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

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

1957

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

1956

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

1955

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

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

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

Black Angel as Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)
Song of the South as Mrs. Favers
Little Giant as Secretary (uncredited)
The Dark Corner as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
The Walls Came Tumbling Down as Bradford's Secretary
Rendezvous with Annie as Deborah
Murder in the Music Hall as Waitress
One More Tomorrow as Maude Miller
Talk About a Lady as Telephone Operator

1945

The Affairs of Susan as Nancy

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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