Mary Field
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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.
Acting
Movie
Miracle on 34th Street
as Dutch Girl's Adoptive Mother (uncredited)
1947
Movie
Out of the Past
as Marny (uncredited)
1947
Movie
How Green Was My Valley
as Eve (uncredited)
1941
Movie
Dark Passage
as Aunt Mary at Bus Station (uncredited)
1947
Movie
Song of the South
as Mrs. Favers
1946
Movie
Mrs. Miniver
as Miss Spriggins (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Ball of Fire
as Miss Totten
1941
Movie
Now, Voyager
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
1942
Movie
I Married a Witch
as Nancy Wooley (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Jezebel
as Woman at the Olympus Ball (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1948
Movie
Ministry of Fear
as Martha Penteel (uncredited)
1944
Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Wife (uncredited)
1941
Movie
The Three Faces of Eve
as Effie, sales clerk
1957
Movie
The Three Faces of Eve
as Effie Blanford (uncredited)
1957
Movie
The Major and the Minor
as Mother at Station (uncredited)
1942
Movie
The Invisible Man Returns
as Passerby at Willie's House (uncredited)
1940
Movie
The Bank Dick
as Woman with Cherries on Hat (uncredited)
1940
Movie
Mighty Joe Young
as Secretary (uncredited)
1949
TV
Gunsmoke
as Minerva
1955
TV
Gunsmoke
as Clara
1955
Movie
Joan of Arc
as Boy's Mother (uncredited)
1948
Movie
Cheaper by the Dozen
as Music Teacher (uncredited)
1950
Movie
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Party Pianist (uncredited)
1943