Mary Field
128 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 10, 1909
- Died
- Jun 12, 1996 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Mary Fields · Olivia Rockefeller
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.
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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.
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Mary Field: movies and TV shows
Acting (137)
- 1960 Seven Ways from Sundown
as Mary Karrington
- 1958 Ride a Crooked Trail
as Mrs. Curtis
- 1958 The Missouri Traveler
as Nelda Hamilton
- 1957 The Three Faces of Eve
as Effie, sales clerk / Effie Blanford (uncredited)
- 1957
- 1956 Toy Tiger
as Miss Elsie
- 1956 The Price of Fear
as Ruth McNab
- 1955 Lucy Gallant
as Irma Wilson
- 1955 To Hell and Back
as Mrs. Murphy
- 1955
- 1955 The Private War of Major Benson
as Sister Mary Theresa
- 1954 Four Guns to the Border
as Mrs. Pritchard
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 The Lady Wants Mink
as Janie
- 1952
- 1952
- 1951 Dear Brat
as Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)
- 1950 Edge of Doom
as Mary Jane Glennon
- 1950 Cheaper by the Dozen
as Music Teacher (uncredited)
- 1949 Dear Wife
as Mrs. Bixby
- 1949 You're My Everything
as Record Store Clerk (uncredited)
- 1949 Special Agent
as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)
- 1949 Mighty Joe Young
as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Peasant woman
- 1949 Henry, the Rainmaker
as Mrs. Sweeney
- 1948 One Sunday Afternoon
as Secretary
- 1948 Joan of Arc
as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
- 1948 A Song Is Born
as Miss Totten
- 1948 Sorry, Wrong Number
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- 1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
as Wee Shop Clerk
- 1948 Up in Central Park
as Schoolteacher
- 1948 Romance on the High Seas
as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)
- 1948 The Fuller Brush Man
as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
- 1948 Sitting Pretty
as Della (uncredited)
- 1948 If You Knew Susie
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- 1947 Out of the Past
as Marny (uncredited)
- 1947 Louisiana
as Mrs. Davis
- 1947 Unconquered
as Maggie
- 1947 Driftwood
as Mrs. White
- 1947 Life with Father
as Nora
- 1947 Dark Passage
as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
- 1947 The Unfaithful
as Miss Bryar
- 1947 High Conquest
as Miss Woodley
- 1947 Welcome Stranger
as Secretary
- 1947 Miracle on 34th Street
as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
- 1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Felice
- 1947 The Other Love
as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Typewriting Academy Receptionist
- 1946 Song of the South
as Mrs. Favers
- 1946 Black Angel
as Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)
- 1946 Rendezvous with Annie
as Deborah
- 1946 Don't Gamble with Strangers
as Mrs. Arnold
- 1946 The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Bradford's Secretary
- 1946 One More Tomorrow
as Maude Miller
- 1946 Murder in the Music Hall
as Waitress
- 1946 The Dark Corner
as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
- 1946 Talk About a Lady
as Telephone Operator
- 1946 Sentimental Journey
as Chaperon (uncredited)
- 1946 Little Giant
as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1945 The Affairs of Susan
as Nancy
- 1944 Frenchman's Creek
as Prue (uncredited)
- 1944 Up in Mabel's Room
as Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)
- 1944 The Port of 40 Thieves
as Della
- 1944 Mr. Skeffington
as Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)
- 1944 Ladies of Washington
as Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
- 1944 Ministry of Fear
as Martha Penteel (uncredited)
- 1944 Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Husband-Seeking Woman
- 1944 It Happened Tomorrow
as Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)
- 1944 Four Jills in a Jeep
as Maid (scenes deleted)
- 1943 Princess O'Rourke
as Clara Stilwell (uncredited)
- 1943 A Lady Takes a Chance
as Florrie Bendix
- 1943 Three Hearts for Julia
as Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)
- 1943 Hello, Frisco, Hello
as Ellie, Cockney Maid
- 1943 Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Party Pianist (uncredited)
- 1943 The Gorilla Man
as Nurse Kruger
- 1942 The Great Gildersleeve
as Amelia Hooker
- 1942 You Were Never Lovelier
as Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)
- 1942 I Married a Witch
as Nancy Wooley (uncredited)
- 1942 Now, Voyager
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
- 1942 You Can't Escape Forever
as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)
- 1942 Get Hep to Love
as Woman Judge
- 1942 The Major and the Minor
as Mother at Station (uncredited)
- 1942
- 1942 Mrs. Miniver
as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
- 1942 Miss Annie Rooney
as Mrs. Metz
- 1942 This Above All
as Hotel Maid
- 1942 The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Maid (Uncredited)
- 1942 Mokey
as Mrs. Graham
- 1942 Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Agnes
- 1941 Ball of Fire
as Miss Totten
- 1941 One Foot in Heaven
as Lulu Digby (uncredited)
- 1941 How Green Was My Valley
as Eve (uncredited)
- 1941 Sea Raiders
as Aggie Nelson
- 1941 Wild Geese Calling
as Jennie Delaney
- 1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Wife (uncredited)
- 1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Woman on Street (uncredited)
- 1941 Shadows on the Stairs
as Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell
- 1941 The Great Mr. Nobody
as Miss Frame
- 1941 Golden Hoofs
as Nellie Crocker
- 1940 Charter Pilot
as King's Secretary
- 1940 The Bank Dick
as Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)
- 1940 The Trail Blazers
as Alice Chapman
- 1940 The Ape
as Mrs. Mason
- 1940 The Howards of Virginia
as Susan Howard
- 1940 Girls of the Road
as Mae
- 1940 Three Faces West
as Mrs. Stebbins
- 1940 My Son, My Son!
as Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid
- 1940 Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Girl Customer (uncredited)
- 1940 Broadway Melody of 1940
as Second Bride (uncredited)
- 1940 Convicted Woman
as Gracie Dunn
- 1940 The Invisible Man Returns
as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)
- 1940 Legion of the Lawless
as Mrs. Barton
- 1939 Eternally Yours
as Peabody's Housekeeper (uncredited)
- 1939 Dancing Co-Ed
as Miss Jennie May
- 1939 When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1939 The Fighting Gringo
as Sandra Courtney
- 1939 Stunt Pilot
as Ethel
- 1939 Good Girls Go to Paris
as Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)
- 1939 The Sun Never Sets
as Maid
- 1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Piano Player
- 1939 The Family Next Door
as Secretary
- 1939 Sergeant Madden
as Mrs. Daly
- 1939 Society Smugglers
as Secretary
- 1939 Made for Each Other
as Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)
- 1938 There Goes My Heart
as Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)
- 1938 Slander House
as Bessie, an attendant
- 1938 Youth Takes a Fling
as Maid
- 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)
- 1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Myrtle Semple
- 1938 White Banners
as Hester
- 1938 Jezebel
as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
- 1937 The Prince and the Pauper
as Mrs. Canty
- 1937 Call It a Day
as Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)