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Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

5 films · 292 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19712017

Born 9 May 1946 · Beverly Hills, California, USA

Candice Patricia Bergen is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018-2019). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982).

Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the cover of Vogue before she made her screen debut in the film The Group (1966).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 292 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19712017

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy1992
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy1989
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series1995
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series1994
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series1992
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series1990
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series1989
  • Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year1979

How their films are shot

Measured across 292 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Candice takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night — the look of the work Candice takes.

Time of day

Night44%
Day43%
Interior12%

Lighting

Natural36%
High key32%
Low key31%

Shot size

Medium62%
Closeup17%
Wide13%
Fullbody4%

Camera angle

Eye level92%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral81%
Tense8%
Lonely6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 292 frames from Candice Bergen's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.