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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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Filmography (Movies)
Coogan's Bluff
Character:Ellen Ringerman
Release Date:02/10/1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Character:Thelma
Release Date:17/01/1968
7 Women
Character:Mrs. Florrie Pether
Release Date:11/12/1965
Marilyn
Character:Self ("Bus Stop") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/1963
Birdman of Alcatraz
Character:Stella Johnson
Release Date:04/07/1962
BUtterfield 8
Character:Mrs. Fanny Thurber
Release Date:04/11/1960
Hound-Dog Man
Character:Cora McKinney
Release Date:11/11/1959
Peyton Place
Character:Nellie Cross
Release Date:13/12/1957
Bus Stop
Character:Grace
Release Date:31/08/1956
Picnic
Character:Flo Owens
Release Date:18/11/1955
Actors and Sin
Character:Betty Field (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
Release Date:18/06/1952
The Great Gatsby
Character:Daisy Buchanan
Release Date:06/06/1949
The Southerner
Character:Nona Tucker
Release Date:30/04/1945
Tomorrow, the World!
Character:Leona Richards
Release Date:29/12/1944
The Great Moment
Character:Elizabeth Morton
Release Date:18/07/1944
Flesh and Fantasy
Character:Henrietta (segment 1)
Release Date:29/10/1943
Are Husbands Necessary?
Character:Mary Elizabeth Cugat
Release Date:15/06/1942
Kings Row
Character:Cassandra Tower
Release Date:02/02/1942
Blues in the Night
Character:Kay Grant
Release Date:15/11/1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
Character:Sammy Lane
Release Date:18/07/1941
Victory
Character:Alma
Release Date:21/12/1940
Seventeen
Character:Lola Pratt
Release Date:01/03/1940
Of Mice and Men
Character:Mae
Release Date:24/12/1939
What a Life
Character:Barbara Pearson
Release Date:05/10/1939
Television Appearances
The Outsider
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Going My Way
Character:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Jenny Davies
Sam Benedict
Character:
Ben Casey
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Dr. Kildare
Character:Mrs. Harper
Route 66
Character:
Naked City
Character:Mrs. Brent
Naked City
Character:Pauline Kater
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Helen
Climax!
Character:Callie Bellason
Letter to Loretta
Character:Frances Palmer
General Electric Theater
Character:Emily Marsden
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Lily Miller
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Carol
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Martha Shanks / Madeline
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Mrs. Howard
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Rose
The Philco Television Playhouse
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