
Known for
Acting
Born
February 8, 1913
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
September 13, 1973 (aged 60)
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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 th...
1968
as Ellen Ringerman
1968
1968
1965
as Mrs. Florrie Pether
1962
1962
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as Stella Johnson
1961
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as Mrs. Fanny Thurber
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1959
as Cora McKinney
1958
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as Nellie Cross
1956
as Grace
1955
as Flo Owens
1955
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as Betty Field (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
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