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