Candace Bergen was raised in Beverly Hills, California, and attended the Harvard-Westlake School. As a child, she was often described as “Charlie McCarthy’s little sister”, which irritated her referring to her father’s star dummy. She began appearing on her father’s radio program at a young age, and in 1958, at age 11, with her father on Groucho Marx’s quiz show, You Bet Your Life, as Candy Bergen. She said that when she grew up, she wanted to design clothes.
Candace Bergen later attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she was elected both Homecoming Queen and Miss University, but, as Bergen later acknowledged, she failed to take her education seriously and after failing two courses in art and opera, she was asked to leave at the end of her sophomore year. She ultimately received an honorary doctorate from Penn in May 1992.
Is Candace Bergen related to Edgar Bergen?
Yes, Candace Bergen is related to Edgar Bergen. Edgar Bergen is the father of Candace Bergen and his first child.
Edgar Bergen has two children a daughter and a son. On May 9, 1946, Bergen and his wife Frances welcomed their first child who is Candice Bergen. Fifteen years later, on October 12, 1961, they had a son, Kris Edgar Bergen, who become a film and television editor.
Edgar Bergen got married to his wife Frances Bergen in Mexico, after years of long-distance courtship on June 28, 1945. They remained happily married until Edgar’s death on September 30, 1978, at age 75.
Edgar Bergen was born Edgar John Bergen was an American ventriloquist, actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.
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