Heroine of the Month: Mary Field
In this day and age where celebrities complain about paparazzi invading their privacy to find out what they had for breakfast, they should all take a lesson from actress Mary Field, who had a long career in film and TV and was so able to keep her private life private that no one, not even film scholars can find out any information about her background. All we are left with is her filmography.
She came on the scene in 1937 playing the mother of the pauper in The Prince and the Pauper (1937). She has appeared in countless films, everything from low budget horror films like The Ape (1940) to big budget blockbusters like Cheaper by the Dozen (1950). During the fifties and sixties she made many appearances on TV shows like Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train and The Swamp Fox series on Wonderful World of Disney.
Her only serial was playing Huntz Hall’s sister in Sea Raiders (1941), helping The Little Tough Guys and nominal hero William Hall track down a dangerous gang of saboteurs targeting cargo and military ships, one of whom turns out to be their uncle (Oh, the shame!).
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