Judith-Marie Bergan
{{Short description|American actress (1948–2016)}}
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| name = Judith-Marie Bergan
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| birth_date = November 25, 1948
| birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, US
| death_date = August 20, 2016 (aged 67)
| death_place = Ashland, Oregon, US
| alma_mater = Goodman Theatre (BFA)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1975–2016
| spouse = João Fernandes
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Judith-Marie Bergan was an American film, television and stage actress, known for starring in the Joseph Zito films Abduction and Bloodrage. She appeared in the television series, Brothers, and had a recurring role in Soap and in Maggie. Bergan was married to cinematographer João Fernandes.
Background
Bergan was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 25, 1948. Her young to teenage years were spent there as well as in Louisville and Highland Park. Bergan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Oregon Shakespeare Festival Website, August 20, 2016 - [https://www.osfashland.org/press-room/press-releases/judith-marie-bergan.aspx OSF actor Judith-Marie Bergan dies, Festival mourns the loss of beloved actor and friend]
Career
=Television=
In 1977, she appeared in Charlie's Angels, playing the part of Raven in the Angels on the Air episode that also starred Nicolas Coster and John Forsythe.Aveleyman - [http://www.aveleyman.com/TVEpisode.aspx?FilmID=71&Episode=19771109 Charlie's Angels, S2, Angels on the Air, Wednesday, 9th November 1977] Between 1977 and 1978 she appeared in various episodes of Soap as Marilyn McCallam. In a December 1984 Highway to Heaven episode "Hotel of Dreams" she played Allison Rutledge, a difficult guest who unsuccessfully tried to cause trouble for the main characters. She also had a starring role in the short-lived Martin Mull sitcom, Domestic Life. It was a mid-season replacement on CBS in 1984 and lasted 10 episodes. She played Janet in the Tales from the Darkside episode "Effect and Cause" (1985). In 1987 she appeared in Days of Our Lives as Elizabeth Harley.Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera, By Maureen Russell - [https://books.google.com/books?id=WwI5PzDiIKcC&dq=%22Days+of+our+lives%22Judith-Marie+Bergan&pg=PA183 Page 183 APPENDIX B] In the 1987 TV series Hard Knocks, she played Maggie a sarcastic lady who happened to be a restaurateur and who was also an ex-con and informant.Single Season Sitcoms of the 1980s: A Complete Guide, By Bob Leszczak - [https://books.google.com/books?id=70szDAAAQBAJ&dq=Judith-Marie+Bergan+Parents&pg=PA62 Page 61 - 62 Hard Knocks]
=Film=
She played the lead role of Patricia Prescott in the Joseph Zito directed / Kent E. Carroll produced film Abduction, based on the Harrison James novel Black Abductor. The film came out in October 1975.Letterboxd -[https://letterboxd.com/film/abduction-1975/ Abduction 1975 Directed by Joseph Zito] She played the part of the daughter of a rich property developer who is kidnapped by a group of radicals and ends up becoming converted to their cause.Roger Ebert - [http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-abduction-1975 The Abduction, Review]NY Times, Published: October 25, 1975 - [https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B01EED7173FE034BC4D51DFB667838E669EDE The Screen: 'Abduction' By VINCENT CANBY]AFI - [http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=55481 Abduction] In 1978 she had a role in the Delbert Mann directed Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery, a made for television drama about the wife of a disabled man who has an extramarital affair.Turner Classic Movies- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/478988/thou-shalt-not-commit-adultery Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery(1978)] The following year she co-starred as Beverly Stevens in the horror film Bloodrage which was also directed by Joseph Zito.Imdb - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078880/ Bloodrage (1980), Cast]Horror and Science Fiction Films III, Volume 3, By Donald C. Willis - [https://books.google.com/books?id=HqzC5HaCupYC&dq=Judith-Marie+Bergan+Bloodrage&pg=PA30 Page 30 BLOODRAGE]
Her final film was Finding Kelly in 2000.
=Stage=
In 1997, having left her television and film career she became a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and took on a variety of roles and spent 16 seasons with the company.American Theatre, August 24, 2016 - [http://www.americantheatre.org/2016/08/24/the-glamour-and-grit-of-judith-marie-bergan/ The Glamour and Grit of Judith-Marie Bergan By Lillian Groag]
One of the roles that she played was that of Mary in Eugene O’Neill’s A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, about a family which was set in or around 1912. She played the part of a mother who because of a painful birth delivery was introduced to drugs by her doctor. She would later become a woman who by the evening would regress to a drugged out almost catatonic state.Mail Tribune, Mar 29, 2015 - [http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150329/NEWS/150329604 Review: From past into present in OSF’s ‘Long Day’s Journey’ By Bill Varble] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206173944/http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150329/NEWS/150329604 |date=2016-02-06 }}Bohemian.com, July 01,2015 - [https://www.bohemian.com/northbay/ashland-calling/Content?oid=2727061 Ashland Calling By David Templeton]
As a recognized and respected stage actress, she was recognized by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, who dedicated the 2017 theater season to her honor.Ashland Daily Tidings, February 23, 2017 - [http://www.dailytidings.com/entertainmentlife/20170223/osf-opens-with-julius-caesar-henry-iv-part-1-shakespeare-in-love-and-mojada-medea-in-los-angeles OSF opens with 'Julius Caesar,' 'Henry IV: Part 1,' 'Shakespeare in Love' and 'Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles' By Laurie Heuston]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Death
Suffering from lung cancer, Bergan died at her home in Ashland, Oregon{{Cite web|url=https://www.osfashland.org/press-room/press-releases/judith-marie-bergan.aspx|title=OSF actor Judith-Marie Bergan dies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212083940/https://www.osfashland.org/press-room/press-releases/judith-marie-bergan.aspx|archive-date=12 December 2016|url-status=}} on August 20, 2016. She was survived by her cinematographer husband, João Fernandes, as well as her two sisters, Brooke and Joan.Ashland Daily Tidings, Sunday, August 21, 2016 - [http://www.dailytidings.com/news/20160821/longtime-oregon-shakespeare-festival-actress-dies Longtime Oregon Shakespeare Festival actress dies By Ryan Pfeil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919034808/http://www.dailytidings.com/news/20160821/longtime-oregon-shakespeare-festival-actress-dies |date=2017-09-19 }}
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American Shakespearean actresses
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