Virginia Field
Acting • Born 1917-11-04 – Died 1992-01-02
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.
Filmography
69 credits
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie • 1936
Miss Herbert
Dance, Girl, Dance
Movie • 1940
Elinor Harris
Repeat Performance
Movie • 1947
Paula Costello
Dial 1119
Movie • 1950
Freddy
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie • 1949
Morgan Le Fay
Waterloo Bridge
Movie • 1940
Kitty
Appointment with a Shadow
Movie • 1957
Florence Knapp
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Movie • 1937
Evelyn Gray
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Movie • 1939
Connie Porter
Thank You, Jeeves!
Movie • 1936
Marjorie Lowman
Lloyd's of London
Movie • 1936
Polly
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Movie • 1937
Gloria Danton/Tanya Boriv
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Movie • 1939
Eleanor Kirke
Christmas Eve
Movie • 1947
Claire
The Earth Dies Screaming
Movie • 1964
Peggy
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Movie • 1937
Dinah/Dina
Hudson's Bay
Movie • 1940
Nell Gwyn
Lancer Spy
Movie • 1937
Joan Bruce
Variety Girl
Movie • 1947
Variety Girl
Knockout
Movie • 1941
Gloria Van Ness
The Crystal Ball
Movie • 1943
Jo Ainsley
Week-End with Father
Movie • 1951
Phyllis Reynolds
The Imperfect Lady
Movie • 1946
Rose Bridges
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Movie • 1939
Billie Graham
The Sun Never Sets
Movie • 1939
Phyllis Ransome
Dream Girl
Movie • 1948
Miriam Allerton Lucas
London by Night
Movie • 1937
Bessie
Stage Door Canteen
Movie • 1943
Virginia Field
Singapore Woman
Movie • 1941
Claire Weston
Bridal Suite
Movie • 1939
Abbie Bragdon
John Loves Mary
Movie • 1949
Lilly Herbish
Ladies in Love
Movie • 1936
Countess Helena
The Lady Is Willing
Movie • 1934
Maid
Eternally Yours
Movie • 1939
Lola De Vere
Atlantic Convoy
Movie • 1942
Lida Adams
The Lady Pays Off
Movie • 1951
Kay Stoddard
Ladies' Man
Movie • 1947
Gladys Hayden
The Veils of Bagdad
Movie • 1953
Rosanna
Sing, Baby, Sing
Movie • 1936
Farraday's Nurse
The Explosive Generation
Movie • 1961
Mrs. Katie Sommers
Captain Fury
Movie • 1939
Mabel
Rockabilly Baby
Movie • 1957
Eleanor Carter aka Dixie West
Career Woman
Movie • 1936
Fifi Brown
The Perfect Marriage
Movie • 1947
Gloria
White Corridors
Movie • 1956
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Irene Collaro
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Alice
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Helen Newton
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Claire Franklin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Mrs. Tubble
Your Show of Shows
TV • 1950
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Cecile
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Venetia
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Lotta Langley
The New Breed
TV • 1961
Iris
The Whistler
TV • 1954
Johnny Midnight
TV • 1960
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Dorothy Rossiter
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Marion
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Anita Carpenter
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Sylvia Walker
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Angela Renshaw Fernaldi
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Ramona Carver
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Madame Sonya Galinova
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Sally Blake
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Nurse Esther Delcotte
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Ethel Baxter