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name: "Betty Field"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/betty-field"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 February 1913"
died: "13 September 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T03:07:35.537004+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Betty Field

Actor. Born 8 February 1913 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 13 September 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 February 1913, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 13 September 1973
- **Active:** 1939–1957
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 84 (1), 1940s 70 (1), 1950s 64 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 3, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $9m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Field, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265531, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275897/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13785

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Of Mice and Men*](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md) (84)

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## Biography

Betty Field was an American stage and film actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and began her professional career on the London stage in 1934. She appeared in several Broadway productions before making her film debut.

Her role as Mae in *Of Mice and Men* (1939) established her as a dramatic actress. She went on to appear in films including *Kings Row* (1942), *The Great Gatsby* (1949), *Picnic* (1955), *Bus Stop* (1956), *Peyton Place* (1957), *BUtterfield 8* (1960), *Birdman of Alcatraz* (1962) and *Coogan's Bluff* (1968), while maintaining a strong preference for stage work. Field died in Hyannis, Massachusetts, in 1973.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Peyton Place* (1957), Fi1m 64, as Nellie Cross — [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)
- *Picnic* (1955), Fi1m 63, as Flo Owens — [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md)
- *Kings Row* (1942), Fi1m 70, as Cassandra Tower — [page](https://film.one/film/kings-row.md)
- *Of Mice and Men* (1939), Fi1m 84, as Mae — [page](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Coogan's Bluff* (1968), as Ellen Ringerman
- *The Outsider* (1968), series, Actor
- *How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life* (1968), as Thelma
- *7 Women* (1965), as Mrs. Florrie Pether
- *Going My Way* (1962), series, Actor
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Jenny Davies
- *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, Actor
- *Birdman of Alcatraz* (1962), as Stella Johnson
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Mrs. Harper
- *BUtterfield 8* (1960), as Mrs. Fanny Thurber
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *Hound-Dog Man* (1959), as Cora McKinney
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Mrs. Brent, Pauline Kater
- *Peyton Place* (1957), as Nellie Cross — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)
- *Bus Stop* (1956), as Grace
- *Picnic* (1955), as Flo Owens — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/picnic.md)
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Helen
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Callie Bellason
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Frances Palmer
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Emily Marsden
- *Actors and Sin* (1952), as Betty Field (Woman of Sin sequence) (archive footage)
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Lily Miller
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Carol, Martha Shanks / Madeline
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Mrs. Howard
- *The Great Gatsby* (1949), as Daisy Buchanan
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Rose
- *The Southerner* (1945), as Nona Tucker
- *Tomorrow, the World!* (1944), as Leona Richards
- *The Great Moment* (1944), as Elizabeth Morton
- *Flesh and Fantasy* (1943), as Henrietta (segment 1)
- *Are Husbands Necessary?* (1942), as Mary Elizabeth Cugat
- *Kings Row* (1942), as Cassandra Tower — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/kings-row.md)
- *Blues in the Night* (1941), as Kay Grant
- *The Shepherd of the Hills* (1941), as Sammy Lane
- *Victory* (1940), as Alma
- *Seventeen* (1940), as Lola Pratt
- *Of Mice and Men* (1939), as Mae — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md)
- *What a Life* (1939), as Barbara Pearson

## Gallery

- ![Photo of actress Betty Betty Field from the television series Justice. Field played the role of the wife of a hit and run driver in the episode "Hit and Run". T (1954)](https://film.one/media/person/1231329/gallery-3788fc024d5c.jpg) Photo of actress Betty Betty Field from the television series Justice. Field played the role of the wife of a hit and run driver in the episode "Hit and Run". T (1954) — Bureau of Industrial Service.  This was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam which distributed publicity material for many (sponsors, networks, etc.) in the television industry., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Betty_Field_Justice_1954.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Betty Field](https://film.one/media/person/1231329/gallery-3ac63284e729.jpg) Betty Field — Cine Mundial, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Betty_Field_CM242.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Betty Field and John Wayne in The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) - publicity still](https://film.one/media/person/1231329/gallery-dbde221f77d4.jpg) Betty Field and John Wayne in The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) - publicity still — unknown (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Betty_Field-John_Wayne_in_The_Shepherd_of_the_Hills.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Betty Field](https://film.one/media/person/1231329/gallery-f55ecbb8ec66.jpg) Betty Field — Image via TMDB
- ![Betty Field](https://film.one/media/person/1231329/gallery-f348162f6145.jpg) Betty Field — Image via TMDB

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