Betty Field
Known For
Acting
Born
1913-02-08 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
1973-09-13
Biography
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.
Most Known For
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Jenny Davies
Dr. Kildare
as Mrs. Harper
Climax!
as Callie Bellason
Ben Casey
Route 66
Naked City
as Mrs. Brent
Naked City
as Pauline Kater
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Rose
The Philco Television Playhouse
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Mrs. Howard
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Helen
Sam Benedict
Going My Way
The Outsider
Lux Video Theatre
as Carol
Lux Video Theatre
as Martha Shanks / Madeline
7 Women
as Mrs. Florrie Pether
Letter to Loretta
as Frances Palmer
Coogan's Bluff
as Ellen Ringerman
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Stella Johnson