Trivia

First female host of Saturday Night Live (1975).

Appeared on Episode #8.34 (1958), an episode of Groucho Marx's game show, at age 12, along with her father and Groucho's daughter Melinda Marx. Candice actually sang with Groucho on the show.

She made instant headlines in 1992 when then Vice President Dan Quayle criticized Murphy Brown (1988) for creating the storyline of Murphy having a baby out of wedlock. Quayle suffered a fair amount of backlash and ridicule for his remarks and "Murphy Brown" continued to be a highly popular show, right up to its last season in 1998. Speaking to TV reporters in 2002, Bergen stated, "I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless, but his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did".

Has played the same character (Murphy Brown) on four different series: Murphy Brown (1988), Seinfeld (1989), Ink (1996) and Family Guy (1999).

She was kicked out of the University of Pennsylvania after failing two subjects. She said that she failed one of those classes, art, because she simply could not get to her 8am class on time.

At nine years of age, she auditioned for a role as one of the original Mousketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club (1955). Although her father, Edgar Bergen, personally lobbied his friend Walt Disney on her behalf, she was not hired.

In 1995, after receiving her fifth Emmy Award for the title role on Murphy Brown (1988), she declined any future nominations for that role. She received a total of seven consecutive nominations for the role.

Speaks French fluently.

The French language dubbing of Miss Congeniality (2000), when aired in Quebec, Canada contains both hers and William Shatner's voices.

In addition to being the first female host of Saturday Night Live (1975), she is also the first person to host for a second time.

Hospitalized for high blood pressure. She stayed in hospital for a few days for observation. At the time, there was speculation that she had suffered a stroke, which her publicist quickly denied. However in 2011, Candice gave an interview to Harry Smith of CBS-TV in which she admitted that she had indeed had a stroke, from which she was fully recovered. (September 2006)

Gave birth to her only child, at age 39, a daughter, Chloe Malle, via Caesarean section on November 8, 1985. Child's father was her husband, Louis Malle.

During her college years she once dated Donald Trump who showed up dressed in a 3-piece burgundy suit, burgundy patent leather loafers, driving a burgundy limousine. The date was uneventful with no physical contact whatsoever.

In the late 1960s, she was the companion of Columbia record producer Terry Melcher. In 1968, they lived together at a house at 10050 Cielo Drive, Beverly Hills. In 1969, they moved to Malibu, and the house at 10050 Cielo Drive was leased to Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate. On August 9, 1969, it was the site of the grisly Manson murders, where Tate and four other people were murdered while Polanski was out of the country. The fact that Melcher had talked to Charles Manson about a record deal that did not go through led to initial speculation that Melcher was the intended target of the killers. However, it was later learned that Manson knew Melcher no longer lived there but wanted to "send a message". Manson had told his followers to "kill anyone they found there". The house has now been demolished.

She came to Sidney Lumet's attention for The Group (1966) when the director spotted her in a Revlon advertisement hawking lipstick. He thought she was clutching a leopard, though it was really just a leopard print pillow.

Very good friends with fellow actress Ali MacGraw.

Became a grandmother for the first time at age 74 when her daughter Chloe Malle gave birth to a son, Arthur Louis Albert, on May 19, 2020.

A photographer and photojournalist as well, Candice had a brief but telling cameo as famed photographer Margaret Bourke-White in Richard Attenborough's grand-scale biopic Gandhi (1982).

Has played Meg Ryan's mother in two separate films: Rich and Famous (1981) and The Women (2008).

Was considered for the Faye Dunaway role in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).

Owned an Arabian horse named Herschel that she rode in The Adventurers (1970) and Bite the Bullet (1975).

According to June Allyson in her biography, she saved young Candice Bergen when she was invited at a party whilst Candice almost drowned in the family swimming pool.

Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy category for her role as Murphy Brown in Murphy Brown (1988), but lost to Rachel Brosnahan for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017).

Became a grandmother for the second time at age 75 when her daughter Chloe Malle gave birth to a daughter, Alice Malle Albert, on April 1, 2022.

Auditioned for the role of Elaine Robinson in The Graduate (1967).

Her paternal grandparents were Swedish, with her grandfather being from Vanneberga, Vinslov, and her grandmother from Rattelov, Stoby, both in Skåne. Candice's mother was of German and English ancestry.

Her second husband, Marshall Rose, was a New York real estate magnate; he passed away in 2025.

She and her Book Club (2018) co-stars Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton have each dated Warren Beatty at some point in their lives.

Acting mentor to Faith Ford.

Studied drama at Herbert Berghof HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City.

Stepmother of Manuel Cuotemoc Malle and Justine Malle. Mother of Chloe Malle.

Love's horses and is an avid equestrian.

Appeared in Miss Congeniality (2000) with her Boston Legal (2004) co-star William Shatner.

She and her father, Edgar Bergen, appeared in separate segments of "The Muppet Show". They were the only parent and child to each make guest appearances on the series.

Older sister of Kris Bergen, a television film editor and actor.

Applied for the role of Juliet Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (1968).

Ex-sister-in-law of Dorothy Lyman. Sister-in-law of Vincent Malle.

Good friends with actress Christine Kaufmann.

Born on Thursday, May 9, 1946, at 9:52pm Pacific Daylight Time.

Sherrie Hewson named Bergen as one of her favorite actresses.