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Mary Field

Mary Field

Acting1909New York City, New York, USA

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.

Acting History

1962
Gunsmoke
TVas Clara• 1 eps
1960
Seven Ways from Sundown
as Mary Karrington
Wagon Train
TVas Mrs. Gillespie• 1 eps
1958
Ride a Crooked Trail
as Mrs. Curtis
The Missouri Traveler
as Nelda Hamilton
1957
The Three Faces of Eve
as Effie Blanford (uncredited)
1956
Toy Tiger
as Miss Elsie
The Price of Fear
as Ruth McNab
1955
Lucy Gallant
as Irma Wilson
The Private War of Major Benson
as Sister Mary Theresa
To Hell and Back
as Mrs. Murphy
Four Star Playhouse
TVas Nora• 1 eps
1954
Four Guns to the Border
as Mrs. Pritchard
1953
Topper
TVas Thelma Gibney
Letter to Loretta
TVas Mrs. Stewart / Helen Merchant
1952
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
You're My Everything
as Record Store Clerk (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
as Secretary (uncredited)
Dear Wife
as Mrs. Bixby
Special Agent
as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)
Henry, the Rainmaker
as Mrs. Sweeney
1948
If You Knew Susie
as Telephone Operator
A Song Is Born
as Miss Totten
The Fuller Brush Man
as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
as Della (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Joan of Arc
as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
Up in Central Park
as Schoolteacher
Romance on the High Seas
as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)
1947
Out of the Past
as Marny (uncredited)
Dark Passage
as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
Unconquered
as Maggie
The Unfaithful
as Miss Bryar
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Typewriting Academy Receptionist
Welcome Stranger
as Secretary
Driftwood
as Mrs. White
The Other Love
as Nurse (uncredited)
Louisiana
as Mrs. Davis
High Conquest
as Miss Woodley
1946
One More Tomorrow
as Maude Miller
The Dark Corner
as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
Little Giant
as Secretary (uncredited)
Black Angel
as Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)
Song of the South
as Mrs. Favers
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Bradford's Secretary
Talk About a Lady
as Telephone Operator
1945
1944
Ministry of Fear
as Martha Penteel (uncredited)
Frenchman's Creek
as Prue (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
as Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Husband-Seeking Woman
Mr. Skeffington
as Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Maid (scenes deleted)
Up in Mabel's Room
as Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)
Ladies of Washington
as Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
1943
The Gorilla Man
as Nurse Kruger
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Party Pianist (uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
as Clara Stilwell (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Florrie Bendix
Hello, Frisco, Hello
as Ellie, Cockney Maid
Three Hearts for Julia
as Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)
1942
The Major and the Minor
as Mother at Station (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love
as Woman Judge
You Can't Escape Forever
as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Maid (Uncredited)
The Great Gildersleeve
as Amelia Hooker
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)
Mokey
as Mrs. Graham
This Above All
as Hotel Maid
Miss Annie Rooney
as Mrs. Metz
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Wife (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
as Lulu Digby (uncredited)
Golden Hoofs
as Nellie Crocker
How Green Was My Valley
as Eve (uncredited)
Shadows on the Stairs
as Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Woman on Street (uncredited)
Sea Raiders
as Aggie Nelson
Wild Geese Calling
as Jennie Delaney
Ball of Fire
as Miss Totten
1940
The Trail Blazers
as Alice Chapman
The Invisible Man Returns
as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)
Charter Pilot
as King's Secretary
The Bank Dick
as Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)
Convicted Woman
as Gracie Dunn
My Son, My Son!
as Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Second Bride (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless
as Mrs. Barton
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Girl Customer (uncredited)
Three Faces West
as Mrs. Stebbins
The Ape
as Mrs. Mason
1939
Eternally Yours
as Peabody's Housekeeper
Society Smugglers
as Secretary
Dancing Co-Ed
as Miss Jennie May
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
as Mrs. Daly
Stunt Pilot
as Ethel
The Fighting Gringo
as Sandra Courtney
Made for Each Other
as Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)
1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)
White Banners
as Hester
There Goes My Heart
as Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)
Slander House
as Bessie, an attendant
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Myrtle Semple
Jezebel
as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
1937
Call It a Day
as Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)

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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/10/1909
Day of Death
6/12/1996
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA