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Mary Field

1909 – 1996

American film actress and director

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Lived 1909 – 1996 (aged 87). Mary Field was an American actor, television actor, film actor and film director.

Mary Field (abandoned as a waif as "Olivia Rockefeller;" June 10, 1909 – June 12, 1996) and attended the Brentwood Hall School in Westchester County, New York.

Hollywood and television Fields signed with Warner Bros. Studios in 1937, and made her film debut in The Prince and the Pauper released that year. Over a two and a half decade career she appeared, primarily uncredited, in small roles in approximately 103 films, primarily "B" pictures, with a sprinkling of "A" mixed in. Among these films were 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), Shadows on the Stairs (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Ministry of Fear (1944), Song of the South (1946), Out of the Past (1947), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and Life With Father (1947).

Her TV credits include parts in Gunsmoke (in 1960 as an abused wife in S5E19's “Till Death Do Us Part” & in 1962 as Clara Ott in S7E24's “Coventry”), Wagon Train, Mr. Adams and Eve, 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.

Personal life In the 1940s, Field was married to Allan Douglas, a member of the Army Medical Corps. Following her 1963 retirement she was still married to her husband James Madison Walters and lived in Laguna Niguel, California. She also devoted her time to family and was active in the Hollywood Church of Religious Science.

Filmography In film only

Call It a Day (1937) as Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited) The Prince and the Pauper (1937) as Mrs. Canty Hoosier Schoolboy (1937) as School Board Secretary White Banners (1938) as Hester Jezebel (1938) as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited) Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) as Myrtle Semple (Elly's secretary) The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) as Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited) Youth Takes a Fling (1938) as Maid (uncredited) Slander House (1938) as Bessie, an attendant There Goes My Heart (1938) as Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice, uncredited) The Storm (1938) as Woman on Bus (uncredited) His Exciting Night (1938) as Carslake's Secretary (uncredited) Federal Man-Hunt (1938) as Mock Funeral Participant (uncredited) Made for Each Other (1939) as Johns Hopkins technician (uncredited) Society Smugglers (1939) as Susan - Sully's Secretary Sergeant Madden (1939) as Mrs. Daly (uncredited) The Family Next Door (1939) as Secretary (uncredited) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) as Piano Player (uncredited) The Sun Never Sets (1939) as Maid (uncredited) Unexpected Father (1939) as Nurse (uncredited) Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) as Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited) Stunt Pilot (1939) as Ethel The Fighting Gringo (1939) as Sandra Courtney When Tomorrow Comes (1939) as Waitress (uncredited) Dancing Co-Ed (1939) as Miss May Eternally Yours (1939) as Peabody's Housekeeper (uncredited) Little Accident (1939) as Miss Wilson (uncredited) Legion of the Lawless (1940) as Mrs. Barton The Invisible Man Returns (1940) as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited) Convicted Woman (1940) as Gracie Dunn I Take This Woman (1940) as Crazy Woman (scenes deleted) Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) as 2nd Bride (uncredited) Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940) as Girl Customer (uncredited) My Son, My Son (1940) as First Maid Three Faces West (1940) as Mrs. Stebbins (uncredited) Girls of the Road (1940) as Mae The Howards of Virginia (1940) as Susan Howard Yesterday's Heroes (1940) as Librarian (uncredited) The Ape (1940) as Mrs. Mason (uncredited) The Trail Blazers (1940) as Alice Chapman The Bank Dick (1940) as Woman (uncredited) Charter Pilot (1940) as Secretary (uncredited) Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) as Mary, the Dressmaker (uncredited) Golden Hoofs (1941) as Nellie (uncredited) The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) as Miss Frame Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) as Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited) Shadows on the Stairs (1941) as Miss Snell A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) as Woman on Street (uncredited) Affectionately Yours (1941) as Mrs. Collins (uncredited) Father Steps Out (1941) as Mrs. Benton, Farm Woman Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) as Wife (uncredited) Wild Geese Calling (1941) as Jennie Delaney One Foot in Heaven (1941) as Tallulah 'Lulu' Digby (uncredited) Sea Raiders (1941, Serial) as Aggie Nelson How Green Was My Valley (1941) as Eve (uncredited) Ball of Fire (1941) as Miss Totten Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942) as Ms. Nixon (uncredited) Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942) as Agnes, the Epping Maid (uncredited) Mokey (1942) as Mrs. Graham The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942) as Maid (uncredited) This Above All (1942) as Hotel Maid (uncredited) Miss Annie Rooney (1942) as Mrs. Metz Mrs. Miniver (1942) as Miss Spriggins (uncredited) The Gay Sisters (1942) as Farmer's Granddaughter / Organist (uncredited) Wake Island (1942) as Miss Pringle, Woman with Cynthia (uncredited) Just Off Broadway (1942) as Maid (uncredited) The Major and the Minor (1942) as Wilbur & Margie's Mother in Railroad Station (uncredited) Get Hep to Love (1942) as Woman Judge (uncredited) You Can't Escape Forever (1942) as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited) Now, Voyager (1942) as Passenger (uncredited) I Married a Witch (1942) as Nancy Wooley You Were Never Lovelier (1942) as Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited) Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1942) as Anxious (uncredited) The Great Gildersleeve (1942) as Amelia Hooker The Gorilla Man (1943) as Nurse Kruger The Crystal Ball (1943) as Foster (uncredited) Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) as Ellie, Cockney Maid Three Hearts for Julia (1943) as The Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited) Salute to the Marines (1943) as Mrs. Riggs (uncredited) A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) as Florrie Bendix Holy Matrimony (1943) as Oxford's Secretary (uncredited) Princess O'Rourke (1943) as Clara Stilwell (uncredited) Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) as Maid (scenes cut) It Happened Tomorrow (1944) as Lizzie, Waitress at Restaurant (uncredited) Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) as Anxious (uncredited) Up in Mabel's Room (1944) as Priscilla's Sister (uncredited) Once Upon a Time (1944) as Taxi Girl (uncredited) Mr. Skeffington (1944) as Mrs. Penelope Hyslup (uncredited) Ladies of Washington (1944) as Nurse's Aide (uncredited) Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944) as Subscription Lady (uncredited) Three Little Sisters (1944) as Carrie Higginbotham (uncredited) The Port of 40 Thieves (1944) as Della Frenchman's Creek (1944) as Prue (uncredited) And Now Tomorrow (1944) as Nurse (uncredited) Ministry of Fear (1944) as Martha Penteel (uncredited) The Affairs of Susan (1945) as Nancy The Unseen (1945) as Miss Budge (uncredited) Wonder Man (1945) as Miss Hutchison - the Police Stenographer (uncredited) Love Letters (1945) as Nurse in Italy (uncredited) Because of Him (1946) as Maid (uncredited) Little Giant (1946) as Secretary (uncredited) Breakfast in Hollywood (1946) as Ms. Field (uncredited) The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946) as Maid (uncredited) Sentimental Journey (1946) as Chaperon (uncredited) Talk About a Lady (1946) as Telephone Operator (uncredited) House of Horrors (1946) as Nora, Switchboard Operator (uncredited) Murder in the Music Hall (1946) as Waitress The Dark Corner (1946) as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited) One More Tomorrow (1946) as Maude Miller (uncredited) The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946) as Bradford's Secretary (uncredited) Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946) as Mrs. Arnold Rendezvous with Annie (1946) as Deborah Mr. Ace (1946) as Lady with Question on Radio Forum (uncredited) Black Angel (1946) as Mavis' Maid (uncredited) Lady Luck (1946) as Miss Field - Thin Woman in Bookstore (uncredited) Song of the South (1946) as Mrs. Favers The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) as Teacher (uncredited) The Pilgrim Lady (1947) as Telephone Operator (uncredited) (aka Miss Pilgrim) The Unfaithful (1947) as Miss Bryar - Hannaford's Receptionist (uncredited) The Other Love (1947) as Nurse (uncredited) The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) as Felice (uncredited) Miracle on 34th Street (1947) as Dutch Girl's Adopted Mother (uncredited) Welcome Stranger (1947) as Secretary High Conquest (1947) as Miss Woodley The Trouble with Women (1947) as Della (uncredited) Life with Father (1947) as Nora Dark Passage (1947) as Aunt Mary (uncredited) Driftwood (1947) as Mrs. White (uncredited) Unconquered (1947) as Maggie Louisiana (1947) as Mrs. Davis Her Husband's Affairs (1947) as Hortense, Mrs. Winterbottom's Maid (uncredited) Where There's Life (1947) as Hotel Maid (uncredited) Out of the Past (1947) as Marny - Diner Owner (uncredited) If You Knew Susie (1948) as Telephone Operator (uncredited) Sitting Pretty (1948) as Della - Book Shoppe Proprietress (uncredited) The Fuller Brush Man (1948) as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited) Up in Central Park (1948) as Miss Murch Romance on the High Seas (1948) as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited) The Babe Ruth Story (1948) as Nurse (uncredited) Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) as Wee Shop Clerk Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) as Telephone Operator (uncredited) A Song is Born (1948) as Miss Totten Joan of Arc (1948) as Boy's Mother (uncredited) One Sunday Afternoon (1948) as Barnstead's Secretary (uncredited) Chicken Every Sunday (1949) as Miss Gilly (uncredited) Henry, the Rainmaker (1949) as Mrs. Sweeney A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) as Peasant Woman Look for the Silver Lining (1949) as Rocky (uncredited) You're My Everything (1949) as Record Store Clerk (uncredited) Special Agent (1949) as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited) Mighty Joe Young (1949) as O'Hara's Secretary (uncredited) Mr. Soft Touch (1949) as Tenant (uncredited) Top o' the Morning (1949) as Maid Dear Wife (1949) as Mrs. Bixby Paid in Full (1950) as Dr. Winston's Patient (uncredited) Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) as Music Teacher (uncredited) Father Makes Good (1950) as Mrs. Sweeney (uncredited) Edge of Doom (1950) as Mary Jane Glennon Let's Dance (1950) as Nurse (uncredited) Dear Brat (1951) as File Clerk (uncredited) Passage West (1951) as Miss Swingate The Barefoot Mailman (1951) as Mrs. Thomas (uncredited) The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) as Spectator (uncredited) Monkey Business (1952, uncredited) Something to Live For (1952, uncredited) Anything Can Happen (1952) as Aunt Florence (uncredited) The Lady Wants Mink (1953) as Janie Champ for a Day (1953) as Ann - Healy's Receptionist (uncredited) Four Guns to the Border (1954) as Mrs. Pritchard The Private War of Major Benson (1955) as Sister Mary Theresa To Hell and Back (1955) as Mrs. Murphy Lucy Gallant (1955) as Irma Wilson Assignment: Mexico (1956, TV Movie) as Jane The Price of Fear (1956) as Ruth McNab The Toy Tiger (1956) as Miss Elsie The Three Faces of Eve (1957) as Effie Blanford (uncredited) The Missouri Traveler (1958) as Nelda Hamilton Ride a Crooked Trail (1958) as Mrs. Curtis Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) as Mrs. Karrington

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Mary Field?

American film actress and director (1909-1996)

When was Mary Field born?

Mary Field was born on 10 June 1909 in New York City.

When did Mary Field die?

Mary Field died on 12 June 1996 in Fairfax.

What was Mary Field's occupation?

Mary Field was an actor, television actor, film actor and film director.

What nationality was Mary Field?

Mary Field was American.

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· Wikipedia: Mary Field

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