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