Margaret Cynthia Field Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Virginia Field (4 November 1917 – 2 January 1992) was a British-born film actress.She was born Margaret Cynthia Field in London. Her father was the judge of Leicester County Court Circuit. Her mother was a cousin of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and her aunt was British stage actress and director Auriol Lee.She was educated in Paris, France, and then returned to England where she studied for the stage. In Vienna she acted for Max Reinhardt and on returning to Britain she was given her first film role in The Lady is Willing followed by a Hollywood contract.She went 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 film series.During the long-running Perry Mason series on CBS between 1957 and 1966, Field made six guest appearances. In both the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Provocative Protege", and the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Polka Dot Pony," she played the murderer. In the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Simple Simon," Field played the role of Mason's client and defendant Ramona Carver. She also appeared as Lotta Langley in an episode of the ABC series The Rebel, starring Nick Adams.Field married three times. Her spouses included actors Paul Douglas and Willard Parker. She and Douglas had a daughter, Margaret Field Douglas (born 1945). Field is buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California.
[on Loretta Young] She was, and is, the only actress I really dislike. She was sickeningly sweet, a pure phony. Her two faces sent me home angry and crying several times.
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Her marriage to composer Howard Grode lasted only three months before they separated. In 1951, she married actor Willard Parker and the marriage lasted until her death in 1992. Parker later became a successful real estate dealer in Indian Wells, near Palm Springs, California. Virginia owned and operated a boutique near his office.
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During the long-running "Perry Mason" series between 1957 and 1966, Margaret made six guest appearances. She played the murderer in both the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Provocative Protege" and the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Polka Dot Pony".
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Her father was the judge of Leicester County Court Circuit. Her mother was a cousin of U.S. Confederate leader Robert E. Lee and her aunt was British stage actress and director Auriol Lee.
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Her marriage to Paul Douglas broke up when he found out she was having an affair with actor/director Dick Powell. She and Douglas had one daughter, Margaret, who worked as an actress in England.
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Although Virginia certainly had the talent to become a top film star, it is believed that her actions and candid opinions about others stars did her in. When David O. Selznick made a pass at her, she clubbed him over the head with a decanter. Disparaging remarks about actress Loretta Young ("phony" and "two-faced") and Betty Hutton ("moody") hurt her reputation.
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Her acting training took place on the European continent. Max Reinhardt, whom she met in Vienna, presented her in his production of "All's Well That Ends Well". She was about to be presented to Broadway audiences when she was offered a Twentieth Century-Fox film contract.
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Her father was a prominent English judge.
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Columnist Walter Winchell dubbed her "the most beautiful blonde in the world".
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