Margaret Field
Actor
Biography
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Margaret Field (born Margaret Morlan, May 10, 1923) is a former American film actress.
Born in Houston, Texas, Field was discovered 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. She appeared in television Westerns including Wagon Train, The Virginian and The Range Rider. She also appeared in the science fiction films Captive Women and The Man from Planet X.
She married Richard Dryden Field, an Army officer, and had two children by him: future actress Sally Field and Richard Field. The Fields divorced in 1950, and Margaret married actor Jock Mahoney, thereafter acting as Maggie Mahoney. She and Mahoney had a daughter, Princess. When her daughter Sally turned 13, Margaret virtually ended her acting career to focus on her family.
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Filmography
The Man from Planet X
as Enid Elliot 1951
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
as Agnes (uncredited) 1948
My Friend Irma
as Alice 1949
Chicago Deadline
as Minerva 1949
Captive Women
as Ruth 1952
The Perils of Pauline
as Juliet in Show (uncredited) 1947
It's a Small World
as Janie at Age 16 1950
The Raiders
as Mary Morell 1952
So This Is Love
as Edna Wallace 1953
Welcome Stranger
as Photo of Cousin Hattie (uncredited) 1947
Desire in the Dust
as Maude Wilson 1960
For Men Only
as Julie Brice 1952
Beyond Glory
as Cora 1948
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
as Nita Riordan (as Maggie Mahoney) 1956
Yukon Manhunt
as Polly Kaufman 1951
The Dakota Kid
as Mary Lewis 1951