Betty Field
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Betty Field, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1968 · Coogan's Bluff as Ellen Ringerman
- 1968 · The Outsider as
- 1968 · How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Thelma
- 1965 · 7 Women as Mrs. Florrie Pether
- 1963 · Marilyn as Self ("Bus Stop") (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1962 · Going My Way as
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jenny Davies
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as
- 1962 · Birdman of Alcatraz as Stella Johnson
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Mrs. Harper
- 1960 · BUtterfield 8 as Mrs. Fanny Thurber
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1959 · Hound-Dog Man as Cora McKinney
- 1958 · Naked City as Mrs. Brent
- 1958 · Naked City as Pauline Kater
- 1957 · Peyton Place as Nellie Cross
- 1956 · Bus Stop as Grace
- 1955 · Picnic as Flo Owens
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Helen
- 1954 · Climax! as Callie Bellason
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Frances Palmer
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Emily Marsden
- 1952 · Actors and Sin as Betty Field (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lily Miller
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Carol
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Martha Shanks / Madeline
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Mrs. Howard
- 1949 · The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Rose
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1945 · The Southerner as Nona Tucker
- 1944 · Tomorrow, the World! as Leona Richards
- 1944 · The Great Moment as Elizabeth Morton
- 1943 · Flesh and Fantasy as Henrietta (segment 1)
- 1942 · Are Husbands Necessary? as Mary Elizabeth Cugat
- 1942 · Kings Row as Cassandra Tower
- 1941 · Blues in the Night as Kay Grant
- 1941 · The Shepherd of the Hills as Sammy Lane
- 1940 · Victory as Alma
- 1940 · Seventeen as Lola Pratt
- 1939 · Of Mice and Men as Mae
- 1939 · What a Life as Barbara Pearson