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Article: Candice Bergen: sweet success. (Cover Story)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- May 1, 1992
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What is a nice girl like Candice Bergen doing in the acerbic character of Murphy Brown, a 42-year-old television journalist who is single and pregnant and refuses to marry the father, her ex-husband?
An obvious answer is that she's enjoying the success of this popular CBS series, which has survived its fourth season in the sudden-death jungle of TV sitcomes. A look behind the scenes, however, reveals Candice Bergen as a most un-Murphy-like person who is happily married and loves living quietly.
The daughter of famous ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, Candice grew up in the Hollywood limelight conteding not only with fame, but also with a unique sibling ...