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Edith Fields
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-01-07,Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

Mr. Saturday Night

5.7

Mr. Saturday Night
1992-09-23

Over Her Dead Body

5.532

Over Her Dead Body
2008-02-01

3 Men and a Little Lady

5.9

3 Men and a Little Lady
1990-11-21

The Kid From Nowhere

3

The Kid From Nowhere
1982-01-04

All Summer in a Day

6.8

All Summer in a Day
1982-01-01

5.168

The Bachelor
1999-11-05

4.083

The Favorite
1989-08-09

5.3

Big Trouble
1986-05-30

6.5

Electric City
2016-01-07

4.6

Loving Couples
1980-10-24

4.4

Meth Head
2013-03-07

Malice in Wonderland

7.1

Malice in Wonderland
1985-01-01

The Amati Girls

2.5

The Amati Girls
2001-01-09

The Amati Girls

2.5

The Amati Girls
2001-01-09

7

Attack on Fear
1984-10-10

5.5

The Boost
1988-12-23

6.911

Elena Undone
2010-06-25

Armed and Dangerous

5.7

Armed and Dangerous
1986-08-15

4

Force: Five
1981-07-24

And Baby Makes Six

0

And Baby Makes Six
1979-10-22

5.6

Micki & Maude
1984-12-21

Autism and Cake

0

Autism and Cake
2012-09-30

5.3

The Colony
1995-09-13

Where the Bears Are 5

2

Where the Bears Are 5
2016-05-01

Queen of Hearts

0

Queen of Hearts
1936-10-04

Soul of the Game

4.9

Soul of the Game
1996-04-20

The Survival of Dana

0

The Survival of Dana
1979-05-29

Marian Rose White

0

Marian Rose White
1982-01-19

You Ruined My Life

5.3

You Ruined My Life
1987-02-01

6.102

Next
2007-04-25

0

Side by Side
1988-03-06

10

My First Love
1988-12-04

5.6

My Last Love
1999-01-25

3.2

Blood Bath
1975-10-17

3

Fantasies
1982-01-18

5.917

Rampage
1987-09-01

Young Lust - A Soap Opera

1

Young Lust - A Soap Opera
1984-04-27

Love Is All There Is

5.071

Love Is All There Is
1996-05-10

6.193

Second Chances
2013-05-20

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

3.8

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
1991-01-26

6.9

Magic Camp
2020-08-14

Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance

5.5

Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance
1991-03-24

6.368

House Party
1990-01-20

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

6.2

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
1994-06-12

7.3

Right of Way
1983-11-21

5.5

Falcon Crest
1981-12-04

7.3

Family Ties
1982-09-22

8.1

Six Feet Under
2001-06-03

8.258

Seinfeld
1989-07-05

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

7.1

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993-08-27

7.1

L.A. Law
1986-09-15

The Facts of Life

7

The Facts of Life
1979-08-24

7.487

Judging Amy
1999-09-19

The Greatest American Hero

7.2

The Greatest American Hero
1981-03-18

7.5

Moonlighting
1985-03-03

5

Committed
2005-01-04

My Wife and Kids

7.4

My Wife and Kids
2001-03-28

6.5

Murphy Brown
1988-11-14

7.99

Castle
2009-03-09

American Dreams

5.1

American Dreams
2002-09-29

8.2

The Parkers
1999-08-30

6.9

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

The King of Queens

7.1

The King of Queens
1998-09-21

5.9

Baywatch
1989-04-23

6.4

7th Heaven
1996-08-26

8

Scrubs
2001-10-02

7.875

Modern Family
2009-09-23

7.875

Modern Family
2009-09-23

Brooklyn Bridge

7.5

Brooklyn Bridge
1991-09-20

American Crime Story

7.559

American Crime Story
2016-02-02

7.2

Taxi
1978-09-12

7.6

Nowhere Man
1995-08-28

The French Atlantic Affair

7

The French Atlantic Affair
1979-11-15

7.092

Life in Pieces
2015-09-21

7.233

Timeless
2016-10-03

7.259

Hart of Dixie
2011-09-26

Grace and Frankie

7.7

Grace and Frankie
2015-05-08

Without a Trace

7.2

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

8.122

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997-03-10

Caroline in the City

6.4

Caroline in the City
1995-09-21

7.9

The Closer
2005-06-13

6.4

B Positive
2020-11-05

5.5

Nikki
2000-10-09

7

L.A. Doctors
1998-09-21