SECOND LOOK

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.”

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!”

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.”

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.”

FAMILY TIME Malle, who died in 1995, “was very brilliant,” says Bergen (with him and their daughter Chloe on Easter). “He was also tortured, but when he was charming, there was nobody like him. The first few years of our marriage were idyllic.”

CARNAL PALS “Jack is fantastically unique,” says Bergen of her Carnal Knowledge costar (on-set in 1970). “Did we kiss in that movie? Of course I would remember kissing Jack Nicholson, but so much has fallen away.”

SECOND CHANCE Bergen calls husband Marshall Rose (whom she married in 2000) “a guy from Brooklyn who is innately elegant and a very attentive husband. Plenty of other women were trying to trap him when we met.” GIRLS’ DAY OUT Bergen remains close friends with actress Ali MacGraw (center, with her and agent Sue Mengers). “Ali didn’t start doing movies until she was 30, and she was the only woman ever to be absolutely open about her age. I thought that was fantastic.”

DEVOTED MOM Initially “beyond ambivalent” about motherhood, Bergen says she now wishes she had more kids. But Chloe (in 1999) “has such a big personality that she makes up for it.”

This memoir is Bergen’s second. “I do have some stories,” she says. “And many I couldn’t tell!”

One Last Thing

Ryan Reynolds

The new dad, 38, costars with Helen Mirren in the film Woman in Gold

Last time someone called me sexy

This morning my wife [Blake Lively], when I was leaving, said, “You look sexy.” I left the house a little taller.

Last time I cried

My baby [daughter James, 3 months] being born. I was inconsolable. I was moved to instant sprinklerhead.

Last homeimprovement chore I did

There was an ice dam on my roof. So I got up there with some calcium chloride and thawed it out. Because it was leaking into the house.

Last time I rocked out

“These Dreams” by Heart. I was lip-synching ferociously in the car the other day. And a busload of kids were looking at me, laughing. Not the song you want to get caught rocking out to.

Last good deed I did

It’s kind of a cliché, but I was walking in Santa Monica and a blind woman was asking for help to cross the street. She was probably 75. Everyone just kept walking past her. I kind of caught myself, “What are you doing? Go over there and help!” So I walked her across the street. And she kind of commandeered me for the next hour. She was very sweet. Reported by Mary Green

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