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Virginia Field

 
Actor: Virginia Field
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  • Born: Nov 04, 1917 in London, England, UK
  • Died: Jan 02, 1992 in California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Appointment with a Shadow, Dial 1119, Dance, Girl, Dance
  • First Major Screen Credit: Career Woman (1936)

Biography

The daughter of the judge of England's Leicester County Court Circuit, blonde leading lady Virginia Field was educated on the Continent. Her first stage appearance was in a Viennese production of All's Well That Ends Well. After some 40 appearances in British films, Field was brought to Hollywood to appear in David O. Selznick's Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)--and, according to Field, to spend much of her offscreen time fending off the amorous advances of Mr. Selznick. At 20th Century-Fox in the late 1930s, Field was a fixture of that studio's Mr. Moto detective series, playing roles ranging from imperiled heroines to slinky villainesses. She came into her own in Hollywood with a series of wise-lipped "other woman" roles in films like Ladies in Love (1936), The Perfect Marriage (1946) and Dream Girl (1948). As delightfully outspoken in real life as she was within the confines her film characters, Field was a favorite interview subject of the 1960s and 1970s, regaling film buffs with the warts-and-all lowdown on such icons as Vivien Leigh and Loretta Young. In addition to her movie work, Field was active on Broadway in such productions as The Doughgirls and Light Up the Sky. Virginia Fields' three husbands included actors Paul Douglas and Willard Parker. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Virginia Field

from the trailer for Waterloo Bridge (1940).
Born Margaret Cynthia Field
November 4, 1917
London, England
Died January 2, 1992, age 74
Palm Desert, California, USA
Spouse(s) Paul Douglas (1942-1946)
Howard Grode (1947-1948)
Willard Parker (1951-1992)

Virginia Field (November 4, 1917 – January 2, 1992) was a British-born film actress.

Born Margaret Cynthia Field in London, her father was the judge of England's Leicester County Court Circuit. Her mother was a cousin of Robert E. Lee.

She appeared in over 40 films including Ladies in Love (1936), Waterloo Bridge (1940),Repeat Performance (1947), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), and Dial 1119 (1950).

She started her film career in England then was brought to the U.S. 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 movie series.

Fields married three times, including a marriage to actor Paul Douglas and a marriage to actor Willard Parker. She and Douglas had a daughter (Margaret Field Douglas, born 1945).

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