American actress, Candice Bergen is famous for playing the lead role in the popular ’80s to ’90s show Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown. She played the role of a recovering alcoholic woman who became a single mother and later battled breast cancer. The series provided Bergen the opportunity to show her comic side of acting, however, talked about important issues as well.
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The show aired from 1988 to 1998. Bergen won five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series out of seven nominations for her role as Murphy Brown from 1989 to 1995.
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Murphy Brown as a show also won multiple awards including Best Musical or Comedy Series Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and more.
Vice President Dan Quayle shared that the show “mocks the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.”
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