BLONDE PERFECTION She was raised to have “a big investment in no vanity,” says Bergen (modeling in 1967). Still, she felt the difference in men’s reactions as she hit middle age: “People were always lovely to me, but suddenly they were . . . polite. You adjust.”
MURPHY MEETS JFK The day JFK Jr. filmed a spot on Murphy Brown, “I mean, secretaries from miles away were beating the door down,” Bergen says. “You could see it just never quit. But he was lovely.”
HOLLYWOOD ROOTS “I had a mostly solitary childhood. We lived on top of a mountain, and there were no kids up there,” says Bergen (fifth from left, next to Liza Minnelli). “This was my birthday party. We were having a dog performance, but we didn’t have those every day!”
THE LOUIS YEARS “I think he found me sort of like living with the light,” says Bergen (at her 1980 wedding to Louis Malle on his French estate). “Even though I’m half Swedish and not known for my lightness.”
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