Betty Field
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Betty Field (February 8, 1913 – September 13, 1973) was an American film and stage actress. Through her father, she was a direct descendant of the Pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts to George Field and Katharine Lynch, Field began her acting career on the London stage in Howard Lindsay's farce, She Loves Me Not. Following its run she returned to the United States and appeared in several stage successes, before making her film debut in 1939. Her role as Mae, the sole female character, in Of Mice and Men (1939) established her as a dramatic actress.
She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1941 film The Shepherd of the Hills. Field played supporting roles in films such as Kings Row (1942), in which she played a victim of incest, although that fact was not readily apparent due to the heavy censorship of the time.
Field preferred performing on Broadway and appeared in Elmer Rice's Dream Girl and Jean Anouilh's The Waltz of the Toreadors, but returned to Hollywood regularly, appearing in Flesh and Fantasy (1943), The Southerner (1945), The Great Gatsby (1949), Picnic (1955), Bus Stop (1956), Peyton Place (1957), BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). Her final film role was in Coogan's Bluff in 1968. She also appeared on television.
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Acting
Movie
Coogan's Bluff
as Ellen Ringerman
1968
Movie
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Stella Johnson
1962
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Helen
1955
Movie
Bus Stop
as Grace
1956
Movie
Picnic
as Flo Owens
1955
Movie
Of Mice and Men
as Mae
1939
Movie
BUtterfield 8
as Mrs. Fanny Thurber
1960
Movie
Peyton Place
as Nellie Cross
1957
TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Jenny Davies
1962
Movie
7 Women
as Mrs. Florrie Pether
1965
Movie
The Southerner
as Nona Tucker
1945
Movie
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Sammy Lane
1941
Movie
Kings Row
as Cassandra Tower
1942
Movie
Blues in the Night
as Kay Grant
1941
Movie
The Great Gatsby
as Daisy Buchanan
1949
Movie
The Great Moment
as Elizabeth Morton
1944
Movie
Flesh and Fantasy
as Henrietta (segment 1)
1943
TV
Route 66
1960
TV
Dr. Kildare
as Mrs. Harper
1961
Movie
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
as Thelma
1968
TV
Ben Casey
1961
TV
Naked City
as Mrs. Brent
1958
TV
Climax!
as Callie Bellason
1954
TV
Naked City
as Pauline Kater
1958