Virginia Field
Biography
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.
Known For
All Movies (45)
- The Earth Dies Screaming1964 · as Peggy
- The Explosive Generation1961 · as Mrs. Katie Sommers
- Rockabilly Baby1957 · as Eleanor Carter aka Dixie West
- Appointment with a Shadow1957 · as Florence Knapp
- White Corridors1956
- The Veils of Bagdad1953 · as Rosanna
- Week-End with Father1951 · as Phyllis Reynolds
- The Lady Pays Off1951 · as Kay Stoddard
- Dial 11191950 · as Freddy
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court1949 · as Morgan Le Fay
- John Loves Mary1949 · as Lilly Herbish
- Dream Girl1948 · as Miriam Allerton Lucas
- Christmas Eve1947 · as Claire
- Variety Girl1947 · as Variety Girl
- Repeat Performance1947 · as Paula Costello
- Ladies' Man1947 · as Gladys Hayden
- The Perfect Marriage1947 · as Gloria
- The Imperfect Lady1946 · as Rose Bridges
- Stage Door Canteen1943 · as Virginia Field
- The Crystal Ball1943 · as Jo Ainsley
- Atlantic Convoy1942 · as Lida Adams
- Singapore Woman1941 · as Claire Weston
- Knockout1941 · as Gloria Van Ness
- Hudson's Bay1940 · as Nell Gwyn
- Dance, Girl, Dance1940 · as Elinor Harris
- Waterloo Bridge1940 · as Kitty
- The Cisco Kid and the Lady1939 · as Billie Graham
- Eternally Yours1939 · as Lola De Vere
- Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation1939 · as Eleanor Kirke
- The Sun Never Sets1939 · as Phyllis Ransome
- Bridal Suite1939 · as Abbie Bragdon
- Captain Fury1939 · as Mabel
- Mr. Moto's Last Warning1939 · as Connie Porter
- Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo1937 · as Evelyn Gray
- Ali Baba Goes to Town1937 · as Dinah/Dina
- Lancer Spy1937 · as Joan Bruce
- London by Night1937 · as Bessie
- Think Fast, Mr. Moto1937 · as Gloria Danton/Tanya Boriv
- Career Woman1936 · as Fifi Brown
- Lloyd's of London1936 · as Polly
- Ladies in Love1936 · as Countess Helena
- Thank You, Jeeves!1936 · as Marjorie Lowman
- Sing, Baby, Sing1936 · as Farraday's Nurse
- Little Lord Fauntleroy1936 · as Miss Herbert
- The Lady Is Willing1934 · as Maid
All TV Shows (24)
- Adam-121968 · as Helen Newton
- Felony Squad1966
- The New Breed1961 · as Iris
- Johnny Midnight1960
- Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Cecile
- The Rebel1959 · as Lotta Langley
- Perry Mason1957 · as Irene Collaro
- Perry Mason1957 · as Anita Carpenter
- Perry Mason1957 · as Sylvia Walker
- Perry Mason1957 · as Angela Renshaw Fernaldi
- Perry Mason1957 · as Ramona Carver
- Perry Mason1957 · as Madame Sonya Galinova
- The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Venetia
- Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · as Nurse Esther Delcotte
- The Millionaire1955 · as Claire Franklin
- The Whistler1954
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Alice
- The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Dorothy Rossiter
- The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Sally Blake
- The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Ethel Baxter
- Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Marion
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Mrs. Tubble
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
- Your Show of Shows1950


