# Margaret Field > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Margaret_Field > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Margaret_Field.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Field > Source revision: 1357047761 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American actress (1922–2011)}} {{For|the actress born Margaret Cynthia Field|Virginia Field}} {{Infobox person | image = Margaret Field in The Man from Planet X trailer.jpg | caption = Field in the trailer for
''The Man from Planet X'' (1951) | image_size = | birth_name = {{nowrap|Margaret Joy Morlan}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|5|10}} | birth_place = [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|11|6|1922|5|10}} | death_place = [Malibu, California](/source/Malibu%2C_California), U.S. | resting_place = | other_names = Maggie Mahoney | occupation = Actress | alma_mater = [Pasadena Junior College](/source/Pasadena_Junior_College) | years_active = 1945–1973 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Richard Field|1942|1950|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|[Jock Mahoney](/source/Jock_Mahoney)|1952|1968|reason=divorced}} }} | children = 3, including [Sally](/source/Sally_Field) and [Richard](/source/Richard_D._Field) | relatives = [Peter Craig](/source/Peter_Craig) (grandson)
[Eli Craig](/source/Eli_Craig) (grandson) }} '''Margaret Field''' (née '''Margaret Joy Morlan''';{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=Scott|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|date=2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476625997|page=241|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Margaret+Morlan%22+actress&pg=PA241|access-date=11 June 2017|language=en}} May 10, 1922 – November 6, 2011) was an American film actress{{cite web|title=Actress Margaret O'Mahoney dies|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/actress-margaret-o-mahoney-dies-1118045776/|website=Variety|date=7 November 2011|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611200831/http://variety.com/2011/film/news/actress-margaret-o-mahoney-dies-1118045776/|archive-date=11 June 2017}} usually billed as '''Maggie Mahoney''' after her marriage to actor [Jock Mahoney](/source/Jock_Mahoney). The mother of actress [Sally Field](/source/Sally_Field), she was best known for her work in two science-fiction films, ''[The Man from Planet X](/source/The_Man_from_Planet_X)'' (1951) and ''[Captive Women](/source/Captive_Women)'' (1952) and played dozens of roles in various television series. ==Early years== Margaret Joy Morlan was born on May 10, 1922, in [Houston](/source/Houston), [Texas](/source/Texas), the daughter of Joy Beatrice (née Bickeley) and Wallace Miller Morlan.1940 United States Federal Census Late in the 1930s, Field and her family moved to [Pasadena, California](/source/Pasadena%2C_California), a suburb of [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles). == Career == [[File:Margaret Field-Jock Mahoney in Yancy Derringer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Maggie Mahoney and [Jock Mahoney](/source/Jock_Mahoney) in a 1958 episode of ''[Yancy Derringer](/source/Yancy_Derringer)'']] Field was discovered at the [Pasadena Playhouse](/source/Pasadena_Playhouse){{cite book|last1=Freese|first1=Gene|title=Jock Mahoney: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Stuntman|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786476893|page=62|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-XRzAQAAQBAJ&q=%22Margaret+Morlan%22+actress&pg=PA62|access-date=11 June 2017|language=en}} by talent scout Milton Lewis for [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures). Following a successful screen test, she was offered an 18-month contract. She then attended [Pasadena Junior College](/source/Pasadena_Junior_College), studying voice training and acting, while acting in films. Early in her career, she acted in a series of ''Musical Parade'' [short film](/source/short_film)s for Paramount and had small roles in 26 full-length films from 1946 to 1953. She appeared, often more than once, in television series, among which were two roles as defendants on the [CBS](/source/CBS) drama series ''[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series))''. 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](/source/The_Lone_Ranger_(TV_series))'' entitled "Greed for Gold", ''[Wagon Train](/source/Wagon_Train)'', ''[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)'', ''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))'', ''[The Range Rider](/source/The_Range_Rider)'', ''[Yancy Derringer](/source/Yancy_Derringer)'' starring her husband [Jock Mahoney](/source/Jock_Mahoney), ''[To Rome With Love](/source/To_Rome_with_Love_(TV_series))'' starring [John Forsythe](/source/John_Forsythe), ''[Lawman](/source/Lawman_(TV_series))'' starring [Barry Sullivan](/source/Barry_Sullivan_(actor)) and [Clu Gulager](/source/Clu_Gulager), ''[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse](/source/Westinghouse_Desilu_Playhouse)'', and the 1963 ''[Twilight Zone](/source/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series))'' episode "[The New Exhibit](/source/The_New_Exhibit)", among many others. She also appeared in the [science-fiction film](/source/science-fiction_film)s ''Captive Women'' and ''The Man from Planet X''. In February 1956, Field co-starred with her husband Jock Mahoney in the ''[Death Valley Days](/source/Death_Valley_Days)'' episode "Swamper Ike"."There were satisfactory performances by Jock Mahoney and Margaret Field. The 20-Mule Team Borax commercials were fairly good."{{cite news |last1=Morse |first1=Leon |title=Death Valley Days (TV film) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkUEAAAAMBAJ&q=margaret+field+%22death+valley+days%22&pg=PA13 |work=Billboard, Inc. |date=February 18, 1956 |page=13, Col. 2}} == Personal life == In 1942, Field married Richard Dryden Field, an Army officer, and had two children with him: television and film actress [Sally Field](/source/Sally_Field) and physicist [Richard D. Field](/source/Richard_D._Field).{{Cite web|url=https://www.phys.ufl.edu/wp/index.php/people/faculty/richard-field/|title = Richard Field}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~rfield/Family_frm.html|title = Information: Field Family}} On January 21, 1952, Field married actor [Jock Mahoney](/source/Jock_Mahoney) in [Tijuana, Mexico](/source/Tijuana%2C_Mexico), thereafter billed in her acting work as "Maggie Mahoney". Together they had a daughter, Princess, a director of television shows including ''[ER](/source/ER_(TV_series))'' and ''[Shameless](/source/Shameless_(American_TV_series))''. Field and Mahoney divorced in June 1968.{{cite book|author1=Parla, Paul |author2=Mitchell, Charles P. |year=2000|title=Screen sirens scream! : interviews with 20 actresses from science fiction, horror, film noir, and mystery movies, 1930s to 1960s|pages=95–101|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-0701-8}} == Death == Field, aged 89, died of cancer at her home in Malibu, California, on November 6, 2011,{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2011|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786469949|page=109|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5X_GCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Margaret+Morlan%22+actress&pg=PA109|access-date=11 June 2017|language=en}} which was her daughter Sally Field's 65th birthday.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/margaret-field-actress-mother-sally-258313/|title=Margaret Field, Actress and Mother of Sally Field, Dies at 89|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=November 7, 2011|work=The Hollywood Reporter}} ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1946|| ''[Our Hearts Were Growing Up](/source/Our_Hearts_Were_Growing_Up)'' || Lowell Schoolgirl || Uncredited |- |1946|| ''[Blue Skies](/source/Blue_Skies_(1946_film))'' || Showgirl || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''[Ladies' Man](/source/Ladies'_Man_(1947_film))'' || Girl at Cocktail Table || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''[The Imperfect Lady](/source/The_Imperfect_Lady_(1947_film))'' || Chorus Girl || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''[Blaze of Noon](/source/Blaze_of_Noon)'' || Nurse || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''[Welcome Stranger](/source/Welcome_Stranger_(1947_film))'' || Photo of Cousin Hattie || Uncredited |- |1947|| ''[The Perils of Pauline](/source/The_Perils_of_Pauline_(1947_film))'' || Juliet in Show || Uncredited |- |1948|| ''[The Big Clock](/source/The_Big_Clock_(film))'' || Second Secretary || |- |1948|| ''[Beyond Glory](/source/Beyond_Glory)'' || Cora || |- |1948|| ''[Night Has a Thousand Eyes](/source/Night_Has_a_Thousand_Eyes)'' || Agnes || Uncredited |- |1948|| ''[Isn't It Romantic?](/source/Isn't_It_Romantic%3F_(1948_film))'' || Burly Gent's Second Girl || Uncredited |- |1948|| ''[The Paleface](/source/The_Paleface_(1948_film))'' || Guest || Uncredited |- |1949|| ''[My Friend Irma](/source/My_Friend_Irma_(film))'' || Alice || |- |1949|| ''[Chicago Deadline](/source/Chicago_Deadline)'' || Minerva || |- |1949|| ''[Samson and Delilah](/source/Samson_and_Delilah_(1949_film))'' || Temple Spectator || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''[Paid in Full](/source/Paid_in_Full_(1950_film))'' || Mother of Betsy || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''[Riding High](/source/Riding_High_(1950_film))'' || Maid || Uncredited |- |1950|| ''[It's a Small World](/source/It's_a_Small_World_(1950_film))'' || Janie at Age 16 || |- |1950|| ''[A Modern Marriage](/source/A_Modern_Marriage)'' || Evelyn Brown || |- |1950|| ''[The Du Pont Story](/source/The_Du_Pont_Story)'' || Housewife || Uncredited |- |1951|| ''[The Man from Planet X](/source/The_Man_from_Planet_X)'' || Enid Elliot || |- |1951|| ''[The Dakota Kid](/source/The_Dakota_Kid)'' || Mary Lewis || |- |1951|| ''[Take Care of My Little Girl](/source/Take_Care_of_My_Little_Girl)'' || Party Guest || Uncredited |- |1951|| ''[Yukon Manhunt](/source/Yukon_Manhunt)'' || Polly Kaufman || |- |1951|| ''[Chain of Circumstance](/source/Chain_of_Circumstance)'' || Dell Dawson || |- |1951|| ''The Valparaiso Story'' || || |- |1951|| ''[Venture of Faith](/source/Venture_of_Faith)'' || || |- |1952|| ''[For Men Only](/source/For_Men_Only_(1952_film))'' || Julie Brice || |- |1952|| ''[Carrie](/source/Carrie_(1952_film))'' || Servant Girl || Uncredited |- |1952|| ''[The Story of Will Rogers](/source/The_Story_of_Will_Rogers)'' || Sally Rogers || |- |1952|| ''[Captive Women](/source/Captive_Women)'' || Ruth || |- |1952|| ''[The Raiders](/source/The_Raiders_(1952_film))'' || Mary Morrell || |- |1953|| ''[So This Is Love](/source/So_This_Is_Love_(film))'' || Edna Wallace || |- |1956|| ''[Inside Detroit](/source/Inside_Detroit)'' || Barbara Linden || |- |1956|| ''[Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado](/source/Blackjack_Ketchum%2C_Desperado)'' || Nita Riordan || |- |1957|| ''[The Walter Winchell File](/source/The_Walter_Winchell_File)'' || Louise Melk || Episode: "Where Is Louise Milk?" |- |1957|| ''[Slim Carter](/source/Slim_Carter)'' || Hat Check Girl || |- |1960|| ''[Desire in the Dust](/source/Desire_in_the_Dust)'' || Maude Wilson || |} ==Selected television== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1953 | ''[Death Valley Days](/source/Death_Valley_Days)'' | Laurie | Season 1, Episode 12, "Swamper Ike" |- |1960 |''[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series))'' | Linda Osborne | Season 4, Episode 9, "The Case of the Nine Dolls" |- | 1961 | ''[Lawman](/source/Lawman_(TV_series))'' | Ann Turner | Season 3, Episode 38, "Cold Fear" |- | 1963 | ''[Twilight Zone](/source/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series))'' | Emma Senescu | Season 4, Episode 13, "[The New Exhibit](/source/The_New_Exhibit)" |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0275992}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Margaret}} Category:1922 births Category:2011 deaths Category:American film actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Deaths from cancer in California Category:Actresses from Houston Category:21st-century American women --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Margaret Field](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Field) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Field?action=history)). 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