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)
Special Agent as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)
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
Dear Wife as Mrs. Bixby

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Joan of Arc as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
Romance on the High Seas as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)
A Song Is Born as Miss Totten
Sitting Pretty as Della (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Man as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid as Wee Shop Clerk
If You Knew Susie as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
One Sunday Afternoon as Secretary
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 Other Love as Nurse (uncredited)
The Unfaithful as Miss Bryar
Welcome Stranger as Secretary
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Typewriting Academy Receptionist
Louisiana as Mrs. Davis
The Corpse Came C.O.D. as Felice
High Conquest as Miss Woodley

1946

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

1945

The Affairs of Susan as Nancy

1944

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

1943

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

1942

Mrs. Miniver as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
I Married a Witch as Nancy Wooley (uncredited)
Now, Voyager as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
You Were Never Lovelier as Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)
This Above All as Hotel Maid
The Major and the Minor as Mother at Station (uncredited)
Wake Island
Miss Annie Rooney as Mrs. Metz
Get Hep to Love as Woman Judge
The Great Gildersleeve as Amelia Hooker
You Can't Escape Forever as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)
Mokey as Mrs. Graham
Mexican Spitfire at Sea as Agnes
The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Maid (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)
The Great Mr. Nobody as Miss Frame
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Woman on Street (uncredited)
Shadows on the Stairs as Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell
Sea Raiders as Aggie Nelson
Wild Geese Calling as Jennie Delaney
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
Charter Pilot as King's Secretary
Convicted Woman as Gracie Dunn
Girls of the Road as Mae
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
The Trail Blazers as Alice Chapman

1939

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

1938

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