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  • BIRTH 08/02/1913
  • DEATH 13/09/1973
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 5
  • MOVIES 11

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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Betty Field

Shows (5)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Helen
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jenny Davies
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Lily Miller
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
Mrs. Harper
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Emily Marsden

Movies (11)

Coogan's Bluff
Coogan's Bluff
Ellen Ringerman
BUtterfield 8
BUtterfield 8
Mrs. Fanny Thurber
Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy
Henrietta (segment 1)
The Great Moment
The Great Moment
Elizabeth Morton
Kings Row
Kings Row
Cassandra Tower
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz
Stella Johnson
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Grace
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
Mae
Picnic
Picnic
Flo Owens
The Shepherd of the Hills
The Shepherd of the Hills
Sammy Lane