Mary Field

from New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for Song of the SouthImage of Mary Field

Biography

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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.

Timeline

1960Aged 51

  • Poster for Seven Ways from Sundown

    Mary Karrington

1958Aged 49

  • Poster for The Missouri Traveler

    Nelda Hamilton

  • Poster for Ride a Crooked Trail

    Mrs. Curtis

1957Aged 48

  • Poster for The Three Faces of Eve

    Effie, sales clerk

1956Aged 47

  • Poster for The Price of Fear

    Ruth McNab

  • Poster for Toy Tiger

    Miss Elsie

1955Aged 46

  • Poster for The Private War of Major Benson

    Sister Mary Theresa

  • Poster for To Hell and Back

    Mrs. Murphy

  • Poster for Lucy Gallant

    Irma Wilson

1954Aged 45

  • Poster for Four Guns to the Border

    Mrs. Pritchard

1953Aged 44

  • Poster for The Lady Wants Mink

    Janie

1951Aged 42

  • Poster for Dear Brat

    Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)

1950Aged 41

  • Poster for Cheaper by the Dozen

    Music Teacher (uncredited)

  • Poster for Edge of Doom

    Mary Jane Glennon

1949Aged 40

  • Poster for Henry, the Rainmaker

    Mrs. Sweeney

  • Poster for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    Peasant woman

  • Poster for Mighty Joe Young

    Secretary (uncredited)

  • Poster for You're My Everything

    Record Store Clerk (uncredited)

  • Poster for Special Agent

    Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)

  • Poster for Dear Wife

    Mrs. Bixby

1948Aged 39

  • Poster for If You Knew Susie

    Telephone Operator (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sitting Pretty

    Della (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Fuller Brush Man

    Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)

  • Poster for Romance on the High Seas

    Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)

  • Poster for Up in Central Park

    Schoolteacher

  • Poster for Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

    Wee Shop Clerk

  • Poster for Sorry, Wrong Number

    Telephone Operator (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Song Is Born

    Miss Totten

  • Poster for Joan of Arc

    Boy's Mother (uncredited)

  • Poster for One Sunday Afternoon

    Secretary

1947Aged 38

  • Poster for The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

    Typewriting Academy Receptionist

  • Poster for The Other Love

    Nurse (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Corpse Came C.O.D.

    Felice

  • Poster for Miracle on 34th Street

    Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)

  • Poster for Welcome Stranger

    Secretary

  • Poster for High Conquest

    Miss Woodley

  • Poster for The Unfaithful

    Miss Bryar

  • Poster for Dark Passage

    Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)

  • Poster for Life with Father

    Nora

  • Poster for Driftwood

    Mrs. White

  • Poster for Unconquered

    Maggie

  • Poster for Louisiana

    Mrs. Davis

  • Poster for Out of the Past

    Marny (uncredited)

1946Aged 37

  • Poster for Little Giant

    Secretary (uncredited)

  • Poster for Talk About a Lady

    Telephone Operator

  • Poster for The Dark Corner

    Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)

  • Poster for Murder in the Music Hall

    Waitress

  • Poster for One More Tomorrow

    Maude Miller

  • Poster for The Walls Came Tumbling Down

    Bradford's Secretary

  • Poster for Don't Gamble with Strangers

    Mrs. Arnold

  • Poster for Rendezvous with Annie

    Deborah

  • Poster for Black Angel

    Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)

  • Poster for Song of the South

    Mrs. Favers

1945Aged 36

  • Poster for The Affairs of Susan

    Nancy

1944Aged 35

  • Poster for Four Jills in a Jeep

    Maid (scenes deleted)

  • Poster for It Happened Tomorrow

    Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)

  • Poster for Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

    Husband-Seeking Woman

  • Poster for Ministry of Fear

    Martha Penteel (uncredited)

  • Poster for Mr. Skeffington

    Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)

  • Poster for Ladies of Washington

    Nurse's Aide (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Port of 40 Thieves

    Della

  • Poster for Up in Mabel's Room

    Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)

  • Poster for Frenchman's Creek

    Prue (uncredited)

1943Aged 34

  • Poster for The Gorilla Man

    Nurse Kruger

  • Poster for Sherlock Holmes in Washington

    Party Pianist (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hello, Frisco, Hello

    Ellie, Cockney Maid

  • Poster for Three Hearts for Julia

    Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Lady Takes a Chance

    Florrie Bendix

  • Poster for Princess O'Rourke

    Clara Stilwell (uncredited)

1942Aged 33

  • Poster for Mexican Spitfire at Sea

    Agnes

  • Poster for Mokey

    Mrs. Graham

  • Poster for The Man Who Wouldn't Die

    Maid (Uncredited)

  • Poster for This Above All

    Hotel Maid

  • Poster for Miss Annie Rooney

    Mrs. Metz

  • Poster for Mrs. Miniver

    Miss Spriggins (uncredited)

  • Poster for Wake Island

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Major and the Minor

    Mother at Station (uncredited)

  • Poster for Get Hep to Love

    Woman Judge

  • Poster for You Can't Escape Forever

    Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)

  • Poster for Now, Voyager

    Ship's Passenger (uncredited)

  • Poster for I Married a Witch

    Nancy Wooley (uncredited)

  • Poster for You Were Never Lovelier

    Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Great Gildersleeve

    Amelia Hooker

1941Aged 32

  • Poster for Golden Hoofs

    Nellie Crocker

  • Poster for The Great Mr. Nobody

    Miss Frame

  • Poster for Shadows on the Stairs

    Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell

  • Poster for A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    Woman on Street (uncredited)

  • Poster for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Wife (uncredited)

  • Poster for Wild Geese Calling

    Jennie Delaney

  • Poster for Sea Raiders

    Aggie Nelson

  • Poster for How Green Was My Valley

    Eve (uncredited)

  • Poster for One Foot in Heaven

    Lulu Digby (uncredited)

  • Poster for Ball of Fire

    Miss Totten

1940Aged 31

  • Poster for Legion of the Lawless

    Mrs. Barton

  • Poster for The Invisible Man Returns

    Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)

  • Poster for Convicted Woman

    Gracie Dunn

  • Poster for Broadway Melody of 1940

    Second Bride (uncredited)

  • Poster for Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

    Girl Customer (uncredited)

  • Poster for My Son, My Son!

    Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid

  • Poster for Three Faces West

    Mrs. Stebbins

  • Poster for Girls of the Road

    Mae

  • Poster for The Howards of Virginia

    Susan Howard

  • Poster for The Ape

    Mrs. Mason

  • Poster for The Trail Blazers

    Alice Chapman

  • Poster for The Bank Dick

    Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)

  • Poster for Charter Pilot

    King's Secretary

1939Aged 30

  • Poster for Made for Each Other

    Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)

  • Poster for Society Smugglers

    Secretary

  • Poster for Sergeant Madden

    Mrs. Daly

  • Poster for The Family Next Door

    Secretary

  • Poster for The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    Piano Player

  • Poster for The Sun Never Sets

    Maid

  • Poster for Good Girls Go to Paris

    Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)

  • Poster for Stunt Pilot

    Ethel

  • Poster for The Fighting Gringo

    Sandra Courtney

  • Poster for When Tomorrow Comes

    Waitress (uncredited)

  • Poster for Dancing Co-Ed

    Miss Jennie May

  • Poster for Eternally Yours

    Peabody's Housekeeper (uncredited)

1938Aged 29

  • Poster for Jezebel

    Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)

  • Poster for White Banners

    Hester

  • Poster for Cowboy from Brooklyn

    Myrtle Semple

  • Poster for The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

    Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)

  • Poster for Youth Takes a Fling

    Maid

  • Poster for Slander House

    Bessie, an attendant

  • Poster for There Goes My Heart

    Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)

1937Aged 28

  • Poster for Call It a Day

    Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Prince and the Pauper

    Mrs. Canty