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Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, former fashion model, and darling of the television industry.

A five-time MediaNotes/EmmyAward winner for her title role in the hit 1988–98 sitcom ''Series/MurphyBrown'', Bergen has since graced the small screen as a SpecialGuest in series such as ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', ''Series/LawAndOrder'', ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' and ''Series/WillAndGrace''. Younger tropers will perhaps most likely recognize her as Shirley Schmidt, the [[SilverVixen foxy]], feisty, brilliant attorney lusted after (and loved) by both Denny Crane and Alan Shore in the hit series ''Series/BostonLegal''. In the '90s she also appeared in many commercials for Sprint long-distance telephone service, [[https://youtu.be/1GGdRaQxCWE advertising the ten cents a minute plan they offered at the time]]. She is also notable as a member of the "Five-Timers Club" of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' hosts.

Bergen is no stranger to the silver screen, either. She made her big-screen [[StarMakingRole breakout]] in ''Film/CarnalKnowledge'' and has since starred in critically acclaimed films such as ''Film/TheWindAndTheLion'' and ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', as well as such blockbusters as ''Film/MissCongeniality'', ''Film/SexAndTheCity'', and ''Film/SweetHomeAlabama''. She even earned herself an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for her role in the 1979 romantic comedy ''Starting Over'', but lost to the acting ''tour de force'' that was Creator/MerylStreep in ''Film/KramerVsKramer''.

The daughter of ventriloquist Creator/EdgarBergen, she was married to French film director Creator/LouisMalle from 1980 until his death in 1995, and had one child (daughter Chloe Françoise) with him. Since 2000 she has been married to real estate developer Marshall Rose.

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!!Filmography on TV Tropes:
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[[folder:Film roles]]
* ''Film/TheSandPebbles'' (1966) as Shirley Eckert
* ''Film/LiveForLife'' (1967) as Candice
* ''Literature/TheMagus'' (1968) as Lily
* ''Film/GettingStraight'' (1970) as Jan
* ''Film/SoldierBlue'' (1970) as Cresta
* ''Film/CarnalKnowledge'' (1971) as Susan
* ''Film/BiteTheBullet'' (1975) as Miss Jones
* ''Film/TheWindAndTheLion'' (1975) as Eden Pedecaris
* ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' (1982) as Margaret Bourke-White
* ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'' (1984) SAL 9000 (voice, as Olga Mallsnerd)
* ''Film/MissCongeniality'' (2000) as Kathy Morningside
* ''Film/SweetHomeAlabama'' (2002) as Mayor Kate Hennings
* ''Film/ViewFromTheTop'' (2003) as Sally Weston
* ''Film/SexAndTheCity'' (2008) as Enid Frick
* ''Theatre/TheWomen'' (2008) as Catherine Frazier
* ''Film/BrideWars'' (2009) as Marion
* ''Film/AMerryFrigginChristmas'' (2014) as Donna Mitchler
* ''Film/TheMeyerowitzStories'' (2017) as Julia
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[[folder:Television roles]]
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' (1 episode, 1976) {{as Herself}}
* ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (1988–98, 2018) as Murphy Brown
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' (1 episode, 1992) as Murphy Brown
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (2 episodes, 2000) as Gloria Ironbox/Murphy Brown (voice)
* ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' (3 episodes, 2002–04) as Enid Mead/Enid Frick
* ''Series/WillAndGrace'' (1 episode, 2003) as Herself
* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' (1 episode, 2004) as Trial Judge Amanda Anderlee
** ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'' (3 episodes, 2005) as Trial Judge Amanda Anderlee
* ''Series/BostonLegal'' (2005–08) as Shirley Schmidt
* ''Series/{{House}}'' (3 episodes, 2011) as Arlene Cuddy
* ''Series/TheMichaelJFoxShow'' (1 episode, 2013) as Beth Henry
* ''Series/BattleCreek'' (1 episode, 2015) as Constance
* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' (1 episode, 2016) as The Closer (voice)
* ''Series/TheConners'' (3 episodes, 2021) as Barb
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!!Associated Tropes:
* AndStarring: She gets the "with" in the ''Series/BostonLegal'' credits, right before Creator/WilliamShatner.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Candice started out as a debutante with an IceQueen reputation, but has softened over the years, largely thanks to her role in ''Series/MurphyBrown'', where she was finally able to showcase her comedic side.
* FormerTeenRebel: She was a political activist in her younger years, and was involved in a prank that resulted in the temporary shutdown of the New York Stock Exchange.
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