Margaret Field (née Margaret Joy Morlan; May 10, 1922 – November 6, 2011) was an American film actress usually billed as Maggie Mahoney after her marriage to actor Jock Mahoney. The mother of actress Sally Field, she was best known for her work in two science-fiction films, The Man from Planet X (1951) and 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, 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, a suburb of Los Angeles.

Career

Field was discovered at the Pasadena Playhouse by talent scout Milton Lewis for Paramount Pictures. Following a successful screen test, she was offered an 18-month contract. She then attended 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 films 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 drama series Perry Mason. 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 entitled "Greed for Gold", Wagon Train, Bonanza, The Virginian, The Range Rider, Yancy Derringer starring her husband Jock Mahoney, To Rome With Love starring John Forsythe, Lawman starring Barry Sullivan and Clu Gulager, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, and the 1963 Twilight Zone episode "The New Exhibit", among many others. She also appeared in the science-fiction films Captive Women and The Man from Planet X. In February 1956, Field co-starred with her husband Jock Mahoney in the 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."

Personal life In 1942, Field married Richard Dryden Field, an Army officer, and had two children with him: television and film actress Sally Field and physicist Richard D. Field.

On January 21, 1952, Field married actor Jock Mahoney in Tijuana, Mexico, thereafter billed in her acting work as "Maggie Mahoney". Together they had a daughter, Princess, a director of television shows including ER and Shameless. Field and Mahoney divorced in June 1968.

Death Field, aged 89, died of cancer at her home in Malibu, California, on November 6, 2011, which was her daughter Sally Field's 65th birthday.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up Lowell Schoolgirl Uncredited1946 Blue Skies Showgirl Uncredited1947 Ladies' Man Girl at Cocktail Table Uncredited1947 The Imperfect Lady Chorus Girl Uncredited1947 Blaze of Noon Nurse Uncredited1947 Welcome Stranger Photo of Cousin Hattie Uncredited1947 The Perils of Pauline Juliet in Show Uncredited1948 The Big Clock Second Secretary 1948 Beyond Glory Cora 1948 Night Has a Thousand Eyes Agnes Uncredited1948 Isn't It Romantic? Burly Gent's Second Girl Uncredited1948 The Paleface Guest Uncredited1949 My Friend Irma Alice 1949 Chicago Deadline Minerva 1949 Samson and Delilah Temple Spectator Uncredited1950 Paid in Full Mother of Betsy Uncredited1950 Riding High Maid Uncredited1950 It's a Small World Janie at Age 16 1950 A Modern Marriage Evelyn Brown 1950 The Du Pont Story Housewife Uncredited1951 The Man from Planet X Enid Elliot 1951 The Dakota Kid Mary Lewis 1951 Take Care of My Little Girl Party Guest Uncredited1951 Yukon Manhunt Polly Kaufman 1951 Chain of Circumstance Dell Dawson 1951 The Valparaiso Story 1951 Venture of Faith 1952 For Men Only Julie Brice 1952 Carrie Servant Girl Uncredited1952 The Story of Will Rogers Sally Rogers 1952 Captive Women Ruth 1952 The Raiders Mary Morrell 1953 So This Is Love Edna Wallace 1956 Inside Detroit Barbara Linden 1956 Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado Nita Riordan 1957 The Walter Winchell File Louise Melk Episode: "Where Is Louise Milk?"1957 Slim Carter Hat Check Girl 1960 Desire in the Dust Maude Wilson

Selected television YearTitleRole Notes 1953 Death Valley Days Laurie Season 1, Episode 12, "Swamper Ike"1960Perry Mason Linda Osborne Season 4, Episode 9, "The Case of the Nine Dolls" 1961 Lawman Ann Turner Season 3, Episode 38, "Cold Fear" 1963 Twilight Zone Emma Senescu Season 4, Episode 13, "The New Exhibit"

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