Candice Bergen has made more than thirty films, but is probably best known as “Murphy” the role she played on the critically acclaimed CBS comedy “Murphy Brown.” During the show’s ten-year run, Ms. Bergen received five Emmy awards and two Golden Globe awards.

Daughter of the legendary ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, Ms. Bergen combined a career in film with assignments as a photojournalist, working for magazines including Life, New York and Esquire. Some of her best-known movies include “Carnal Knowledge”, “Rich and Famous”, “Ghandi” in which she played the photographer Margaret Bourke-White and “Starting Over” for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Recent films include “Miss Congeniality”, “Sweet Home Alabama” and “The In-Laws.”