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