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Betty Field

Betty Field

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 08, 1913
Died Sep 13, 1973 (60)
Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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, Fie ... ld 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.

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Coogan's Bluff

Coogan's Bluff

1968

as Ellen Ringerman

7 Women

7 Women

1965

as Mrs. Florrie Pether

Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

as Stella Johnson

BUtterfield 8

BUtterfield 8

1960

as Mrs. Fanny Thurber

Hound-Dog Man

Hound-Dog Man

1959

as Cora McKinney

Peyton Place

Peyton Place

1957

as Nellie Cross

Bus Stop

Bus Stop

1956

as Grace

Picnic

Picnic

1955

as Flo Owens

Actors and Sin

Actors and Sin

1952

as Betty Field (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

1949

as Daisy Buchanan

The Southerner

The Southerner

1945

as Nona Tucker

Tomorrow, the World!

Tomorrow, the World!

1944

as Leona Richards

The Great Moment

The Great Moment

1944

as Elizabeth Morton

Flesh and Fantasy

Flesh and Fantasy

1943

as Henrietta (segment 1)

Are Husbands Necessary?

Are Husbands Necessary?

1942

as Mary Elizabeth Cugat

Kings Row

Kings Row

1942

as Cassandra Tower

The Shepherd of the Hills

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941

as Sammy Lane

Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night

1941

as Kay Grant

Victory

Victory

1940

as Alma

Seventeen

Seventeen

1940

as Lola Pratt

What a Life

What a Life

1939

as Barbara Pearson

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

1939

as Mae

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Television Credits

Naked City

as Mrs. Brent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

General Electric Theater

as Emily Marsden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lily Miller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Helen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Lux Video Theatre

as Carol

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Climax!

as Callie Bellason

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Rose

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Mrs. Howard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Dr. Kildare

as Mrs. Harper

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

Letter to Loretta

as Frances Palmer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

Naked City

as Pauline Kater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Lux Video Theatre

as Martha Shanks / Madeline

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Jenny Davies

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

Route 66

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

Sam Benedict

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1962

Going My Way

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1962

Ben Casey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1961

The Outsider

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1968

The Philco Television Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

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