Mary Field
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Born | Olivia Rockefeller June 10, 1909 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1937–1963 |
Spouse(s) | James Madison Walters II (?-1982) (his death) 2 children |
Children | Susana Walters Kerstein James Madison Walters, III |
Website | http://www.maryfield.us/ |
Mary Field (June 10, 1909 – June 12, 1996) was an American film actress who primarily appeared in supporting roles.
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Early life
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.[1]
Hollywood and television
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.
Later and personal life
Following her 1963 retirement she was still married to her husband James Madison Walters and lived in Laguna Niguel, California. She also devoted her time to family and was active in the Hollywood Church of Religious Science with Dr. Robert Bitzer.[2]
Death
On June 12, 1996, just two days after her 87th birthday, Mary Field died at her home in Fairfax, Virginia of complications from a stroke. She lived there with her daughter, Susana Kerstein, and son-in- Law, Bob Kerstein. She had two grandchildren, Sky Kerstein and Kendall Kerstein.
Selected filmography
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- The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
- Call It a Day (1937)
- White Banners (1938)
- Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
- Jezebel (1938)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
- Eternally Yours (1939)
- The Fighting Gringo (1939)
- Stunt Pilot (1939)
- Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
- When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
- The Sun Never Sets (1939)
- Legion of the Lawless (1940)
- My Son, My Son (1940)
- Convicted Woman (1940)
- Girls of the Road (1940)
- Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
- The Howards of Virginia (1940)
- The Trail Blazers (1940)
- Father Steps Out (1941)
- City Limits (1941)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Wild Geese Calling (1941)
- The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
- How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
- Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
- You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
- I Married a Witch (1942)
- The Major and the Minor (1942)
- Wake Island (1942)
- Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1942)
- Mokey (1942)
- Up in Mabel's Room (1942)
- Mrs. Miniver (1942)
- Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
- The Crystal Ball (1943)
- Black Angel (1943)
- A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
- The Great Gildersleeve (1943)
- The Gorilla Man (1943)
- Frenchman's Creek (1944)
- The Port of 40 Thieves (1944)
- Ministry of Fear (1944)
- Once upon a Time (1944)
- Love Letters (1945)
- The Unseen (1945)
- Wonder Woman (1945)
- The Affairs of Susan (1945)
- House of Horrors (1945)
- Song of the South (1946)
- Welcome Stranger (1946)
- Little Giant (1946)
- Sentimental Journey (1946)
- Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
- The Dark Corner (1946)
- Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946)
- Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
- Dark Angel (1946)
- Life with Father (1947)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Louisiana (1947)
- The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
- Dark Passage (1947)
- Unconquered (1947)
- Out of the Past (1947)
- The Pilgrim Lady (1947) (aka Miss Pilgrim)
- If You Knew Susie (1948)
- Romance on the High Seas (1948)
- The Other Love (1948)
- Sitting Pretty (1948)
- A Song is Born (1948)
- Up in Central Park (1948)
- Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- Top o' the Morning (1949)
- Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
- Mighty Joe Young (1949)
- You're My Everything (1949)
- Henry the Rainmaker (1949)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
- Dear Wife (1950)
- Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
- Father Makes Good (1950)
- Edge of Doom (1950)
- Passage West (1951)
- The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
- Monkey Business (1952)
- The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
- Four Guns to the Border (1954)
- Lucy Gallant (1955)
- To Hell and Back (1956)
- The Price of Fear (1956)
- The Private War of Major Benson (1956)
- Toy Tiger (1956)
- The Midnight Story (1957)
- The Missouri Traveler (1958)
- Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
- Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)
References
- ↑ Mary Field by Doug McClelland, Film Fan Monthly, October 1973
- ↑ Mary Field by Doug McClelland, Film Fan Monthly, October 1973
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