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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

84

Gender

Female

Birthday

1939-01-07 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Edith Fields

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.

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Next
6.1%

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Apr 25, 2007

Modern Family
7.9%

Modern Family

Sep 23, 2009

Modern Family
7.9%

Modern Family

Sep 23, 2009

Seinfeld
8.3%

Seinfeld

Jul 5, 1989

Castle
8.0%

Castle

Mar 9, 2009

Scrubs
8.0%

Scrubs

Oct 2, 2001

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
8.1%

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Mar 10, 1997

Six Feet Under
8.1%

Six Feet Under

Jun 3, 2001

American Crime Story
7.6%

American Crime Story

Feb 2, 2016

Timeless
7.2%

Timeless

Oct 3, 2016

The King of Queens
7.1%

The King of Queens

Sep 21, 1998

3 Men and a Little Lady
5.9%

3 Men and a Little Lady

Nov 21, 1990

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