Happy Birthday Candice Bergen

She's been an actress, author, photojournalist, mother and style icon since she appeared on the scene in the sixties. At the age of 66, she is still an inspiration. Happy 66th birthday Candice Bergen.

She made her screen debut in the book turned film
 The Group as Lacey

Mike Nichol's controversial film Carnal Knowledge with Art Garfunkel
 and Jack Nicholson  was one of her most important films

Bergen's Swedish genes helped her modeling career

Bergen's autobiography written almost three decades ago.
 Rumor has it she will pen another for publication later this year.

With her late husband French film director Louis Malle at their 1980 wedding in France

With co-star Jacqueline Bisset in Rich and Famous

Bergen in television's eighties sitcom Murphy Brown as a single mother and television reporter

As lawyer Shirley Schmidt on ABC's Boston Legal 

Bergen today at 66

For more on Bergen, check out Stylelist's Candice Bergen Style Evolution: From Model to Murphy Brown.