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Edith Fields
Born: 7th Jan 1939 Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Dept: Acting
A veteran of stage, screen and television, Edith Fields is the recipient of the prestigious Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, seven Drama Logue Awards and a KABC Year End Radio Award for her work in Los Angeles Theatre. She began her career at age 5, singing and dancing for community functions in her home town of Poughkeepsie, New York. She acted in college productions and continued to entertain in Army Hospitals with the U.S.O. Fields received her Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (as well as a Drama Logue Award) for her work in the Theatre West Production of Like One Of The Family. Critical praise for her performance as Beth/Consuelo ranged from "dizzy and delightful" (Frontiers) to "a showstopper" (Hollywood Reporter). For her Drama Logue Award-Winning portrayal of Rose, the mother, in Nuts at the Las Palmas Theatre, the Los Angeles Times summed up the critics' opinion: "Edith Fields is splendid!" She won both the KABC Radio Award and Drama Logue Award for Avenue Of Dreams/Nothing Immediate (Company Of Angels), for which she was cited as "extraordinary" (Los Angeles Times). Additional Los Angeles stage credits include Death Of A Salesman (LATC), Beau Jet (Westwood Playhouse), Staccato (Tiffany Theatre), On Borrowed Time (La Mirada Theatre), Grown Ups (Mark Taper Forum), Street Dreams (Zephyr Theatre), Lovers And Other Strangers (Lee Strasberg Theatre), A.R. Gurney's Scenes From American Life (Skylight Theatre) and Michael Cristophers Pulitzer Prize-Winning Shadow Box (Theatre 40), among many others. In New York, Fields appeared both Off and Off-Off Broadway in The Subject Was Roses, A View From The Bridge, The Rimers Of Eldritch, Rites Of Passage, Spilt Milk, The Ward, Two Ladies Talking, Mother Love and The Poseur. Her film credits include Mr. Saturday Night (1992) with Billy Crystal, Dad (1989) with Jack Lemmon, No Way Out (1987) with Kevin Costner, Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) with Tom Selleck, John Cassavetes Big Trouble (1986), Blake Edwards Micki + Maude (1984), William Friedkin Rampage (1987) and Renée Taylor and Joe Bolognas Love Is All There Is (1996). Movies for television include HBO's Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) with Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd, Following Her Heart (1994) directed by Lee Grant, TNT's Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994) with Diane Keaton, My First Love (1988) with Bea Arthur and The Rockford Files (1974) with James Garner. She has guest starred on numerous television series including Seinfeld (1989), Murphy Brown (1988), Picket Fences (1992), Caroline in the City (1995), L.A. Law (1986), Cagney & Lacey (1981), Brooklyn Bridge (1991) and Ned and Stacey (1995), among others. Fields graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and went on to study with such legendary acting teachers as Stella Adler, Robert Lewis, Herbert Berghof and William Hickey. She is a member of the Actors Studio.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 84
Film: 43 (51%)
Television: 41 (49%)
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Filmography
Nov 2020 (first aired)
Faced with finding a kidney donor, newly divorced dad Drew is at the end of his rope when he runs into Gina, a rough-around-the edges woman from his p ... view
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Mrs. Franco (1 ep.)
2020
Andy, at the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, returns to the camp of his youth hoping to reignite his career. Instead, he ... view
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Old Lady
Oct 2016 (first aired)
A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is ... view
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Elderly Woman (1 ep.)
2016
The honeymoon is definitely over for newlyweds Nelson and Todd when one of the grooms vanishes without a trace from a male only clothing optional reso ... view
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Feb 2016 (first aired)
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations. ... view
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Bronia (2 ep.)
Sep 2015 (first aired)
Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various membe ... view
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Marlene (1 ep.)
May 2015 (first aired)
Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - w ... view
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Brenda (1 ep.)
2013
Jenny McLean is a single mom working at a 911-call center struggling to make ends meet and raise her two kids, Elsie and Luke. Although still reeling ... view
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Minnie Wheaton
2013
Gay Kyle Peoples never wanted to be the man he has become in his 30s, an accountant stuck in a dead end job, with a lover who is more successful than ... view
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Nora
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Alice
Sep 2011 (first aired)
New Yorker Zoe Hart has it all figured out - after graduating top of her class from medical school, she'll follow in her father's footsteps and become ... view
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Vera (1 ep.)
2010
The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer. ... view
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Older Woman
Sep 2009 (first aired)
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, s ... view
Character:
Elderly Woman (1 ep.)
Neighbor (1 ep.)
2008
After his fiancée, Kate, dies in an accident on their wedding day, veterinarian Henry grows depressed. To help him move on, his sister has him visit ... view
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Mrs. Williams
2007
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underw ... view
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Old Lady in Casino
Jun 2005 (first aired)
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murde ... view
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Anita Casey (1 ep.)
Jan 2005 (first aired)
Committed is a television sitcom that aired on NBC as a midseason replacement from January 4 to March 15, 2005. Although originally broadcast twice a ... view
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Elderly Woman (1 ep.)
Sep 2002 (first aired)
Set to the soundtrack of the 1960s, a Philadelphia family moves toward the cultural upheaval in the years ahead. The Pryors' teen daughter Meg tries t ... view
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Mrs. Murphy (1 ep.)
Sep 2002 (first aired)
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City. ... view
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Social Worker (1 ep.)
Oct 2001 (first aired)
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life. ... view
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Mrs. Foster (1 ep.)
Jun 2001 (first aired)
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least a ... view
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Quaker Woman (1 ep.)
Mar 2001 (first aired)
Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style. As he teaches his three ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2001
Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family. ... view
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Aunt Loretta
Oct 2000 (first aired)
Nikki White pursues her dream of being a Las Vegas showgirl, while her husband, Dwight, tries to break into professional wrestling. ... view
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Dolores Pritkin (1 ep.)
1999
Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's w ... view
Character:
Edith
Sep 1999 (first aired)
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Bren ... view
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Mrs. Sanko (1 ep.)
Aug 1999 (first aired)
Spunky daughter Kim is mortified when her bigger-than-life mom, Nikki, decides to go back to school at the same junior college she attends. ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1999
Love and life can never be planned. That's the message of the heartwarming love story of Susan Morton, a single mother facing a terminal illness who f ... view
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Poetess
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Four Los Angeles doctors run a practice in this drama that focuses as much on the problems in the American medical system as it does on the patients. ... view
Character:
Vince's Mother-in-Law (1 ep.)
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer ... view
Character:
Mrs. Hanley (1 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, de ... view
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School Nurse (1 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its story ... view
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Mrs. Solotkin (1 ep.)
Aug 1996 (first aired)
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouse ... view
Character:
Adoption Lady (1 ep.)
1996
The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaurant in the Bronx, N.Y., drawing the ire of another ... view
Character:
Mrs. Frederico
1996
In 1945, the world of baseball is divided between the Majors and the Negro Leagues - but the time has come for change. One team will be the first to s ... view
Character:
Nurse
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Caroline Duffy is a successful cartoonist in Manhattan whose eclectic friends are sometimes the subjects of her comic strip. ... view
Character:
Nina (1 ep.)
1995
A man and his family move from a crime-ridden inner city suburb to a self-proclaimed violence-free haven overseen by a godlike businessman. However, t ... view
Character:
Peg Benson
Aug 1995 (first aired)
Thomas Veil is a documentary photographer who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased... ... view
Character:
Older Pauline (1 ep.)
1994
In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her long ... view
Character:
Purdue Female Guest #1
Aug 1993 (first aired)
A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws who killed hi ... view
Character:
Mrs. Van Allen (1 ep.)
1992
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes ... view
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Woman in Commercial
Sep 1991 (first aired)
Brooklyn Bridge is an American television program which aired on CBS between 1991 and 1993. It is about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1991
A San Antonio, Texas policeman must stop his best friend, a fellow officer turned vigilante. ... view
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Mrs. Hogan
1991
Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second - ab ... view
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Rose
1990
Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary w ... view
Character:
Mrs. Head
1990
Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out ... view
Character:
Principal
Sep 1989 (first aired)
Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco. Sikes also has an 'on again off again' ... view
Character:
Martha (1 ep.)
1989
A French girl is kidnapped and sold as slave to the sultan of the Ottoman Empire. ... view
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Mother Superior
Jul 1989 (first aired)
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Payton (1 ep.)
Apr 1989 (first aired)
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1988
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds him ... view
Character:
Office Manager
1988
Widow Jean Miller thinks she's ready for a new romance with her high school sweetheart, Sam Morrissey, a physician of considerable means. The only thi ... view
Character:
Marion
Nov 1988 (first aired)
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty ... view
Character:
Lillian Brown (1 ep.)
1988
Three men who have just been forced to retire convince their bank to finance their dream: To produce a line of clothing for senior citizens. ... view
Character:
Frances Mercer
1987
Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, t ... view
Character:
Rose Gurgin
1987
"You Ruined My Life" was a cute TV movie (from the Wonderful World of Disney movies that they show on Saturday or Sunday nights) starring Soleil Moon ... view
Character:
Aunt Hermione
Sep 1986 (first aired)
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven B ... view
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Mrs. Cramer (1 ep.)
1986
After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defen ... view
Character:
Party Guest
1986
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making thing ... view
Character:
Doris
Mar 1985 (first aired)
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, ... view
Character:
Delores (1 ep.)
Feb 1985 (first aired)
Hollywood Wives is an American television miniseries based on Jackie Collins' 1983 novel of the same name and produced by Aaron Spelling. Broadcast on ... view
Character:
Helen Andrews (1 ep.)
1985
Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Pa ... view
Character:
Mrs. Washburn
1984
TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for motherhood. A romantic fling with a seductive cellist, M ... view
Character:
Valerie Sitkowitz
1984
Married journalists who run a small town newspaper expose corruption and cultism at a once respected rehab center. ... view
Character:
Doris Gambonini
1984
The reunion of Garytown High School’s class of ‘71 is a catalyst for a series of comic crises involving sex, drugs, murder and anatomical oddities ... view
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Mrs. Bodkey
1983
Miniature Dwyer is named after her mother, who was making miniature doll houses when Minnie was born. Minnie, too, has built doll houses for years, an ... view
Character:
Saleswoman
Oct 1982 (first aired)
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed F ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1982 (first aired)
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andr ... view
Character:
Mrs. Sharon Fletcher (1 ep.)
Mar 1982 (first aired)
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1982
Marian Rose White is placed in a State Home for the feeble-minded by her uncaring mother when her father dies. She is a young teenager and there is no ... view
Character:
Nurse Gray
1982
A crazed killer stalks the cast of a television soap-opera. ... view
Character:
Mildred
1982
A single mother is overprotective of her mentally challenged son, which has made him angry and difficult, while she denies herself a social life. Thin ... view
Character:
Gift Shop Customer
1982
Based on the story by Ray Bradbury. Set on a planet where the sun shines for just a few minutes once every nine years, this is a classic tale of suffe ... view
Character:
Mrs. Callaghan
Dec 1981 (first aired)
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A ... view
Character:
Saleswoman (1 ep.)
1981
A martial-arts expert leads a team of fellow martial artists to rescue a senator's daughter from an island ruled by the evil leader of a fanatical rel ... view
Character:
Sarah
Mar 1981 (first aired)
The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1980
Walter is a successful doctor, and so is his wife Evelyn. Wealthy and good-looking, they should be a happily married couple, but they're not.
Walter ... view
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Evelyn's Nurse
Nov 1979 (first aired)
When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harold Columbine and 146 members o ... view
Character:
Al's Wife (3 ep.)
1979
A middle-aged couple with three grown children discovers that they soon will be parents once more and faces a variety of emotional responses from frie ... view
Character:
School Nurse
Aug 1979 (first aired)
Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every tee ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1979
High school student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota parents get divorced and falls in with the wrong crowd ... view
Character:
Mrs. Davis
Sep 1978 (first aired)
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange charact ... view
Character:
Fifth Woman (1 ep.)
1975
The actors for a horror movie go out to dinner one evening with their director and tell horror stories to each other. ... view
Character:
Psychic / Gypsy (as Edith Greenfield)
1936
A woman prevents a popular stage performer getting arrested for drunk driving, though has to pretend to be a rich benefactor when she next meets him. ... view
Character:
Violet