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Without waiting for the reassurance, thousands of Norwegians turned out in Bergen (pop. 115,000) as the Skate made its first port after the North Pole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: Stay Away from My Door | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

...Best actress: Polly Bergen in The Helen Morgan Story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Emmy Awards | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

...award as TV's best actress, Polly Bergen outpolled such veteran rivals as the theater's Helen Hayes and the movies' Teresa Wright, an achievement that could be explained only by the fast-developing herd instinct of telefolk that leads them to stick with their own. Polly's reputation has blossomed principally through coaxial cables. Neither Hollywood nor Broadway was impressed with her efforts as singer or actress, but then she signed up for a series of TV commercials for Pepsi-Cola, quickly became known the nation over as the Pepsi Girl. Here and there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Emmy Awards | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

...time, Contralto Bergen got only modest praise for her portrayal of the tragic, wistful singer who epitomized a whole era's image of gently fallen women. But it marked the welcome end of the Pepsi-Cola girl. A shapely brunette with startlingly wide-set eyes of sky-blue, 27-year-old Polly now has her own biweekly variety show on CBS. So far, she has not attempted any new dramatic parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Emmy Awards | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

PAULINE LANDSBERG North Bergen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 10, 1958 | 3/10/1958 | See Source »

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