Betty Field

 Betty Field (February 8, 1913 – September 13, 1973)

Field began her acting career in 1934 on the London stage in Howard Lindsay's farce, She Loves Me Not. Following its run she returned to the United States and appeared in several stage successes, before making her film debut in 1939. Field's Broadway credits include Page Miss Glory (1934), Room Service (1937), Angel Island (1937), If I Were You (1938), What a Life (1938), The Primrose (1939), Ring Two (1939), Two on an Island (1940), Flight to the West (1940), A New Life (1943), The Voice of the Turtle (1943), Dream Girl (1945), The Rat Race (1949), and Not for Children (1951), among others. Her final stage performances were in three productions at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1971. On film, she appeared in Flesh and Fantasy (1943), The Southerner (1945), The Great Gatsby (1949), Picnic (1955), Bus Stop (1956), Peyton Place (1957), for which she was nominated for a Laurel Award, BUtterfield 8 (1960) and Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). Her final film role was in Coogan's Bluff in 1968. She also appeared on television series such as General Electric Theater, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dr. Kildare and many more. She was married three times, and had three children, all from her first marriage. Field died from a stroke on September 13, 1973, at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts, at age 60.