Margaret Field

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Margaret Field (born May 10, 1922 in Houston , Texas , † November 6, 2011 in Malibu , California ) was an American actress .

Life

Margaret Field was born Margaret Morlan in Houston, Texas. During the Second World War she moved to Pasadena , California. She studied voice training and acting at Pasadena Junior College . During her college days she was approached by the talent count Milton Lewis and after successful test shoots she was signed for an initial 18 months for Paramount Pictures . She received private lessons from the actor Charles Laughton .

She played at Paramount from the mid-1940s to the early 1950s almost exclusively supporting roles and minor roles; often it wasn't even mentioned in the credits. She had roles of this kind as a secretary in the thriller Game with Death (1948) or as a woman in the temple in the monumental film Samson and Delilah (1949). Directed by Michael Curtiz , she played the role of Sally Rogers, sister of the title character, in the comedy The Story of Will Rogers (1952).

In the early 1950s she starred in two science fiction films : Enid Elliott in The Man from Planet X (1951) and Ruth in Captive Women (1952). In the cult classic The Man from Planet X , directed by Edgar G. Ulmer , she embodied the daughter of the scientist Professor Elliott, who discovered a new planet approaching Earth at high speed.

She has also had episode roles and guest roles in numerous American television series , including Wagon Train (1958), Dezernat M (1958), Yancy Derringer (1958), Perry Mason (1959; 1960), Lawman (1961), Incredible Stories ( 1963), Bonanza (1966), Your Appearance, Al Mundy (1968) and My Three Sons (1969).

In the 1970s, Field retired from the film business and acting.

Private

Field was married twice. In 1942 she married the US officer Richard Dryden Field; the marriage was divorced in 1950. There were two children from this marriage: a son, Richard Field, and a daughter, the actress Sally Field . In his second marriage, Field was married to actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney from 1952 to 1968 . She has since performed under the name Margaret Mahoney. This marriage had a daughter, the actress and director Princess O'Mahoney.

Field died on November 6, 2011, at the age of 89, at her Malibu home of complications from cancer from which she had suffered for over six years.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1945: The Little Witch
  • 1946: Our Hearts Were Growing Up
  • 1948: Footlight Rhythm
  • 1948: Playing with Death (The Big Clock)
  • 1948: Night Has a Thousand Eyes
  • 1949: His angel with the two pistols (The Paleface)
  • 1949: Samson and Delilah (Samson and Delilah)
  • 1950: Laugh and cry with me (Riding High) not mentioned in the credits
  • 1951: The Man from Planet X
  • 1952: Cruel Judges ( For Men Only )
  • 1952: Captive Women
  • 1952: The Story of Will Rogers
  • 1952: Greed for Gold (The Raiders)
  • 1958: Wagon Train (TV series, an episode)
  • 1958: Dezernat M (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1958: Yancy Derringer (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1959: The Untouchables (TV series, an episode)
  • 1959: US Marshal (TV series, episode)
  • 1959–1960: Perry Mason (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1961: Lawman (TV series, an episode)
  • 1963: Incredible Tales (Twilight Zone) (TV series, episode)
  • 1966: Bonanza (TV series, an episode)
  • 1968: Her appearance, Al Mundy (It Takes a Thief) (TV series, an episode)
  • 1969: My Three Sons (My Three Sons) (TV series, one episode)
  • 1973: The Stranger

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Actress Margaret O'Mahoney dies obituary in: Variety, November 7, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Margaret Field, Actress and Mother of Sally Field, Dies at 89 Obituary in: The Hollywood Reporter, November 7, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Field, Margaret
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morlan, Margaret (maiden name); Mahoney, Margaret (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas, United States
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 2011
Place of death Malibu , California, United States