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Betty Field

Betty Field

Actor · 1913 – 1973 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Movies23

  • Movie6.3

    Coogan's Bluff

    1968 · 385 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Birdman of Alcatraz

    1962 · 353 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Peyton Place

    1957 · 94 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Bus Stop

    1956 · 254 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie6.4

    Picnic

    1955 · 112 votes

  • Movie6.3

    BUtterfield 8

    1960 · 99 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Of Mice and Men

    1939 · 106 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Flesh and Fantasy

    1943 · 21 votes

  • Movie6.5

    7 Women

    1965 · 78 votes

  • Movie5.7
  • Movie5.4

    The Great Gatsby

    1949 · 24 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Southerner

    1945 · 71 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Blues in the Night

    1941 · 31 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Kings Row

    1942 · 46 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie4.7

    Hound-Dog Man

    1959 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Actors and Sin

    1952 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.9

    The Great Moment

    1944 · 24 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Victory

    1940 · 1 votes

  • Movie10.0

    What a Life

    1939 · 1 votes

  • Movie8.1

    Tomorrow, the World!

    1944 · 7 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Seventeen

    1940 · 1 votes

Series16

  • TV7.9
  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV5.7

    Naked City

    1958 · 13 votes

  • TV5.9

    Ben Casey

    1961 · 15 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 265 votes

  • TV6.7

    Route 66

    1960 · 20 votes

  • TV6.6
  • TV6.7

    Sam Benedict

    1962 · 3 votes

  • TV6.7

    Lux Video Theatre

    1950 · 7 votes

  • TV6.0

    The Outsider

    1968 · 5 votes

  • TV5.8

    Going My Way

    1962 · 5 votes

  • TV6.6

    Letter to Loretta

    1953 · 7 votes

  • TV8.8

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

  • TV6.8