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. He was the father of actress Candice Bergen.
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Edgar Bergen wife
Edgar Bergen met his wife Frances Westerman in 1941, who was an 18-year-old, young fashion model, who had graduated from Los Angeles High School the prior year.
They had a long-distance courtship, and the two were eventually married, in Mexico, on June 28, 1945.
Edgar Bergen children
Edgar Bergen and Frances had two children, on May 9, 1946, Frances gave birth to actress Candice Bergen, whose first performances were on Bergen’s radio show. Edgar Bergen and Candice had a bad father-daughter relationship and had even cut her off his will when he died.
The couple’s second child was film and television editor Kris Bergen. Frances also acted, appearing in several movies, co-starring in the 1958 television series Yancy Derringer, and guest-starring in many other shows.
Edgar Bergen parents
Bergen was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Swedish immigrants Nilla Svensdotter (née Osberg) and Johan Henriksson Berggren
Edgar Bergen siblings
Edgar Bergen was one of five children and the younger of two sons of his parents.
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