Virginia Field
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Margaret St. John Field (4 November 1917 – 2 January 1992), known professionally as Virginia Field, was a British-born film actress. The niece of stage actress and director Auriol Lee, she took her first film role as a teenager in the 1934 British mystery-comedy The Lady Is Willing before signing a Hollywood contract. Field first went to the US to appear in David O. Selznick's Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936). In the late 1930s, she appeared in various parts in 20th Century Fox's Mr. Moto film series. Field then played a ballerina alongside Vivien Leigh in Waterloo Bridge (1940), an estranged wife in Dorothy Arzner's Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) and Stuart-era performer Nell Gwyn in the historical Western Hudson's Bay (1941). She also performed in the noir genre, with films like Repeat Performance (1947), Dial 1119 (1950) and Appointment with a Shadow (1957). She made frequent appearances on television in the 1950s and '60s. Field married three times. Her spouses included actors Willard Parker and Paul Douglas, with whom she had a daughter, as well as composer and musician Howard Grode. She died of cancer on 2 January 1992 and was cremated, with her ashes scattered at sea. Field has a star at 1751 Vine Street on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, dedicated 8 February 1960.
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Credits
- 1968 · Adam-12 as Helen Newton
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1964 · The Earth Dies Screaming as Peggy
- 1961 · The Explosive Generation as Mrs. Katie Sommers
- 1961 · The New Breed as Iris
- 1960 · Johnny Midnight as
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Cecile
- 1959 · The Rebel as Lotta Langley
- 1957 · Rockabilly Baby as Eleanor Carter aka Dixie West
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Irene Collaro
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Anita Carpenter
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Sylvia Walker
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Angela Renshaw Fernaldi
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Ramona Carver
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Madame Sonya Galinova
- 1957 · Appointment with a Shadow as Florence Knapp
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Venetia
- 1955 · Screen Director's Playhouse as Nurse Esther Delcotte
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Claire Franklin
- 1954 · The Whistler as
- 1953 · The Veils of Bagdad as Rosanna
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Alice
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Dorothy Rossiter
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Sally Blake
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Ethel Baxter
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Marion
- 1951 · Week-End with Father as Phyllis Reynolds
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Mrs. Tubble
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · The Lady Pays Off as Kay Stoddard
- 1950 · Dial 1119 as Freddy
- 1950 · Your Show of Shows as
- 1949 · A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Morgan Le Fay
- 1949 · John Loves Mary as Lilly Herbish
- 1948 · Dream Girl as Miriam Allerton Lucas
- 1947 · Christmas Eve as Claire
- 1947 · Variety Girl as Variety Girl
- 1947 · Repeat Performance as Paula Costello
- 1947 · Ladies' Man as Gladys Hayden
- 1947 · The Perfect Marriage as Gloria
- 1946 · The Imperfect Lady as Rose Bridges
- 1943 · Stage Door Canteen as Virginia Field
- 1943 · The Crystal Ball as Jo Ainsley
- 1942 · Atlantic Convoy as Lida Adams
- 1941 · Singapore Woman as Claire Weston
- 1941 · Knockout as Gloria Van Ness
- 1941 · Hudson's Bay as Nell Gwyn
- 1940 · Dance, Girl, Dance as Elinor Harris
- 1940 · Waterloo Bridge as Kitty
- 1939 · The Cisco Kid and the Lady as Billie Graham
- 1939 · Eternally Yours as Lola De Vere
- 1939 · Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as Eleanor Kirke
- 1939 · The Sun Never Sets as Phyllis Ransome
- 1939 · Captain Fury as Mabel
- 1939 · Bridal Suite as Abbie Bragdon
- 1939 · Mr. Moto's Last Warning as Connie Porter
- 1937 · Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo as Evelyn Gray
- 1937 · Ali Baba Goes to Town as Dinah/Dina
- 1937 · Lancer Spy as Joan Bruce
- 1937 · London by Night as Bessie
- 1937 · Think Fast, Mr. Moto as Gloria Danton/Tanya Boriv
- 1936 · Career Woman as Fifi Brown
- 1936 · Lloyd's of London as Polly
- 1936 · Ladies in Love as Countess Helena
- 1936 · Thank You, Jeeves! as Marjorie Lowman
- 1936 · Sing, Baby, Sing as Farraday's Nurse
- 1936 · Little Lord Fauntleroy as Miss Herbert
- 1934 · The Lady Is Willing as Maid