Mary Field
Date of birth: 1909-06-10
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Mary Fields, Olivia Rockefeller
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Movie Credits
Miracle on 34th Street
1947-06-04
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at M
The Three Faces of Eve
1957-12-19
A doctor treats a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder.
Song of the South
1946-11-12
Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over
Life with Father
1947-09-13
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really ru
Edge of Doom
1950-08-03
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949-04-18
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he i
The Prince and the Pauper
1937-04-30
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young
The Port of 40 Thieves
1944-08-13
A widow confesses she murdered her husband and kills two more people before her stepdaughter and an
The Major and the Minor
1942-09-16
Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay ha
Mighty Joe Young
1949-07-13
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Jo
The Howards of Virginia
1940-09-19
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries d
The Price of Fear
1956-03-13
A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn't have at the track
Girls of the Road
1940-07-24
The story of an eclectic group of women - tramps, job-seekers and fugitives - either running from or
Rendezvous with Annie
1946-07-22
A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to
Joan of Arc
1948-12-22
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against
You're My Everything
1949-07-22
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him
The Other Love
1947-05-14
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attract
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960-09-25
A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944-03-17
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
Driftwood
1947-09-15
An orphan helps a doctor fight an epidemic in a small western town, in one of Allan Dwan’s closely o
The Private War of Major Benson
1955-08-02
A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of t
The Great Gildersleeve
1942-12-17
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nep
Welcome Stranger
1947-06-13
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he and yo
Convicted Woman
1940-01-31
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxf
Miss Annie Rooney
1942-05-29
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn'
The Affairs of Susan
1945-07-08
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three form
Dear Brat
1951-05-30
Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of
Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942-03-13
An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth
One Sunday Afternoon
1948-12-25
The third film version of James Hagan's play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as
Louisiana
1947-11-15
The music-loving son of a Louisiana sharecropper uses his songs to graduate from college.
Four Guns to the Border
1954-11-05
A group of outlaws plan and execute a robbery in a small town. However, things go awry as the team a
The Three Faces of Eve
1957-12-19
A doctor treats a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder.
Sea Raiders
1941-10-13
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
White Banners
1938-06-23
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana to
Up in Central Park
1948-07-09
A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corrupti
The Missouri Traveler
1958-01-21
Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural
The Lady Wants Mink
1953-03-29
A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.
Slander House
1938-10-04
Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958-11-23
After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbl
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948-08-11
As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Car
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938-07-20
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming o
Jezebel
1938-03-26
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who car
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938-07-09
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
Dark Passage
1947-09-05
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove hi
Three Hearts for Julia
1943-05-21
When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.
Wild Geese Calling
1941-08-15
In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dancehall
How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28
Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950-03-31
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Provi
Youth Takes a Fling
1938-09-22
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to Ne
Shadows on the Stairs
1941-03-01
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
The Family Next Door
1939-03-30
Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becom
To Hell and Back
1955-09-22
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobi
Charter Pilot
1940-12-06
US-to-Central-America freight service pilot gets engaged to radio broadcaster and promises to take a
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940-02-09
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944-04-01
High-school student Henry Aldrich hopes to improve his grades by finding a sweetheart for his unmarr
Made for Each Other
1939-02-10
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939-04-04
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying
The Sun Never Sets
1939-05-31
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home fr
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939-06-20
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor
Stunt Pilot
1939-06-30
The second of a series of four features Monogram made based on the comic strip by Hal Forrest (Unive
Sitting Pretty
1948-03-10
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey
Dancing Co-Ed
1939-09-29
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his
Eternally Yours
1939-10-07
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say pre
There Goes My Heart
1938-10-14
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Now, Voyager
1942-10-22
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man
Wake Island
1942-08-11
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to ke
Ball of Fire
1941-12-02
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. Whe
Toy Tiger
1956-06-29
Advertising executive Gwen Taylor sends her art director Rick Todd on a mission to bring an artist b
The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defen
The Invisible Man Returns
1940-01-12
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him in
Legion of the Lawless
1940-01-05
Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad right-of-way
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946-06-07
Broadway gossip columnist Gilbert Archer investigates his friend's murder, finds clues linking it to
It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings
Society Smugglers
1939-03-01
The Treasury Department plants a female agent in the office of a luggage company that is suspected o
Out of the Past
1947-11-25
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and f
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941-08-12
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side,
Special Agent
1949-07-22
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948-09-24
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world.
Talk About a Lady
1946-03-28
A country girl, wanting to break into show-business, comes to New York City and, by her actions, man
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941-03-14
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where sh
The Bank Dick
1940-11-29
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now co
My Son, My Son!
1940-03-21
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not s
The Ape
1940-09-30
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spi
Mr. Skeffington
1944-05-25
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth
Three Faces West
1940-07-03
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees fr
You Were Never Lovelier
1942-11-19
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
Lucy Gallant
1955-10-20
A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil
I Married a Witch
1942-10-30
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter
The Trail Blazers
1940-11-11
The Mesquiteers try to help their friend build a telegraph system, despite a local newspaper editor'
One More Tomorrow
1946-05-24
Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party — until he meets photographer Christ
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943-08-19
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her ci
The Fuller Brush Man
1948-06-01
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make goo
Up in Mabel's Room
1944-09-12
Newly-married Gary Ainsworth once gave his former sweetheart Mabel a sexy negligee with his initials
Golden Hoofs
1941-02-14
A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sol
Get Hep to Love
1942-10-02
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941-02-15
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Mokey
1942-04-01
A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.
A Song Is Born
1948-10-19
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to hav
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947-06-02
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the b
If You Knew Susie
1948-02-07
In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, e
Henry, the Rainmaker
1949-02-13
The first of Monogram's "Father" series was Henry, the Rainmaker, assembled in a fast seven days. He
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943-03-24
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route
The Fighting Gringo
1939-08-08
A gunfighter and his partners clear a Spanish rancher charged with murder.
The Gorilla Man
1943-01-16
A wounded soldier discovers his hospital is secretly run by the Nazis.
Murder in the Music Hall
1946-04-10
An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.
Dear Wife
1949-11-15
In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft,
Princess O'Rourke
1943-10-23
A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.
Ladies of Washington
1944-05-25
The new boarder at a Washington, D.C. rooming house for women likes the fast life, but her recreatio
Unconquered
1947-10-10
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to esc
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940-03-15
In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her "Miss M
Little Giant
1946-02-22
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the cro
High Conquest
1947-06-21
Love and adventure on the Matterhorn mountain.
This Above All
1942-05-12
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF servi
Frenchman's Creek
1944-09-20
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on t
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947-01-04
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female emplo
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943-03-26
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk
Call It a Day
1937-04-17
The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during
Romance on the High Seas
1948-06-25
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself whil
You Can't Escape Forever
1942-10-10
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpi
One Foot in Heaven
1941-11-01
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942-04-27
A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime se
The Dark Corner
1946-04-09
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even tr
Black Angel
1946-08-02
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in
When Tomorrow Comes
1939-08-11
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he i
Ministry of Fear
1944-05-19
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so san