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Personal Info

Birth date

1909-06-10 (116 Years)

Day of death

1996-06-12

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also known as

Mary Fields
Olivia Rockefeller

Mary Field

Biography

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

Acting

1960Seven Ways from Sundown as Mary Karrington

1958Ride a Crooked Trail as Mrs. Curtis

1958The Missouri Traveler as Nelda Hamilton

1957The Three Faces of Eve as Effie, sales clerk, Effie Blanford (uncredited)

1957Wagon Train (1 Episode) as Mrs. Gillespie

1956Toy Tiger as Miss Elsie

1956The Price of Fear as Ruth McNab

1955Lucy Gallant as Irma Wilson

1955To Hell and Back as Mrs. Murphy

1955Gunsmoke (1, 1 Episode) as Minerva, Clara

1955The Private War of Major Benson as Sister Mary Theresa

1954Four Guns to the Border as Mrs. Pritchard

1954The Wonderful World of Disney (4 Episodes) as Cathy Marion

1954Studio 57 (1 Episode) as Unknown

1953Topper (5 Episodes) as Thelma Gibney

1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown

1953Letter to Loretta (1, 1 Episode) as Helen Merchant, Mrs. Stewart

1953The Lady Wants Mink as Janie

1952Four Star Playhouse (1 Episode) as Nora

1952Chevron Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown

1951Dear Brat as Criminal Records Clerk (uncredited)

1950Edge of Doom as Mary Jane Glennon

1950Cheaper by the Dozen as Music Teacher (uncredited)

1949Dear Wife as Mrs. Bixby

1949Mighty Joe Young as Secretary (uncredited)

1949You're My Everything as Record Store Clerk (uncredited)

1949Special Agent as Miss Tannehill - Librarian (uncredited)

1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Peasant woman

1949Henry, the Rainmaker as Mrs. Sweeney

1948One Sunday Afternoon as Secretary

1948Joan of Arc as Boy's Mother (uncredited)

1948A Song Is Born as Miss Totten

1948Sorry, Wrong Number as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1948Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid as Wee Shop Clerk

1948Up in Central Park as Schoolteacher

1948Romance on the High Seas as Marie - Elvira's Maid (uncredited)

1948The Fuller Brush Man as Beaver Patrol Leader (uncredited)

1948Sitting Pretty as Della (uncredited)

1948If You Knew Susie as Telephone Operator

1947Out of the Past as Marny (uncredited)

1947Louisiana as Mrs. Davis

1947Unconquered as Maggie

1947Driftwood as Mrs. White

1947Life with Father as Nora

1947Dark Passage as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)

1947The Unfaithful as Miss Bryar

1947High Conquest as Miss Woodley

1947Welcome Stranger as Secretary

1947Miracle on 34th Street as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)

1947The Corpse Came C.O.D. as Felice

1947The Other Love as Nurse (uncredited)

1947The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Typewriting Academy Receptionist

1946Song of the South as Mrs. Favers

1946Black Angel as Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)

1946Rendezvous with Annie as Deborah

1946The Walls Came Tumbling Down as Bradford's Secretary

1946One More Tomorrow as Maude Miller

1946Murder in the Music Hall as Waitress

1946The Dark Corner as Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)

1946Talk About a Lady as Telephone Operator

1946Little Giant as Secretary (uncredited)

1945The Affairs of Susan as Nancy

1944Frenchman's Creek as Prue (uncredited)

1944Up in Mabel's Room as Priscilla's Sister (uncredited)

1944The Port of 40 Thieves as Della

1944Mr. Skeffington as Penelope Hyslup (uncredited)

1944Ladies of Washington as Nurse's Aide (uncredited)

1944Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid as Husband-Seeking Woman

1944It Happened Tomorrow as Restaurant Cashier (uncredited)

1944Four Jills in a Jeep as Maid (scenes deleted)

1943Princess O'Rourke as Clara Stilwell (uncredited)

1943A Lady Takes a Chance as Florrie Bendix

1943Three Hearts for Julia as Symphony Guild Secretary (uncredited)

1943Hello, Frisco, Hello as Ellie, Cockney Maid

1943Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Party Pianist (uncredited)

1943The Gorilla Man as Nurse Kruger

1942The Great Gildersleeve as Amelia Hooker

1942You Were Never Lovelier as Louise - the Acuña Maid (uncredited)

1942I Married a Witch as Nancy Wooley (uncredited)

1942Now, Voyager as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)

1942You Can't Escape Forever as Kirsty Lundstrom (uncredited)

1942Get Hep to Love as Woman Judge

1942The Major and the Minor as Mother at Station (uncredited)

1942Wake Island as Unknown

1942Mrs. Miniver as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)

1942Miss Annie Rooney as Mrs. Metz

1942This Above All as Hotel Maid

1942The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Maid (Uncredited)

1942Mokey as Mrs. Graham

1942Mexican Spitfire at Sea as Agnes

1941Ball of Fire as Miss Totten

1941One Foot in Heaven as Lulu Digby (uncredited)

1941How Green Was My Valley as Eve (uncredited)

1941Sea Raiders as Aggie Nelson

1941Wild Geese Calling as Jennie Delaney

1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Wife (uncredited)

1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Woman on Street (uncredited)

1941Shadows on the Stairs as Phoebe Marcia St. John Snell

1941The Great Mr. Nobody as Miss Frame

1941Golden Hoofs as Nellie Crocker

1940Charter Pilot as King's Secretary

1940The Bank Dick as Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)

1940The Trail Blazers as Alice Chapman

1940The Ape as Mrs. Mason

1940The Howards of Virginia as Susan Howard

1940Girls of the Road as Mae

1940Three Faces West as Mrs. Stebbins

1940My Son, My Son! as Bessie, Ladies' Room Maid

1940Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! as Girl Customer (uncredited)

1940Broadway Melody of 1940 as Second Bride (uncredited)

1940Convicted Woman as Gracie Dunn

1940The Invisible Man Returns as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)

1940Legion of the Lawless as Mrs. Barton

1939Eternally Yours as Peabody's Housekeeper

1939Dancing Co-Ed as Miss Jennie May

1939When Tomorrow Comes as Waitress (uncredited)

1939The Fighting Gringo as Sandra Courtney

1939Stunt Pilot as Ethel

1939Good Girls Go to Paris as Ada - Brand's Maid (uncredited)

1939The Sun Never Sets as Maid

1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Piano Player

1939The Family Next Door as Secretary

1939Sergeant Madden as Mrs. Daly

1939Society Smugglers as Secretary

1939Made for Each Other as Johns Hopkins Technician (uncredited)

1938There Goes My Heart as Mrs. Crud - Pennypepper's Patient (voice) (uncredited)

1938Slander House as Bessie, an attendant

1938Youth Takes a Fling as Maid

1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Millie - Mrs. Updyke's Maid (uncredited)

1938Cowboy from Brooklyn as Myrtle Semple

1938White Banners as Hester

1938Jezebel as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)

1937The Prince and the Pauper as Mrs. Canty

1937Call It a Day as Elsie Lester, Roger's Secretary (uncredited)