Mary Field
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1909-06-10
Day of Death
1996-06-12 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Mary Field
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
Acting
(1960)
Seven Ways from Sundown
as Mary Karrington
(1958)
The Missouri Traveler
as Nelda Hamilton
(1958)
Ride a Crooked Trail
as Mrs. Curtis
(1957)
The Three Faces of Eve
as Effie, sales clerk
(1957)
The Three Faces of Eve
as Effie Blanford (uncredited)
(1956)
The Price of Fear
as Ruth McNab
(1956)
Toy Tiger
as Miss Elsie
(1955)
To Hell and Back
as Mrs. Murphy
(1955)
Lucy Gallant
as Irma Wilson
(1955)
The Private War of Major Benson
as Sister Mary Theresa
(1954)
Four Guns to the Border
as Mrs. Pritchard
(1953)
The Lady Wants Mink
as Janie
(1951)
Dear Brat
as Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)
(1950)
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Music Teacher (uncredited)
(1950)
Edge of Doom
as Mary Jane Glennon
(1949)
Mighty Joe Young
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1949)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Peasant woman
(1949)
Special Agent
as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)
(1949)
Dear Wife
as Mrs. Bixby
(1949)
You're My Everything
as Record Store Clerk (uncredited)
(1949)
Henry, the Rainmaker
as Mrs. Sweeney
(1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1948)
Joan of Arc
as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
(1948)
Romance on the High Seas
as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)
(1948)
Sitting Pretty
as Della (uncredited)
(1948)
A Song Is Born
as Miss Totten
(1948)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
as Wee Shop Clerk
(1948)
If You Knew Susie
as Telephone Operator
(1948)
Up in Central Park
as Schoolteacher
(1948)
One Sunday Afternoon
as Secretary
(1948)
The Fuller Brush Man
as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
(1947)
Out of the Past
as Marny (uncredited)
(1947)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
(1947)
Dark Passage
as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
(1947)
Unconquered
as Maggie
(1947)
Life with Father
as Nora
(1947)
The Unfaithful
as Miss Bryar
(1947)
Driftwood
as Mrs. White
(1947)
The Other Love
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1947)
High Conquest
as Miss Woodley
(1947)
Louisiana
as Mrs. Davis
(1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Typewriting Academy Receptionist
(1947)
Welcome Stranger
as Secretary
(1947)
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Felice
(1946)
Song of the South
as Mrs. Favers
(1946)
Black Angel
as Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
(1946)
Little Giant
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1946)
Rendezvous with Annie
as Deborah
(1946)
Murder in the Music Hall
as Waitress
(1946)
Talk About a Lady
as Telephone Operator
(1946)
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Bradford's Secretary
(1946)
One More Tomorrow
as Maude Miller
(1945)
The Affairs of Susan
as Nancy
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)
(1944)
It Happened Tomorrow
as Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)
(1944)
Frenchman's Creek
as Prue (uncredited)
(1944)
The Port of 40 Thieves
as Della
(1944)
Ladies of Washington
as Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
(1944)
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Husband-Seeking Woman
(1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Maid (scenes deleted)
(1944)
Up in Mabel's Room
as Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)
(1943)
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Florrie Bendix
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Party Pianist (uncredited)
(1943)
Princess O'Rourke
as Clara Stilwell (uncredited)
(1943)
Three Hearts for Julia
as Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)
(1943)
Hello, Frisco, Hello
as Ellie, Cockney Maid
(1943)
The Gorilla Man
as Nurse Kruger
(1942)
Now, Voyager
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
(1942)
Mrs. Miniver
as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
(1942)
I Married a Witch
as Nancy Wooley (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
You Were Never Lovelier
as Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)
(1942)
The Major and the Minor
as Mother at Station (uncredited)
(1942)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Maid (Uncredited)
(1942)
Mokey
as Mrs. Graham
(1942)
This Above All
as Hotel Maid
(1942)
Get Hep to Love
as Woman Judge
(1942)
Miss Annie Rooney
as Mrs. Metz
(1942)
The Great Gildersleeve
as Amelia Hooker
(1942)
You Can't Escape Forever
as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)
(1942)
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Agnes
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as Miss Totten
(1941)
How Green Was My Valley
as Eve (uncredited)
(1941)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Wife (uncredited)
(1941)
Sea Raiders
as Aggie Nelson
(1941)
Shadows on the Stairs
as Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell
(1941)
Golden Hoofs
as Nellie Crocker
(1941)
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Miss Frame
(1941)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Woman on Street (uncredited)
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Lulu Digby (uncredited)
(1941)
Wild Geese Calling
as Jennie Delaney
(1940)
The Ape
as Mrs. Mason
(1940)
The Bank Dick
as Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)
(1940)
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Second Bride (uncredited)
(1940)
The Invisible Man Returns
as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)
(1940)
Charter Pilot
as King's Secretary
(1940)
Three Faces West
as Mrs. Stebbins
(1940)
The Howards of Virginia
as Susan Howard
(1940)
Girls of the Road
as Mae
(1940)
Convicted Woman
as Gracie Dunn
(1940)
My Son, My Son!
as Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid
(1940)
Legion of the Lawless
as Mrs. Barton
(1940)
The Trail Blazers
as Alice Chapman
(1940)
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Girl Customer (uncredited)
(1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Piano Player
(1939)
Eternally Yours
as Peabody's Housekeeper
(1939)
Society Smugglers
as Secretary
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)
(1939)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Mrs. Daly
(1939)
Dancing Co-Ed
as Miss Jennie May
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Maid
(1939)
Stunt Pilot
as Ethel
(1939)
The Family Next Door
as Secretary
(1939)
The Fighting Gringo
as Sandra Courtney
(1938)
Jezebel
as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
(1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)
(1938)
There Goes My Heart
as Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)
(1938)
Slander House
as Bessie, an attendant
(1938)
White Banners
as Hester
(1938)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Myrtle Semple
(1938)
Youth Takes a Fling
as Maid
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Mrs. Canty
(1937)
Call It a Day
as Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)