Mary Field

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.

Known For

Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)

Miracle on 34th Street

Effie, sales clerk

The Three Faces of Eve

Mrs. Favers

Song of the South

Nora

Life with Father

Mary Jane Glennon

Edge of Doom

Peasant woman

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mrs. Canty

The Prince and the Pauper

Della

The Port of 40 Thieves

Mother at Station (uncredited)

The Major and the Minor

Secretary (uncredited)

Mighty Joe Young

Susan Howard

The Howards of Virginia

Ruth McNab

The Price of Fear

Mae

Girls of the Road

Deborah

Rendezvous with Annie

Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Joan of Arc

Record Store Clerk (uncredited)

You're My Everything

Nurse (uncredited)

The Other Love

Mary Karrington

Seven Ways from Sundown

Maid (scenes deleted)

Four Jills in a Jeep

Mrs. White

Driftwood

Sister Mary Theresa

The Private War of Major Benson

Amelia Hooker

The Great Gildersleeve

Secretary

Welcome Stranger

Gracie Dunn

Convicted Woman

Miss Spriggins (uncredited)

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Metz

Miss Annie Rooney

Nancy

The Affairs of Susan

Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)

Dear Brat

Mrs. Daly

Sergeant Madden

Agnes

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Secretary

One Sunday Afternoon

Mrs. Davis

Louisiana

Mrs. Pritchard

Four Guns to the Border

Effie Blanford (uncredited)

The Three Faces of Eve

Aggie Nelson

Sea Raiders

Hester

White Banners

Schoolteacher

Up in Central Park

Nelda Hamilton

The Missouri Traveler

Janie

The Lady Wants Mink

Bessie, an attendant

Slander House

Mrs. Curtis

Ride a Crooked Trail

Wee Shop Clerk

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)

Jezebel

Myrtle Semple

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)

Dark Passage

Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)

Three Hearts for Julia

Jennie Delaney

Wild Geese Calling

Eve (uncredited)

How Green Was My Valley

Music Teacher (uncredited)

Cheaper by the Dozen

Maid

Youth Takes a Fling

Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell

Shadows on the Stairs

Secretary

The Family Next Door

Mrs. Murphy

To Hell and Back

King's Secretary

Charter Pilot

Second Bride (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940

Husband-Seeking Woman

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)

Made for Each Other

Piano Player

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Maid

The Sun Never Sets

Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)

Good Girls Go to Paris

Ethel

Stunt Pilot

Della (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty

Miss Jennie May

Dancing Co-Ed

Peabody's Housekeeper

Eternally Yours

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

There Goes My Heart

Ship's Passenger (uncredited)

Now, Voyager

Wake Island

Miss Totten

Ball of Fire

Miss Elsie

Toy Tiger

Miss Bryar

The Unfaithful

Mrs. Barton

Legion of the Lawless

Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)

The Invisible Man Returns

Bradford's Secretary

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)

It Happened Tomorrow

Secretary

Society Smugglers

Marny (uncredited)

Out of the Past

Wife (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)

Special Agent

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Sorry, Wrong Number

Telephone Operator

Talk About a Lady

Woman on Street (uncredited)

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)

The Bank Dick

Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid

My Son, My Son!

Mrs. Mason

The Ape

Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

Mrs. Stebbins

Three Faces West

Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)

You Were Never Lovelier

Irma Wilson

Lucy Gallant

Alice Chapman

The Trail Blazers

Nancy Wooley (uncredited)

I Married a Witch

Maude Miller

One More Tomorrow

Florrie Bendix

A Lady Takes a Chance

Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)

The Fuller Brush Man

Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)

Up in Mabel's Room

Nellie Crocker

Golden Hoofs

Woman Judge

Get Hep to Love

Miss Frame

The Great Mr. Nobody

Mrs. Graham

Mokey

Miss Totten

A Song Is Born

Felice

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

Telephone Operator

If You Knew Susie

Mrs. Sweeney

Henry, the Rainmaker

Party Pianist (uncredited)

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sandra Courtney

The Fighting Gringo

Nurse Kruger

The Gorilla Man

Waitress

Murder in the Music Hall

Mrs. Bixby

Dear Wife

Clara Stilwell (uncredited)

Princess O'Rourke

Nurse's Aide (uncredited)

Ladies of Washington

Maggie

Unconquered

Girl Customer (uncredited)

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

Secretary (uncredited)

Little Giant

Miss Woodley

High Conquest

Hotel Maid

This Above All

Prue (uncredited)

Frenchman's Creek

Typewriting Academy Receptionist

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Ellie, Cockney Maid

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)

Call It a Day

Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)

Romance on the High Seas

Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)

You Can't Escape Forever

Lulu Digby (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven

Maid (Uncredited)

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)

The Dark Corner

Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)

Black Angel

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

Gender

Female

Birthday

1909-06-10

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Mary Fields