Mary Field
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Wagon Train
Mrs. Gillespie
1957
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Nora
1952
Series
Gunsmoke
Minerva
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Clara
1955
Series
Studio 57
1954
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Cathy Marion
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
Chevron Theatre
1952
Series
Letter to Loretta
Helen Merchant
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Mrs. Stewart
1953
Series
Topper
Thelma Gibney
1953
Film
Miracle on 34th Street
Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
1947
Film
Out of the Past
Marny (uncredited)
1947
Film
I Married a Witch
Nancy Wooley (uncredited)
1942
Film
Song of the South
Mrs. Favers
1946
Film
Mrs. Miniver
Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
1942
Film
How Green Was My Valley
Eve (uncredited)
1941
Film
Mighty Joe Young
Secretary (uncredited)
1949
Film
Sorry, Wrong Number
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1948
Film
Unconquered
Maggie
1947
Film
Dark Passage
Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
1947
Film
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Wife (uncredited)
1941
Film
Cheaper by the Dozen
Music Teacher (uncredited)
1950
Film
Mr. Skeffington
Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Invisible Man Returns
Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)
1940
Film
Made for Each Other
Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)
1939
Film
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Party Pianist (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Piano Player
1939
Film
The Three Faces of Eve
Effie, sales clerk
1957
Film
The Three Faces of Eve
Effie Blanford (uncredited)
1957
Film
The Major and the Minor
Mother at Station (uncredited)
1942
Film
Ball of Fire
Miss Totten
1941
Film
Romance on the High Seas
Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)
1948
Film
Now, Voyager
Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
1942
Film
Broadway Melody of 1940
Second Bride (uncredited)
1940
Film
Joan of Arc
Boy's Mother (uncredited)
1948
Film
A Song Is Born
Miss Totten
1948
Film
You Were Never Lovelier
Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)
1942
Film
Ministry of Fear
Martha Penteel (uncredited)
1944
Film
To Hell and Back
Mrs. Murphy
1955
Film
Talk About a Lady
Telephone Operator
1946
Film
A Lady Takes a Chance
Florrie Bendix
1943
Film
The Prince and the Pauper
Mrs. Canty
1937
Film
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Peasant woman
1949
Film
Ride a Crooked Trail
Mrs. Curtis
1958
Film
Seven Ways from Sundown
Mary Karrington
1960
Film
Life with Father
Nora
1947
Film
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)
1938
Film
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Wee Shop Clerk
1948
Film
Four Guns to the Border
Mrs. Pritchard
1954
Film
It Happened Tomorrow
Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)
1944
Film
If You Knew Susie
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1948
Film
Jezebel
Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Trail Blazers
Alice Chapman
1940
Film
The Affairs of Susan
Nancy
1945
Film
The Dark Corner
Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)
1946
Film
Four Jills in a Jeep
Maid (scenes deleted)
1944
Film
Good Girls Go to Paris
Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Unfaithful
Miss Bryar
1947
Film
Slander House
Bessie, an attendant
1938
Film
The Bank Dick
Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Howards of Virginia
Susan Howard
1940
Film
The Private War of Major Benson
Sister Mary Theresa
1955
Film
Miss Annie Rooney
Mrs. Metz
1942
Film
Murder in the Music Hall
Waitress
1946
Film
Driftwood
Mrs. White
1947
Film
The Sun Never Sets
Maid
1939
Film
One Foot in Heaven
Lulu Digby (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Lady Wants Mink
Janie
1953
Film
One Sunday Afternoon
Secretary
1948
Film
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Maid (Uncredited)
1942
Film
There Goes My Heart
Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Film
Sitting Pretty
Della (uncredited)
1948
Film
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Woman on Street (uncredited)
1941
Film
Edge of Doom
Mary Jane Glennon
1950
Film
Welcome Stranger
Secretary
1947
Film
This Above All
Hotel Maid
1942
Film
Special Agent
Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)
1949
Film
Youth Takes a Fling
Maid
1938
Film
Black Angel
Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)
1946
Film
Girls of the Road
Mae
1940
Film
You Can't Escape Forever
Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Typewriting Academy Receptionist
1947
Film
Frenchman's Creek
Prue (uncredited)
1944
Film
Dancing Co-Ed
Miss Jennie May
1939
Film
Wake Island
1942
Film
When Tomorrow Comes
Waitress (uncredited)
1939
Film
Louisiana
Mrs. Davis
1947
Film
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Bradford's Secretary
1946
Film
The Price of Fear
Ruth McNab
1956
Film
My Son, My Son!
Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid
1940
Film
The Other Love
Nurse (uncredited)
1947
Film
Call It a Day
Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)
1937
Film
You're My Everything
Record Store Clerk (uncredited)
1949
Film
Three Hearts for Julia
Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Great Mr. Nobody
Miss Frame
1941
Film
Get Hep to Love
Woman Judge
1942
Film
The Fuller Brush Man
Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)
1948
Film
Don't Gamble with Strangers
Mrs. Arnold
1946
Film
Little Giant
Secretary (uncredited)
1946
Film
Three Faces West
Mrs. Stebbins
1940
Film
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Husband-Seeking Woman
1944
Film
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Felice
1947
Film
The Family Next Door
Secretary
1939
Film
Up in Mabel's Room
Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)
1944
Film
Shadows on the Stairs
Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell
1941
Film
The Port of 40 Thieves
Della
1944
Film
Up in Central Park
Schoolteacher
1948
Film
Sergeant Madden
Mrs. Daly
1939
Film
Princess O'Rourke
Clara Stilwell (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Missouri Traveler
Nelda Hamilton
1958
Film
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Girl Customer (uncredited)
1940
Film
Legion of the Lawless
Mrs. Barton
1940
Film
Eternally Yours
Peabody's Housekeeper (uncredited)
1939
Film
Sentimental Journey
Chaperon (uncredited)
1946
Film
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Myrtle Semple
1938
Film
The Ape
Mrs. Mason
1940
Film
High Conquest
Miss Woodley
1947
Film
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Agnes
1942
Film
Lucy Gallant
Irma Wilson
1955
Film
The Great Gildersleeve
Amelia Hooker
1942
Film
One More Tomorrow
Maude Miller
1946
Film
Dear Brat
Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)
1951
Film
Wild Geese Calling
Jennie Delaney
1941
Film
Sea Raiders
Aggie Nelson
1941
Film
Dear Wife
Mrs. Bixby
1949
Film
Mokey
Mrs. Graham
1942
Film
White Banners
Hester
1938
Film
Toy Tiger
Miss Elsie
1956
Film
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Ellie, Cockney Maid
1943
Film
Golden Hoofs
Nellie Crocker
1941
Film
Rendezvous with Annie
Deborah
1946
Film
Ladies of Washington
Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
1944
Film
Convicted Woman
Gracie Dunn
1940
Film
Society Smugglers
Secretary
1939
Film
The Gorilla Man
Nurse Kruger
1943
Film
Charter Pilot
King's Secretary
1940
Film
Stunt Pilot
Ethel
1939
Film
Henry, the Rainmaker
Mrs. Sweeney
1949
Film
The Fighting Gringo
Sandra Courtney
1939