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.
Died	November 6, 2011(2011-11-06) (aged 89) Malibu, California, U.S.
Other names	Maggie Mahoney
Alma mater	Pasadena Junior College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1945–1973
Spouse(s)	Richard Field ​ ( m. 1942; div. 1950) Jock Mahoney ​ ( m. 1952; div. 1968)
Children	Richard Dryden Field Jr. (b. 1944) Sally Field Princess O'Mahoney (b. 1952)

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]

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.[7][8] 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.[9]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1946	Our Hearts Were Growing Up	Lowell Schoolgirl	Uncredited
1946	Blue Skies	Showgirl	Uncredited
1947	Ladies' Man	Girl at Cocktail Table	Uncredited
1947	The Imperfect Lady	Chorus Girl	Uncredited
1947	Blaze of Noon	Nurse	Uncredited
1947	Welcome Stranger	Photo of Cousin Hattie	Uncredited
1947	The Perils of Pauline	Juliet in Show	Uncredited
1948	The Big Clock	Second Secretary
1948	Beyond Glory	Cora
1948	Night Has a Thousand Eyes	Agnes	Uncredited
1948	Isn't It Romantic?	Burly Gent's Second Girl	Uncredited
1948	The Paleface	Guest	Uncredited
1949	My Friend Irma	Alice
1949	Chicago Deadline	Minerva
1949	Samson and Delilah	Temple Spectator	Uncredited
1950	Paid in Full	Mother of Betsy	Uncredited
1950	Riding High	Maid	Uncredited
1950	It's a Small World	Janie at Age 16
1950	A Modern Marriage	Evelyn Brown
1950	The Du Pont Story	Housewife	Uncredited
1951	The Man from Planet X	Enid Elliot
1951	The Dakota Kid	Mary Lewis
1951	Take Care of My Little Girl	Party Guest	Uncredited
1951	Yukon Manhunt	Polly Kaufman
1951	Chain of Circumstance	Dell Dawson
1951	The Valparaiso Story
1951	Venture of Faith
1952	For Men Only	Julie Brice
1952	Carrie	Servant Girl	Uncredited
1952	The Story of Will Rogers	Sally Rogers
1952	Captive Women	Ruth
1952	The Raiders	Mary Morrell
1953	So This Is Love	Edna Wallace
1956	Inside Detroit	Barbara Linden
1956	Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado	Nita Riordan
1957	The Walter Winchell File	Louise Melk	Episode: "Where Is Louise Milk?"
1957	Slim Carter	Hat Check Girl
1960	Desire in the Dust	Maude 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. https://www.phys.ufl.edu/wp/index.php/people/faculty/richard-field/
8. http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~rfield/Family_frm.html
9. Margaret Field, Actress and Mother of Sally Field, Dies at 89

External links

• Margaret Field on IMDb