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Margaret Field was a television actor and film actor. Margaret Field was born on May 10, 1922 in Houston, Texas, United States. Death is recorded on November 6, 2011, at the age of 89.
My Take
Margaret Field is the kind of working actress I find easy to root for. She led modest science-fiction features like The Man from Planet X and stacked up dozens of television roles, the steady labor that actually kept mid-century Hollywood running while bigger names took the glory. There's also a lovely lineage here: she was the mother of Sally Field, a two-time Academy Award winner, which makes me read her career as a quiet inheritance of craft passed down. Billed later as Maggie Mahoney, she never chased stardom, and I think that grounded persistence deserves remembering more than it usually gets.
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- Name (English)
- Margaret Field
- Name (Japanese)
- マーガレット・フィールド
- Reading
- まーがれっと・ふぃーるど
- Born
- May 10, 1922 – November 6, 2011
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dog
- Origin
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-20
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Margaret Field born?
Born May 10, 1922.
When did Margaret Field die?
Died November 6, 2011, aged 89.
Where was Margaret Field from?
Margaret Field was from Houston, Texas, United States.
What did Margaret Field do?
Margaret Field worked as actor, television actor, film actor.
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