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 Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Cathy Marion
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Helen Merchant / Mrs. Stewart
Topper
1953
as Thelma Gibney
Chevron Theatre
1952
Movies (127)
Out of the Past
1947
as Marny (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
Jezebel
1938
as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Music Teacher (uncredited)
Dark Passage
1947
as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
Unconquered
1947
as Maggie
Now, Voyager
1942
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)
Joan of Arc
1948
as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
Song of the South
1946
as Mrs. Favers
Golden Hoofs
1941
as Nellie Crocker
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Secretary (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Peasant woman
Driftwood
1947
as Mrs. White
Mokey
1942
as Mrs. Graham
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
as Wife (uncredited)
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
as Effie, sales clerk / Effie Blanford (uncredited)
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Eve (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
as Nancy Wooley (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Stunt Pilot
1939
as Ethel
To Hell and Back
1955
as Mrs. Murphy
Dear Brat
1951
as Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)
Black Angel
1946
as Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Clara Stilwell (uncredited)
Wake Island
1942
Ball of Fire
1941
as Miss Totten
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Irma Wilson
Slander House
1938
as Bessie, an attendant
Dear Wife
1949
as Mrs. Bixby
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Susan Howard
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)
A Song Is Born
1948
as Miss Totten
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
as Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
1946
as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
1944
as Martha Penteel (uncredited)
Life with Father
1947
as Nora
Three Faces West
1940
as Mrs. Stebbins
The Private War of Major Benson
1955
as Sister Mary Theresa
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960
as Mary Karrington
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Secretary
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942
as Maid (Uncredited)
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958
as Mrs. Curtis
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Mrs. Canty
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Mother at Station (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
1939
as Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)
The Missouri Traveler
1958
as Nelda Hamilton
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Mrs. Daly
Sitting Pretty
1948
as Della (uncredited)
Romance on the High Seas
1948
as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
1947
as Miss Bryar
Shadows on the Stairs
1941
as Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell
The Fuller Brush Man
1948
as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
This Above All
1942
as Hotel Maid
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Florrie Bendix
Toy Tiger
1956
as Miss Elsie
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
as Ellie, Cockney Maid
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Piano Player
Talk About a Lady
1946
as Telephone Operator
The Other Love
1947
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Amelia Hooker
Little Giant
1946
as Secretary (uncredited)
There Goes My Heart
1938
as Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)
Up in Mabel's Room
1944
as Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)
Eternally Yours
1939
as Peabody's Housekeeper
You're My Everything
1949
as Record Store Clerk (uncredited)
Wild Geese Calling
1941
as Jennie Delaney
Convicted Woman
1940
as Gracie Dunn
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948
as Wee Shop Clerk
Four Guns to the Border
1954
as Mrs. Pritchard
Louisiana
1947
as Mrs. Davis
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
as Second Bride (uncredited)
Ladies of Washington
1944
as Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
Girls of the Road
1940
as Mae
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Miss Jennie May
Special Agent
1949
as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)
The Bank Dick
1940
as Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
as Janie
The Sun Never Sets
1939
as Maid
The Affairs of Susan
1945
as Nancy
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Felice
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940
as Girl Customer (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
as Party Pianist (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Lulu Digby (uncredited)
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)
Edge of Doom
1950
as Mary Jane Glennon
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
as Maid
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)
The Price of Fear
1956
as Ruth McNab
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
as Maid (scenes deleted)
Frenchman's Creek
1944
as Prue (uncredited)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Myrtle Semple
Up in Central Park
1948
as Schoolteacher
Sea Raiders
1941
as Aggie Nelson
The Ape
1940
as Mrs. Mason
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
as Deborah
Society Smugglers
1939
as Secretary
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Bradford's Secretary
The Trail Blazers
1940
as Alice Chapman
The Port of 40 Thieves
1944
as Della
Henry, the Rainmaker
1949
as Mrs. Sweeney
My Son, My Son!
1940
as Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Woman on Street (uncredited)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
as Typewriting Academy Receptionist
One More Tomorrow
1946
as Maude Miller
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Telephone Operator
Charter Pilot
1940
as King's Secretary
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
as Mrs. Metz
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
as Waitress
High Conquest
1947
as Miss Woodley
The Gorilla Man
1943
as Nurse Kruger
Call It a Day
1937
as Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love
1942
as Woman Judge
Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946
as Mrs. Arnold
White Banners
1938
as Hester
One Sunday Afternoon
1948
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
- Out of the Past (1947) — as Marny (uncredited)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) — as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
- Jezebel (1938) — as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
- Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) — as Music Teacher (uncredited)
- Dark Passage (1947) — as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
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