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

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

1955

Gunsmoke as Minerva
To Hell and Back as Mrs. Murphy
Lucy Gallant as Irma Wilson
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

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

1948

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

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)
Driftwood as Mrs. White
The Unfaithful as Miss Bryar
Life with Father as Nora
Louisiana as Mrs. Davis
Welcome Stranger as Secretary
The Other Love as Nurse (uncredited)
High Conquest as Miss Woodley
The Corpse Came C.O.D. as Felice
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Typewriting Academy Receptionist

1946

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

1945

The Affairs of Susan as Nancy

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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