Edith Fields
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 7, 1939 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Magic Camp
Movie · as Old Lady
B Positive
TV · as Mrs. Franco · 1 ep
American Crime Story
TV · as Bronia · 2 eps
Timeless
TV · as Elderly Woman · 1 ep
Life in Pieces
TV · as Marlene · 1 ep
Grace and Frankie
TV · as Brenda · 1 ep
Meth Head
Movie · as Nora
Second Chances
Movie · as Minnie Wheaton
Autism and Cake
Movie · as Alice
Hart of Dixie
TV · as Vera · 1 ep
Elena Undone
Movie · as Older Woman
Modern Family
TV · as Elderly Woman, Neighbor · 1 ep
Over Her Dead Body
Movie · as Mrs. Williams
Next
Movie · as Old Lady in Casino
Committed
TV · as Elderly Woman · 1 ep
The Closer
TV · as Anita Casey · 1 ep
American Dreams
TV · as Mrs. Murphy · 1 ep
Without a Trace
TV · as Social Worker · 1 ep
The Amati Girls
Movie · as Aunt Loretta
Six Feet Under
TV · as Quaker Woman · 1 ep
My Wife and Kids
TV · 1 ep
Scrubs
TV · as Mrs. Foster · 1 ep
Nikki
TV · as Dolores Pritkin · 1 ep
The Bachelor
Movie · as Edith
My Last Love
Movie · as Poetess
Judging Amy
TV · as Mrs. Sanko · 1 ep
The Parkers
TV · 1 ep
The King of Queens
TV · as Mrs. Hanley · 1 ep
L.A. Doctors
TV · as Vince's Mother-in-Law · 1 ep
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV · as School Nurse · 1 ep
The Practice
TV · as Mrs. Solotkin · 1 ep
Soul of the Game
Movie · as Nurse
Love Is All There Is
Movie · as Mrs. Frederico
7th Heaven
TV · as Adoption Lady · 1 ep
The Colony
Movie · as Peg Benson
Nowhere Man
TV · as Older Pauline · 1 ep
Caroline in the City
TV · as Nina · 1 ep
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
Movie · as Purdue Female Guest #1
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TV · as Mrs. Van Allen · 1 ep
Mr. Saturday Night
Movie · as Woman in Commercial
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
Movie · as Rose
Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance
Movie · as Mrs. Hogan
Brooklyn Bridge
TV · 2 eps
3 Men and a Little Lady
Movie · as Mrs. Head
House Party
Movie · as Principal
The Favorite
Movie · as Mother Superior
Seinfeld
TV · as Mrs. Payton · 1 ep
Baywatch
TV · 1 ep
Alien Nation
TV · as Martha · 1 ep
The Boost
Movie · as Office Manager
Side by Side
Movie · as Frances Mercer
My First Love
Movie · as Marion
Murphy Brown
TV · as Lillian Brown · 1 ep
You Ruined My Life
Movie · as Aunt Hermione
Rampage
Movie · as Rose Gurgin
Big Trouble
Movie · as Doris
Armed and Dangerous
Movie · as Party Guest
L.A. Law
TV · as Mrs. Cramer · 1 ep
Malice in Wonderland
Movie · as Mrs. Washburn
Moonlighting
TV · as Delores · 1 ep
Hollywood Wives
TV · as Helen Andrews · 1 ep
Attack on Fear
Movie · as Doris Gambonini
Micki & Maude
Movie · as Valerie Sitkowitz
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
Movie · as Mrs. Bodkey
Right of Way
Movie · as Saleswoman
The Kid From Nowhere
Movie · as Gift Shop Customer
All Summer in a Day
Movie · as Mrs. Callaghan
Marian Rose White
Movie · as Nurse Gray
Fantasies
Movie · as Mildred
Family Ties
TV · as Mrs. Sharon Fletcher · 1 ep
Cagney & Lacey
TV · 1 ep
St. Elsewhere
TV · 1 ep
Newhart
TV · as Guest · 1 ep
Force: Five
Movie · as Sarah
Falcon Crest
TV · as Saleswoman · 1 ep
The Greatest American Hero
TV · 1 ep
Loving Couples
Movie · as Evelyn's Nurse
And Baby Makes Six
Movie · as School Nurse
The Survival of Dana
Movie · as Mrs. Davis
The Facts of Life
TV · 1 ep
The French Atlantic Affair
TV · as Al's Wife · 3 eps
Taxi
TV · as Woman #5 · 1 ep
Blood Bath
Movie · as Psychic / Gypsy (as Edith Greenfield)
Queen of Hearts
Movie · as Violet