Betty Field

Born: 1913-02-08

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.


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The Southerner

as Nona Tucker
Released: 1945-04-30

Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his...

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Bus Stop

as Grace
Released: 1956-08-31

Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in...

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Coogan's Bluff

as Ellen Ringerman
Released: 1968-10-02

Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the...

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Picnic

as Flo Owens
Released: 1955-11-18

Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty...

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Peyton Place

as Nellie Cross
Released: 1957-12-13

In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance...

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Birdman of Alcatraz

as Stella Johnson
Released: 1962-07-04

After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary...

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Kings Row

as Cassandra Tower
Released: 1942-02-02

Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin...

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BUtterfield 8

as Mrs. Fanny Thurber
Released: 1960-11-04

Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard...

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7 Women

as Mrs. Florrie Pether
Released: 1966-01-05

In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by...

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Of Mice and Men

as Mae
Released: 1939-12-24

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's...

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The Shepherd of the Hills

as Sammy Lane
Released: 1941-07-18

Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who...

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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

as Thelma
Released: 1968-01-17

Wealthy playboy David Sloane wrongly believes good girl Carol Corman is his best friend's mistress.

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The Great Gatsby

as Daisy Buchanan
Released: 1949-07-13

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the...

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Seventeen

as Lola Pratt
Released: 1940-03-01

A high-school student in a small town becomes smitten with the sophisticated new girl who's just...

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Blues in the Night

as Kay Grant
Released: 1941-11-15

A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds...

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Victory

as Alma
Released: 1940-12-21

A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.

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Marilyn

as Self ("Bus Stop") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1963-04-18

This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the...

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Flesh and Fantasy

as Henrietta (segment 1)
Released: 1943-10-29

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in...

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Are Husbands Necessary?

as Mary Elizabeth Cugat
Released: 1942-06-15

George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and...

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Hound-Dog Man

as Cora McKinney
Released: 1959-11-11

A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man,...

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Actors and Sin

as Betty Field (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
Released: 1952-06-18

Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a...

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What a Life

as Barbara Pearson
Released: 1939-10-05

Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

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Tomorrow, the World!

as Leona Richards
Released: 1944-12-29

German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth...

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The Great Moment

as Elizabeth Morton
Released: 1944-07-18

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Jenny Davies
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Mrs. Howard
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as Rose
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Helen
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Climax!

as Callie Bellason
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Dr. Kildare

as Mrs. Harper
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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Naked City

as Mrs. Brent
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Naked City

as Pauline Kater
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Route 66

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Carol
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Martha Shanks / Madeline
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Going My Way

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-10-03

Going My Way is an American comedy-drama series

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Letter to Loretta

as Frances Palmer
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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The Outsider

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-18

The Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where...

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Sam Benedict

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-09-15

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lily Miller
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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General Electric Theater

as Emily Marsden
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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