Betty Field
Known for Acting · 39 credits
- Born
- 1913-02-08
- Died
- 1973-09-13
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Betty Field (February 8, 1913 – September 13, 1973) was an American film and stage actress. Through her father, she was a direct descendant of the Pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts to George Field and Katharine Lynch, Field began her acting career on the London stage in Howard Lindsay's farce, She Loves Me Not. Following its run she returned to the United States and appeared in several stage successes, before making her film debut in 1939. Her role as Mae, the sole female character, in Of Mice and Men (1939) established her as a dramatic actress.
She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1941 film The Shepherd of the Hills. Field played supporting roles in films such as Kings Row (1942), in which she played a victim of incest, although that fact was not readily apparent due to the heavy censorship of the time.
Field preferred performing on Broadway and appeared in Elmer Rice's Dream Girl and Jean Anouilh's The Waltz of the Toreadors, but returned to Hollywood regularly, appearing in Flesh and Fantasy (1943), The Southerner (1945), The Great Gatsby (1949), Picnic (1955), Bus Stop (1956), Peyton Place (1957), BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). Her final film role was in Coogan's Bluff in 1968. She also appeared on television.
Known For
TV Shows (16)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Jenny Davies
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Rose
Climax!
1954
as Callie Bellason
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Mrs. Harper
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Mrs. Howard
Naked City
1958
as Mrs. Brent / Pauline Kater
Ben Casey
1961
Route 66
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Helen
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Carol / Martha Shanks / Madeline
Sam Benedict
1962
The Outsider
1968
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Frances Palmer
Going My Way
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lily Miller
General Electric Theater
1953
as Emily Marsden
Movies (23)
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
as Stella Johnson
Coogan's Bluff
1968
as Ellen Ringerman
Bus Stop
1956
as Grace
Peyton Place
1957
as Nellie Cross
BUtterfield 8
1960
as Mrs. Fanny Thurber
Picnic
1955
as Flo Owens
7 Women
1965
as Mrs. Florrie Pether
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Sammy Lane
The Great Gatsby
1949
as Daisy Buchanan
The Southerner
1945
as Nona Tucker
The Great Moment
1944
as Elizabeth Morton
Kings Row
1942
as Cassandra Tower
Victory
1940
as Alma
Of Mice and Men
1939
as Mae
Hound-Dog Man
1959
as Cora McKinney
Blues in the Night
1941
as Kay Grant
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
as Thelma
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Henrietta (segment 1)
Actors and Sin
1952
as Betty Field (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
Tomorrow, the World!
1944
as Leona Richards
Seventeen
1940
as Lola Pratt
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942
as Mary Elizabeth Cugat
What a Life
1939
as Barbara Pearson
About Betty Field
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Field (February 8, 1913 – September 13, 1973) was an American film and stage actress. Through her father, she was a direct descendant of the Pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to George Field and Katharine Lynch, Field began her acting career on the London stage in Howard Lindsay's farce, She Loves Me Not. Following its run she returned to the United States and appeared in several stage successes, before making her film debut in 1939. Her role as Mae, the sole fe… With 39 credits spanning from 1939 to 1968, Betty Field has appeared in 23 films and 16 TV shows.
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Most Popular Betty Field Movies
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) — as Stella Johnson
- Coogan's Bluff (1968) — as Ellen Ringerman
- Bus Stop (1956) — as Grace
- Peyton Place (1957) — as Nellie Cross
- BUtterfield 8 (1960) — as Mrs. Fanny Thurber
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