Virginia Field

Acting

Born November 4, 1917, London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Margaret St. John Field (4 November 1917 – 2 January 1992), known professionally as Virginia Field, was a British-born film actress. The niece of stage actress and director Auriol Lee, she took her first film role as a teenager in the 1934 British mystery-comedy The Lady Is Willing before signing a Hollywood contract. Field first went to the US to appear in David O. Selznick's Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936). In the late 1930s, she appeared in various parts in 20th Century Fox's Mr. Moto film series. Field then played a ballerina alongside Vivien Leigh in Waterloo Bridge (1940), an estranged wife in Dorothy Arzner's Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) and Stuart-era performer Nell Gwyn in the historical Western Hudson's Bay (1941). She also performed in the noir genre, with films like Repeat Performance (1947), Dial 1119 (1950) and Appointment with a Shadow (1957). She made frequent appearances on television in the 1950s and '60s. Field married three times. Her spouses included actors Willard Parker and Paul Douglas, with whom she had a daughter, as well as composer and musician Howard Grode. She died of cancer on 2 January 1992 and was cremated, with her ashes scattered at sea. Field has a star at 1751 Vine Street on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, dedicated 8 February 1960.

Filmography

• Adam-12 — Helen Newton
• Felony Squad
• 1964The Earth Dies Screaming — Peggy
• 1961The Explosive Generation — Mrs. Katie Sommers
• The New Breed — Iris
• Johnny Midnight
• Adventures in Paradise — Cecile
• The Rebel — Lotta Langley
• 1957Appointment with a Shadow — Florence Knapp
• Perry Mason — Irene Collaro, Anita Carpenter, Sylvia Walker, Angela Renshaw Fernaldi, Ramona Carver, Madame Sonya Galinova
• 1957Rockabilly Baby — Eleanor Carter aka Dixie West
• 1956White Corridors
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Nurse Esther Delcotte
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Venetia
• The Millionaire — Claire Franklin
• The Whistler
• General Electric Theater — Alice
• 1953The Veils of Bagdad — Rosanna
• Four Star Playhouse — Marion
• The Ford Television Theatre — Dorothy Rossiter, Sally Blake, Ethel Baxter
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Mrs. Tubble
• 1951The Lady Pays Off — Kay Stoddard
• 1951Week-End with Father — Phyllis Reynolds
• 1950Dial 1119 — Freddy
• Your Show of Shows
• 1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court — Morgan Le Fay
• 1949John Loves Mary — Lilly Herbish
• 1948Dream Girl — Miriam Allerton Lucas
• 1947Christmas Eve — Claire
• 1947Ladies' Man — Gladys Hayden
• 1947Repeat Performance — Paula Costello
• 1947The Perfect Marriage — Gloria
• 1947Variety Girl — Variety Girl
• 1946The Imperfect Lady — Rose Bridges
• 1943Stage Door Canteen — Virginia Field
• 1943The Crystal Ball — Jo Ainsley
• 1942Atlantic Convoy — Lida Adams
• 1941Knockout — Gloria Van Ness
• 1941Singapore Woman — Claire Weston
• 1940Dance, Girl, Dance — Elinor Harris
• 1940Hudson's Bay — Nell Gwyn
• 1940Waterloo Bridge — Kitty
• 1939Bridal Suite — Abbie Bragdon
• 1939Captain Fury — Mabel
• 1939Eternally Yours — Lola De Vere
• 1939Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation — Eleanor Kirke
• 1939Mr. Moto's Last Warning — Connie Porter
• 1939The Cisco Kid and the Lady — Billie Graham
• 1939The Sun Never Sets — Phyllis Ransome
• 1937Ali Baba Goes to Town — Dinah/Dina
• 1937Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo — Evelyn Gray
• 1937Lancer Spy — Joan Bruce
• 1937London by Night — Bessie
• 1937Think Fast, Mr. Moto — Gloria Danton/Tanya Boriv
• 1936Career Woman — Fifi Brown
• 1936Ladies in Love — Countess Helena
• 1936Little Lord Fauntleroy — Miss Herbert
• 1936Lloyd's of London — Polly
• 1936Sing, Baby, Sing — Farraday's Nurse
• 1936Thank You, Jeeves! — Marjorie Lowman
• 1934The Lady Is Willing — Maid