Mary Field

Born: 1909-06-10 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1996-06-12

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1960

Seven Ways from Sundown as Mary Karrington

1958

Ride a Crooked Trail as Mrs. Curtis
The Missouri Traveler as Nelda Hamilton

1957

Wagon Train as Mrs. Gillespie
The Three Faces of Eve as Effie, sales clerk

1956

The Price of Fear as Ruth McNab
Toy Tiger as Miss Elsie

1955

Gunsmoke as Minerva
To Hell and Back as Mrs. Murphy
The Private War of Major Benson as Sister Mary Theresa
Lucy Gallant as Irma Wilson

1951

Dear Brat as Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)

1950

Cheaper by the Dozen as Music Teacher (uncredited)
Edge of Doom as Mary Jane Glennon

1949

Mighty Joe Young as Secretary (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Peasant woman
Dear Wife as Mrs. Bixby
Special Agent as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)
You're My Everything as Record Store Clerk (uncredited)
Henry, the Rainmaker as Mrs. Sweeney

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Joan of Arc as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
A Song Is Born as Miss Totten
Sitting Pretty as Della (uncredited)
Romance on the High Seas as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Man as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie as Telephone Operator
One Sunday Afternoon as Secretary
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid as Wee Shop Clerk
Up in Central Park as Schoolteacher

1947

Miracle on 34th Street as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
Out of the Past as Marny (uncredited)
Unconquered as Maggie
Dark Passage as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
Life with Father as Nora
Driftwood as Mrs. White
The Unfaithful as Miss Bryar
High Conquest as Miss Woodley
The Other Love as Nurse (uncredited)
Welcome Stranger as Secretary
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Typewriting Academy Receptionist
Louisiana as Mrs. Davis
The Corpse Came C.O.D. as Felice

1946

Song of the South as Mrs. Favers
The Dark Corner as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Black Angel as Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)
Little Giant as Secretary (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie as Deborah
Don't Gamble with Strangers as Mrs. Arnold
The Walls Came Tumbling Down as Bradford's Secretary
Murder in the Music Hall as Waitress
Talk About a Lady as Telephone Operator
One More Tomorrow as Maude Miller

1945

The Affairs of Susan as Nancy

1944

Mr. Skeffington as Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)
The Port of 40 Thieves as Della
Ministry of Fear as Martha Penteel (uncredited)
Frenchman's Creek as Prue (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow as Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep as Maid (scenes deleted)
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid as Husband-Seeking Woman
Ladies of Washington as Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
Up in Mabel's Room as Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)

1943

Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Party Pianist (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance as Florrie Bendix
Princess O'Rourke as Clara Stilwell (uncredited)
Hello, Frisco, Hello as Ellie, Cockney Maid
Three Hearts for Julia as Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)
The Gorilla Man as Nurse Kruger

1942

I Married a Witch as Nancy Wooley (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
Now, Voyager as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor as Mother at Station (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier as Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)
This Above All as Hotel Maid
Wake Island
You Can't Escape Forever as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)
The Great Gildersleeve as Amelia Hooker
The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Maid (Uncredited)
Mokey as Mrs. Graham
Mexican Spitfire at Sea as Agnes
Get Hep to Love as Woman Judge
Miss Annie Rooney as Mrs. Metz

1941

How Green Was My Valley as Eve (uncredited)
Ball of Fire as Miss Totten
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Wife (uncredited)
Golden Hoofs as Nellie Crocker
Wild Geese Calling as Jennie Delaney
Sea Raiders as Aggie Nelson
The Great Mr. Nobody as Miss Frame
One Foot in Heaven as Lulu Digby (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Woman on Street (uncredited)
Shadows on the Stairs as Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell

1940

The Invisible Man Returns as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia as Susan Howard
Convicted Woman as Gracie Dunn
Broadway Melody of 1940 as Second Bride (uncredited)
The Bank Dick as Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)
My Son, My Son! as Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid
The Ape as Mrs. Mason
The Trail Blazers as Alice Chapman
Legion of the Lawless as Mrs. Barton
Three Faces West as Mrs. Stebbins
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! as Girl Customer (uncredited)
Girls of the Road as Mae
Charter Pilot as King's Secretary

1939

Made for Each Other as Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Piano Player
Eternally Yours as Peabody's Housekeeper
Sergeant Madden as Mrs. Daly
Good Girls Go to Paris as Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed as Miss Jennie May
When Tomorrow Comes as Waitress (uncredited)
Society Smugglers as Secretary
The Sun Never Sets as Maid
The Family Next Door as Secretary
The Fighting Gringo as Sandra Courtney
Stunt Pilot as Ethel

1938

Jezebel as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)
Cowboy from Brooklyn as Myrtle Semple
There Goes My Heart as Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)
Slander House as Bessie, an attendant
White Banners as Hester
Youth Takes a Fling as Maid

1937

The Prince and the Pauper as Mrs. Canty
Call It a Day as Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)