Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, vaudevillian and...
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the wife of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and the mother of actress Candice Bergen and film and television editor Kris Bergen. In 1932, her father died of...
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Charlie McCarthy (redirect from Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy)
was the famed dummy partner of American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930 was attired in...
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professionally as Frances Westcott. Her father, Edgar Bergen, was a ventriloquist, comedian, and actor. Bergen's paternal grandparents were Swedish immigrants...
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Bongo" by Sinclair Lewis; and Mickey and the Beanstalk, narrated by Edgar Bergen and based on the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale. Though the film...
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The Chase and Sanborn Hour (section Edgar Bergen)
announced it would terminate its contract with Edgar Bergen at the end of the year. The remaining Bergen/McCarthy programs eschewed guest stars in favor...
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circuit, and by the Americans The Great Lester, Frank Byron Jr., and Edgar Bergen. Bergen, together with his favorite figure Charlie McCarthy, hosted a radio...
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Who Do You Trust? (section Gameplay (Bergen era))
show premiered in prime time on CBS in January 1956 and was hosted by Edgar Bergen. The show lasted in this form until March 1957. In September of that...
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author Edgar Bergen (1903–1978), American actor and radio performer Frances Bergen (1922–2006), American actress and model Fanny Dickerson Bergen (1846...
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listen to Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy's radio program (in tribute to Bergen, who played Grandpa in the pilot film). However, Bergen's radio show...
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