Magic Camp
2020 · Movie
as Old Lady
Edith Fields
1939-01-07
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Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
B Positive
2020 · TV Show
as Mrs. Franco
American Crime Story
2016 · TV Show
as Bronia
Timeless
2016 · TV Show
as Elderly Woman
Life in Pieces
2015 · TV Show
as Marlene
Grace and Frankie
2015 · TV Show
as Brenda
Meth Head
2013 · Movie
as Nora
Second Chances
2013 · Movie
as Minnie Wheaton
Autism and Cake
2012 · Movie
as Alice
Hart of Dixie
2011 · TV Show
as Vera
Elena Undone
2010 · Movie
as Older Woman
Modern Family
2009 · TV Show
as Elderly Woman, Neighbor
Over Her Dead Body
2008 · Movie
as Mrs. Williams
Next
2007 · Movie
as Old Lady in Casino
Committed
2005 · TV Show
as Elderly Woman
The Closer
2005 · TV Show
as Anita Casey
American Dreams
2002 · TV Show
as Mrs. Murphy
Without a Trace
2002 · TV Show
as Social Worker
The Amati Girls
2001 · Movie
as Aunt Loretta
Six Feet Under
2001 · TV Show
as Quaker Woman
My Wife and Kids
2001 · TV Show
Scrubs
2001 · TV Show
as Mrs. Foster
Nikki
2000 · TV Show
as Dolores Pritkin
The Bachelor
1999 · Movie
as Edith
My Last Love
1999 · Movie
as Poetess
Judging Amy
1999 · TV Show
as Mrs. Sanko
The Parkers
1999 · TV Show
The King of Queens
1998 · TV Show
as Mrs. Hanley
L.A. Doctors
1998 · TV Show
as Vince's Mother-in-Law
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · TV Show
as School Nurse
The Practice
1997 · TV Show
as Mrs. Solotkin
Soul of the Game
1996 · Movie
as Nurse
Love Is All There Is
1996 · Movie
as Mrs. Frederico
7th Heaven
1996 · TV Show
as Adoption Lady
The Colony
1995 · Movie
as Peg Benson
Nowhere Man
1995 · TV Show
as Older Pauline
Caroline in the City
1995 · TV Show
as Nina
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
1994 · Movie
as Purdue Female Guest #1
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993 · TV Show
as Mrs. Van Allen
Mr. Saturday Night
1992 · Movie
as Woman in Commercial
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
1991 · Movie
as Rose
Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance
1991 · Movie
as Mrs. Hogan
Brooklyn Bridge
1991 · TV Show
3 Men and a Little Lady
1990 · Movie
as Mrs. Head
House Party
1990 · Movie
as Principal
The Favorite
1989 · Movie
as Mother Superior
Seinfeld
1989 · TV Show
as Mrs. Payton
Baywatch
1989 · TV Show
Alien Nation
1989 · TV Show
as Martha
The Boost
1988 · Movie
as Office Manager
Side by Side
1988 · Movie
as Frances Mercer
My First Love
1988 · Movie
as Marion
Murphy Brown
1988 · TV Show
as Lillian Brown
You Ruined My Life
1987 · Movie
as Aunt Hermione
Rampage
1987 · Movie
as Rose Gurgin
Big Trouble
1986 · Movie
as Doris
Armed and Dangerous
1986 · Movie
as Party Guest
L.A. Law
1986 · TV Show
as Mrs. Cramer
Malice in Wonderland
1985 · Movie
as Mrs. Washburn
Moonlighting
1985 · TV Show
as Delores
Hollywood Wives
1985 · TV Show
as Helen Andrews
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Attack on Fear
1984 · Movie
as Doris Gambonini
Micki & Maude
1984 · Movie
as Valerie Sitkowitz
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
1984 · Movie
as Mrs. Bodkey
Right of Way
1983 · Movie
as Saleswoman
The Kid From Nowhere
1982 · Movie
as Gift Shop Customer
All Summer in a Day
1982 · Movie
as Mrs. Callaghan
Marian Rose White
1982 · Movie
as Nurse Gray
Fantasies
1982 · Movie
as Mildred
Family Ties
1982 · TV Show
as Mrs. Sharon Fletcher
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV Show
St. Elsewhere
1982 · TV Show
Force: Five
1981 · Movie
as Sarah
Falcon Crest
1981 · TV Show
as Saleswoman
The Greatest American Hero
1981 · TV Show
Loving Couples
1980 · Movie
as Evelyn's Nurse
And Baby Makes Six
1979 · Movie
as School Nurse
The Survival of Dana
1979 · Movie
as Mrs. Davis
The Facts of Life
1979 · TV Show
The French Atlantic Affair
1979 · TV Show
as Al's Wife
Taxi
1978 · TV Show
as Fifth Woman
Blood Bath
1975 · Movie
as Psychic / Gypsy (as Edith Greenfield)
Queen of Hearts
1936 · Movie
as Violet
