2004 Boston Legal (TV series): acted · critics 86%, audiences 89% · streaming on Hulu
34. 2004 House M.D. (TV series): acted · directed by Bill Johnson and Bryan Singer
35. 2008 Sex and the City: acted · directed by Michael Patrick King
36. 2008 The Women: acted · directed by Diane English
37. 2009 Bride Wars: acted · directed by Gary Winick
38. 2010 The Romantics: acted · directed by Galt Niederhoffer
39. 2014 A Merry Friggin' Christmas: acted · directed by Tristram Shapeero
40. 2016 Rules Don't Apply: acted · directed by Warren Beatty
41. 2017 Home Again: acted · directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer · critics 33%, audiences 44% · streaming on Philo, Kanopy, Starz
42. 2017 The Meyerowitz Stories: acted · directed by Noah Baumbach · critics 92%, audiences 72% · streaming on Netflix
43. 2018 Book Club: acted · directed by Bill Holderman
44. 2020 Let Them All Talk: acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh · critics 87%, audiences 49% · streaming on HBO Max
45. 2022 As They Made Us: acted · directed by Mayim Bialik
46. 2023 Book Club: The Next Chapter: acted · directed by Bill Holderman · critics 46%, audiences 84% · streaming on Peacock