- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMargaret Joy Morlan
- Nickname
- Maggie
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Born Margaret Morlan, for three decades she was featured in films and television under the name Margaret Field and was the mother of two-time Oscar winner actress Sally Field. During World War II, she moved to Pasadena, California, was discovered by a talent scout, took a screen test and was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures. She soon started appearing in such films as The Big Clock (1948), Samson and Delilah (1949), the cult classic The Man from Planet X (1951), The Grace Moore Story (1953), Inside Detroit (1956) and many others. For television, she racked up more than 70 credits, appearing in shows including The Lone Ranger (1949), Perry Mason (1957), The Twilight Zone (1959), Wagon Train (1957) and The Virginian (1962), before retiring from acting to focus on her family. She died of cancer at age 89, on her daughter Sally's 65th birthday.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpousesJock Mahoney(January 21, 1952 - June 1968) (divorced, 1 child)Richard Dryden Field(April 8, 1942 - November 29, 1951) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenRichard Dryden Field Jr.
- ParentsWallace Miller MorlanJoy Beatrice Bickley
- Mother of physicist Richard Dryden Field Jr. (born April 13, 1944) and actress Sally Field with first husband, Richard Dryden Field.
- She died on her daughter Sally Field's 65th birthday.
- Margaret and Jock Mahoney had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney.
- Upon her death she was cremated and her ashes are in the possession of her daughter, Sally Field.
- Daughter of Wallace Miller (September 30, 1893-February 21, 1944), from Kentucky, and Joy Beatrice (née Bickley) Morlan (March 31, 1894-February 18, 1986), from Alabama. Both died in the state of California.
- The Man from Planet X (1951) - $175 /week
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