Margaret Field

Margaret Field (née Morlan; May 10, 1922 – November 6, 2011) was an American film actress usually billed as Maggie Mahoney, and also the mother of actress Sally Field.

Spouse(s):

Richard Field, Jock Mahoney

Children:

Sally Field (actress)
Richard Field
Princess Mahoney

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Life and career

Field was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Joy Beatrice (née Bickeley) and Wallace Miller Morlan. She was discovered 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. 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, To Rome With Love, Lawman, 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.

She married Richard Dryden Field, an Army officer, and had two children by him: cinema actress Sally Field and physicist Richard Field. The Fields divorced in 1950, and Margaret married actor Jock Mahoney, thereafter billed in her acting work as "Maggie Mahoney." She and Mahoney had a daughter, Princess. Margaret Field and Jock Mahoney divorced in June 1968. When her elder daughter Sally turned 22, Margaret virtually ended her acting career to focus on her family.

She died, aged 89, on November 6, 2011, which was her daughter Sally Field's 65th birthday.

Selected filmography

• Yukon Manhunt (1951)
• The Man from Planet X
• The Story of Will Rogers