Name
Mary Field
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-06-10
Deathday
1996-06-12 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Field (June 10, 1909 – June 12, 1996) was an American film actress who primarily appeared in supporting roles. She was born in New York City. As a child she never knew her biological parents. During her infancy she was left outside the doors of a church with a note pinned to her saying that her name was "Olivia Rockefeller". She would later be adopted.
In 1937, she was signed under contract to Warner Bros. Studios and made her film debut in The Prince and the Pauper (1937). Her other screen credits include parts in such films as Jezebel (1938), Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938), The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938), Eternally Yours (1939), When Tomorrow Comes (1939), Broadway Melody of 1940, Ball of Fire (1941), How Green Was My Valley (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Ministry of Fear (1944), Dark Angel (1946), Out of the Past(1947), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and Life With Father (1947). During her time in Hollywood she appeared in approximately 103 films.
Her TV credits include parts in Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, and The Loretta Young Show. In 1963, her last acting role was as a Roman Catholic nun in the television series, Going My Way, starring Gene Kelly and modeled after the 1944 Bing Crosby film of the same name. She appeared in several episodes of the television comedy, Topper, as Henrietta Topper's friend Thelma Gibney.
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- 1947 Miracle on 34th Street as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
- 1957 The Three Faces of Eve as Effie, sales clerk
- 1946 Song of the South as Mrs. Favers
- 1947 Life with Father as Nora
- 1950 Edge of Doom as Mary Jane Glennon
- 1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Peasant woman
- 1937 The Prince and the Pauper as Mrs. Canty
- 1944 The Port of 40 Thieves as Della
- 1942 The Major and the Minor as Mother at Station (uncredited)
- 1949 Mighty Joe Young as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1940 The Howards of Virginia as Susan Howard
- 1956 The Price of Fear as Ruth McNab
- 1940 Girls of the Road as Mae
- 1946 Rendezvous with Annie as Deborah
- 1948 Joan of Arc as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
- 1949 You're My Everything as Record Store Clerk (uncredited)
- 1947 The Other Love as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1960 Seven Ways from Sundown as Mary Karrington
- 1944 Four Jills in a Jeep as Maid (scenes deleted)
- 1947 Driftwood as Mrs. White
- 1955 The Private War of Major Benson as Sister Mary Theresa
- 1942 The Great Gildersleeve as Amelia Hooker
- 1947 Welcome Stranger as Secretary
- 1940 Convicted Woman as Gracie Dunn
- 1942 Mrs. Miniver as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
- 1942 Miss Annie Rooney as Mrs. Metz
- 1945 The Affairs of Susan as Nancy
- 1951 Dear Brat as Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)
- 1939 Sergeant Madden as Mrs. Daly
- 1942 Mexican Spitfire at Sea as Agnes
- 1948 One Sunday Afternoon as Secretary
- 1947 Louisiana as Mrs. Davis
- 1954 Four Guns to the Border as Mrs. Pritchard
- 1957 The Three Faces of Eve as Effie Blanford (uncredited)
- 1941 Sea Raiders as Aggie Nelson
- 1938 White Banners as Hester
- 1948 Up in Central Park as Schoolteacher
- 1958 The Missouri Traveler as Nelda Hamilton
- 1953 The Lady Wants Mink as Janie
- 1938 Slander House as Bessie, an attendant
- 1958 Ride a Crooked Trail as Mrs. Curtis
- 1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid as Wee Shop Clerk
- 1938 Jezebel as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
- 1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn as Myrtle Semple
- 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)
- 1947 Dark Passage as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
- 1943 Three Hearts for Julia as Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)
- 1941 Wild Geese Calling as Jennie Delaney
- 1941 How Green Was My Valley as Eve (uncredited)
- 1950 Cheaper by the Dozen as Music Teacher (uncredited)
- 1938 Youth Takes a Fling as Maid
- 1941 Shadows on the Stairs as Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell
- 1939 The Family Next Door as Secretary
- 1955 To Hell and Back as Mrs. Murphy
- 1940 Charter Pilot as King's Secretary
- 1940 Broadway Melody of 1940 as Second Bride (uncredited)
- 1944 Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid as Husband-Seeking Woman
- 1939 Made for Each Other as Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)
- 1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Piano Player
- 1939 The Sun Never Sets as Maid
- 1939 Good Girls Go to Paris as Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)
- 1939 Stunt Pilot as Ethel
- 1948 Sitting Pretty as Della (uncredited)
- 1939 Dancing Co-Ed as Miss Jennie May
- 1939 Eternally Yours as Peabody's Housekeeper (uncredited)
- 1938 There Goes My Heart as Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942 Now, Voyager as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
- 1942 Wake Island
- 1941 Ball of Fire as Miss Totten
- 1956 Toy Tiger as Miss Elsie
- 1947 The Unfaithful as Miss Bryar
- 1940 Legion of the Lawless as Mrs. Barton
- 1940 The Invisible Man Returns as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)
- 1946 The Walls Came Tumbling Down as Bradford's Secretary
- 1944 It Happened Tomorrow as Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)
- 1939 Society Smugglers as Secretary
- 1947 Out of the Past as Marny (uncredited)
- 1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Wife (uncredited)
- 1949 Special Agent as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)
- 1948 Sorry, Wrong Number as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- 1946 Talk About a Lady as Telephone Operator
- 1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Woman on Street (uncredited)
- 1940 The Bank Dick as Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)
- 1940 My Son, My Son! as Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid
- 1940 The Ape as Mrs. Mason
- 1944 Mr. Skeffington as Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)
- 1940 Three Faces West as Mrs. Stebbins
- 1942 You Were Never Lovelier as Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)
- 1955 Lucy Gallant as Irma Wilson
- 1940 The Trail Blazers as Alice Chapman
- 1942 I Married a Witch as Nancy Wooley (uncredited)
- 1946 One More Tomorrow as Maude Miller
- 1943 A Lady Takes a Chance as Florrie Bendix
- 1948 The Fuller Brush Man as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
- 1944 Up in Mabel's Room as Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)
- 1941 Golden Hoofs as Nellie Crocker
- 1942 Get Hep to Love as Woman Judge
- 1941 The Great Mr. Nobody as Miss Frame
- 1942 Mokey as Mrs. Graham
- 1948 A Song Is Born as Miss Totten
- 1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D. as Felice
- 1948 If You Knew Susie as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- 1949 Henry, the Rainmaker as Mrs. Sweeney
- 1943 Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Party Pianist (uncredited)
- 1939 The Fighting Gringo as Sandra Courtney
- 1943 The Gorilla Man as Nurse Kruger
- 1946 Murder in the Music Hall as Waitress
- 1949 Dear Wife as Mrs. Bixby
- 1943 Princess O'Rourke as Clara Stilwell (uncredited)
- 1944 Ladies of Washington as Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
- 1947 Unconquered as Maggie
- 1940 Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! as Girl Customer (uncredited)
- 1946 Little Giant as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1947 High Conquest as Miss Woodley
- 1942 This Above All as Hotel Maid
- 1944 Frenchman's Creek as Prue (uncredited)
- 1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Typewriting Academy Receptionist
- 1943 Hello, Frisco, Hello as Ellie, Cockney Maid
- 1937 Call It a Day as Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1948 Romance on the High Seas as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)
- 1942 You Can't Escape Forever as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)
- 1941 One Foot in Heaven as Lulu Digby (uncredited)
- 1942 The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Maid (Uncredited)
- 1946 The Dark Corner as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
- 1946 Black Angel as Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)
- 1939 When Tomorrow Comes as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1944 Ministry of Fear as Martha Penteel (uncredited)
- 1946 Don't Gamble with Strangers as Mrs. Arnold
- 1946 Sentimental Journey as Chaperon (uncredited)
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Minerva
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Clara
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Gillespie
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Nora
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode )
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 4 episodes ) as Cathy Marion
- 1952 Chevron Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Helen Merchant
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Stewart
- 1953 Topper ( 5 episodes ) as Thelma Gibney
- 1953 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse ( 1 episode )
