Candice Bergen
Candice Bergen was born into the heady Hollywood of the 1950s, as the daughter of celebrated ventriloquist, Edgar Bergen and his beautiful wife Frances. Her “brother” at the time was known as a sarcastic little wooden dummy that her dad called Charlie McCarthy. ...
What Wows Me
- Humor
- Hearts
- Smarts
- Classic old American musicals: Oklahoma! Guys and Dolls even Jersey Boys. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (the movie)
- Matthew Bourne’s gay "Swan Lake"
- Frank Gehry
My Recent Post
Candice Bergen's Scents of Memory
I’ve worn for years fragrances from a nephew … but others surface to my memory screen
My Recent Conversation
Good Luck, Class of 2008! With 1930s-Style Economic Turmoil PLUS Terrorism, Possible Nuclear Annihilation, You'll Need It
I Don't Care What They Say:
- One of the joys of being a geezer is that I really don’t care what they say anymore.
My Shoes:
- My husband was wearing a pair of Ferragamo loafers the night we met and I am going to have them bronzed.
- Shoes for me: moccasins — all and every kind, but mostly Tod’s and Belgian loafers. I can’t deal with heels.
My Remedies:
- Cabbage soup for cleansing
- Lots of water
- Carbs. Plenty and constant carbs
I Love(d) Reading:
- The White Nile
- The Blue Nile
- Anything by Augusten Burroughs
- Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
- Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
I Wish I Lived In:
- A tent in East Africa. But where I actually live is pretty swell.
I Want to Own:
- Less stuff
I'm Addicted To:
- My daughter
- Parmesan Cheese
The First Thing I Do in the Morning Is:
- Pee
- Make decaf coffee
- Read the New York Times (which takes forever, so I don’t have time for cardio)
I Use:
- Less and less
- My husband’s tee shirts, socks, and last week, by accident, his pants, which fit.
I Admire:
- My daughter
- Energy
- Productivity
- Self-starters
- Dynamism
- Selflessness
- Stephen Colbert
I Respect:
- My daughter
- All animals
- The kind and the conscious
- Older people who just don’t quit
- Discipline
- More and more, rules























