Mary Field
Known for Acting · 136 credits
- Born
- 1909-06-10
- Died
- 1996-06-12
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Mary Fields · Olivia Rockefeller
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.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Wagon Train
1957
as Mrs. Gillespie
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Nora
Gunsmoke
1955
as Minerva / Clara
Studio 57
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Cathy Marion
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mrs. Stewart / Helen Merchant
Chevron Theatre
1952
Topper
1953
as Thelma Gibney
Movies (127)
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
Unconquered
1947
as Maggie
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Music Teacher (uncredited)
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Eve (uncredited)
Out of the Past
1947
as Marny (uncredited)
Slander House
1938
as Bessie, an attendant
Song of the South
1946
as Mrs. Favers
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
Dark Passage
1947
as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)
Driftwood
1947
as Mrs. White
Ball of Fire
1941
as Miss Totten
I Married a Witch
1942
as Nancy Wooley (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
as Wife (uncredited)
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960
as Mary Karrington
Jezebel
1938
as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)
Louisiana
1947
as Mrs. Davis
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
as Effie, sales clerk / Effie Blanford (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Secretary (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Mrs. Canty
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958
as Mrs. Curtis
Joan of Arc
1948
as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
Special Agent
1949
as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Secretary
A Song Is Born
1948
as Miss Totten
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Peasant woman
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Clara Stilwell (uncredited)
The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Amelia Hooker
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Piano Player
This Above All
1942
as Hotel Maid
Black Angel
1946
as Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)
Romance on the High Seas
1948
as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
1946
as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Mother at Station (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Florrie Bendix
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Della (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
1944
as Martha Penteel (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
as Party Pianist (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Susan Howard
Frenchman's Creek
1944
as Prue (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
1947
as Miss Bryar
Wake Island
1942
The Price of Fear
1956
as Ruth McNab
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
as Second Bride (uncredited)
The Private War of Major Benson
1955
as Sister Mary Theresa
Made for Each Other
1939
as Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)
Talk About a Lady
1946
as Telephone Operator
The Bank Dick
1940
as Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
as Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)
Now, Voyager
1942
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Three Faces West
1940
as Mrs. Stebbins
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
as Janie
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942
as Maid (Uncredited)
The Ape
1940
as Mrs. Mason
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Irma Wilson
Edge of Doom
1950
as Mary Jane Glennon
Four Guns to the Border
1954
as Mrs. Pritchard
Dear Wife
1949
as Mrs. Bixby
There Goes My Heart
1938
as Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)
One More Tomorrow
1946
as Maude Miller
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948
as Wee Shop Clerk
Little Giant
1946
as Secretary (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
Eternally Yours
1939
as Peabody's Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Missouri Traveler
1958
as Nelda Hamilton
Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946
as Mrs. Arnold
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Lulu Digby (uncredited)
The Other Love
1947
as Nurse (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Mrs. Daly
The Affairs of Susan
1945
as Nancy
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
as Deborah
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Felice
To Hell and Back
1955
as Mrs. Murphy
One Sunday Afternoon
1948
as Secretary
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Miss Jennie May
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Woman on Street (uncredited)
You're My Everything
1949
as Record Store Clerk (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
as Maid (scenes deleted)
Get Hep to Love
1942
as Woman Judge
Life with Father
1947
as Nora
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
as Miss Frame
The Port of 40 Thieves
1944
as Della
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
as Typewriting Academy Receptionist
Girls of the Road
1940
as Mae
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Bradford's Secretary
Shadows on the Stairs
1941
as Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell
Mokey
1942
as Mrs. Graham
White Banners
1938
as Hester
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
as Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)
The Gorilla Man
1943
as Nurse Kruger
Golden Hoofs
1941
as Nellie Crocker
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
as Girl Customer (uncredited)
My Son, My Son!
1940
as Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
as Ellie, Cockney Maid
The Fuller Brush Man
1948
as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
Ladies of Washington
1944
as Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets
1939
as Maid
Convicted Woman
1940
as Gracie Dunn
Society Smugglers
1939
as Secretary
Call It a Day
1937
as Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Myrtle Semple
Toy Tiger
1956
as Miss Elsie
Up in Mabel's Room
1944
as Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
as Agnes
Up in Central Park
1948
as Schoolteacher
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
as Waitress
Dear Brat
1951
as Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
as Mrs. Metz
High Conquest
1947
as Miss Woodley
Henry, the Rainmaker
1949
as Mrs. Sweeney
Sea Raiders
1941
as Aggie Nelson
Wild Geese Calling
1941
as Jennie Delaney
The Family Next Door
1939
as Secretary
About Mary Field
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 in… With 136 credits spanning from 1937 to 1960, Mary Field has appeared in 127 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mary Field Movies
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) — as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
- Unconquered (1947) — as Maggie
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) — as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) — as Music Teacher (uncredited)
- How Green Was My Valley (1941) — as Eve (uncredited)
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