Margaret Field

Margaret Field (née Morlan;[1] May 10, 1922 – November 6, 2011) was an American film actress[2] usually billed as Maggie Mahoney. The mother of actress Sally Field,[1] she was best known for her work in two science-fiction films, The Man from Planet X (1951) and Captive Women (1952).[3]

For the British film actress, born Margaret Cynthia Field, see Virginia Field.
Margaret Field
Born
Margaret Morlan

(1922-05-10)May 10, 1922
Houston, Texas, U.S.
DiedNovember 6, 2011(2011-11-06) (aged 89)
Malibu, California, U.S.
Other namesMaggie Mahoney
Alma materPasadena Junior College
OccupationActress
Years active1945–1973
Spouse(s)
Richard Field
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(m. 1942; div. 1950)​

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(m. 1952; div. 1968)​
Children3, including Sally Field

Early years

Field was born in Houston, Texas,[3] the daughter of Joy Beatrice (née Bickeley) and Wallace Miller Morlan.[4] Late in the 1930s, her family and she moved to Pasadena, California.[5]

Career

Field was discovered at the Pasadena Playhouse[6] by talent scout Milton Lewis for Paramount Pictures. Following a successful screen test, she was offered an 18-month contract. She then attended Pasadena Junior College, studying voice training and acting, while acting in films.[6]

Early in her career, she acted in a series of Musical Parade short films for Paramount and had small roles in 26 full-length films from 1946 to 1953.[3]

She appeared, often more than once, in television series, among which were two roles as defendants on the CBS drama series Perry Mason. In 1959, she played title character Eva Martell in "The Case of the Borrowed Brunette". In 1960, she played Linda Osborne in "The Case of the Nine Dolls". Other television appearances included a 1950 episode of The Lone Ranger entitled "Greed for Gold", Wagon Train, Bonanza, The Virginian, The Range Rider, Yancy Derringer, To Rome With Love, Lawman, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, and the 1963 Twilight Zone episode "The New Exhibit", among many others. She also appeared in the science-fiction films Captive Women and The Man from Planet X.[5] In February 1956, Field co-starred with her husband Jock Mahoney in the Death Valley Days episode "Swamper Ike".[7]

Personal life

In 1942, Field married Richard Dryden Field, an Army officer,[3] and had two children by him: television and cinema actress Sally Field and physicist Richard Field.[8][9] The Fields divorced in 1951.

On January 21, 1952, Field married actor Jock Mahoney in Tijuana, Mexico,[6] thereafter billed in her acting work as "Maggie Mahoney." Mahoney and she had a daughter, Princess.

Field and Mahoney divorced in June 1968. When her elder daughter Sally turned 22, Field virtually ended her acting career to focus on her family.[5]

Death

Field, aged 89, died of cancer at her home in Malibu, California, on November 6, 2011,[3] which was her daughter Sally Field's 65th birthday.[10]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1946Our Hearts Were Growing UpLowell SchoolgirlUncredited
1946Blue SkiesShowgirlUncredited
1947Ladies' ManGirl at Cocktail TableUncredited
1947The Imperfect LadyChorus GirlUncredited
1947Blaze of NoonNurseUncredited
1947Welcome StrangerPhoto of Cousin HattieUncredited
1947The Perils of PaulineJuliet in ShowUncredited
1948The Big ClockSecond Secretary
1948Beyond GloryCora
1948Night Has a Thousand EyesAgnesUncredited
1948Isn't It Romantic?Burly Gent's Second GirlUncredited
1948The PalefaceGuestUncredited
1949My Friend IrmaAlice
1949Chicago DeadlineMinerva
1949Samson and DelilahTemple SpectatorUncredited
1950Paid in FullMother of BetsyUncredited
1950Riding HighMaidUncredited
1950It's a Small WorldJanie at Age 16
1950A Modern MarriageEvelyn Brown
1950The Du Pont StoryHousewifeUncredited
1951The Man from Planet XEnid Elliot
1951The Dakota KidMary Lewis
1951Take Care of My Little GirlParty GuestUncredited
1951Yukon ManhuntPolly Kaufman
1951Chain of CircumstanceDell Dawson
1951The Valparaiso Story
1951Venture of Faith
1952For Men OnlyJulie Brice
1952CarrieServant GirlUncredited
1952The Story of Will RogersSally Rogers
1952Captive WomenRuth
1952The RaidersMary Morrell
1953So This Is LoveEdna Wallace
1956Inside DetroitBarbara Linden
1956Blackjack Ketchum, DesperadoNita Riordan
1957The Walter Winchell FileLouise MelkEpisode: "Where Is Louise Milk?"
1957Slim CarterHat Check Girl
1960Desire in the DustMaude Wilson

References
  1. Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 241. ISBN 9781476625997. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. "Actress Margaret OMahoney dies". Variety. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. Lentz, Harris M. III (2012). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2011. McFarland. p. 109. ISBN 9780786469949. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. 1940 United States Federal Census
  5. Parla, Paul; Mitchell, Charles P. (2000). Screen sirens scream!: interviews with 20 actresses from science fiction, horror, film noir, and mystery movies, 1930s to 1960s. McFarland. pp. 95–101. ISBN 0-7864-0701-8.
  6. Freese, Gene (2013). Jock Mahoney: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Stuntman. McFarland. p. 62. ISBN 9780786476893. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  7. "There were satisfactory performances by Jock Mahoney and Margaret Field. The 20-Mule Team Borax commercials were fairly good." Morse, Leon (February 18, 1956). "Death Valley Days (TV film)". Billboard , Inc. p. 13, Col. 2.
  8. https://www.phys.ufl.edu/wp/index.php/people/faculty/richard-field/
  9. http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~rfield/Family_frm.html
  10. Margaret Field, Actress and Mother of Sally Field, Dies at 89
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