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Edith Fields
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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

5.9

Mr. Saturday Night
1992-09-23

Over Her Dead Body

5.501

Over Her Dead Body
2008-02-01

3 Men and a Little Lady

5.846

3 Men and a Little Lady
1990-11-21

The Kid From Nowhere

5.5

The Kid From Nowhere
1982-01-04

All Summer in a Day

7.042

All Summer in a Day
1982-01-01

5.145

The Bachelor
1999-11-05

4.643

The Favorite
1989-08-09

5.384

Big Trouble
1986-05-30

4.813

Loving Couples
1980-10-24

4.063

Meth Head
2013-03-07

Malice in Wonderland

7.6

Malice in Wonderland
1985-01-01

The Amati Girls

4.667

The Amati Girls
2001-01-09

8.5

Attack on Fear
1984-10-10

5.625

The Boost
1988-12-23

6.872

Elena Undone
2010-06-25

Armed and Dangerous

5.663

Armed and Dangerous
1986-08-15

4.206

Force: Five
1981-07-24

And Baby Makes Six

10

And Baby Makes Six
1979-10-22

5.699

Micki & Maude
1984-12-21

Autism and Cake

0

Autism and Cake
2012-09-30

5.5

The Colony
1995-09-13

Queen of Hearts

7

Queen of Hearts
1936-10-04

Soul of the Game

4.909

Soul of the Game
1996-04-20

The Survival of Dana

9

The Survival of Dana
1979-05-29

Marian Rose White

0

Marian Rose White
1982-01-19

You Ruined My Life

5.9

You Ruined My Life
1987-02-01

6.142

Next
2007-04-25

5.5

Side by Side
1988-03-06

9.5

My First Love
1988-12-04

5.429

My Last Love
1999-01-25

4

Blood Bath
1975-10-17

3.75

Fantasies
1982-01-18

5.9

Rampage
1987-09-01

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

3.5

Young Lust: A Soap Opera
1984-04-27

Love Is All There Is

5.2

Love Is All There Is
1996-05-10

6.2

Second Chances
2013-05-20

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

4.167

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

6.859

Magic Camp
2020-08-14

Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance

7

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

6.381

House Party
1990-01-20

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

6.2

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
1994-06-12

7.423

Right of Way
1983-11-21

5.539

Falcon Crest
1981-12-04

7.228

Family Ties
1982-09-22

8.109

Six Feet Under
2001-06-03

8.249

Seinfeld
1989-07-05

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

7.095

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

7.013

L.A. Law
1986-09-15

The Facts of Life

7.1

The Facts of Life
1979-08-24

7.5

Judging Amy
1999-09-19

The Greatest American Hero

7.2

The Greatest American Hero
1981-03-18

7.517

Moonlighting
1985-03-03

5.4

Committed
2005-01-04

My Wife and Kids

7.431

My Wife and Kids
2001-03-28

6.5

Murphy Brown
1988-11-14

American Dreams

5.2

American Dreams
2002-09-29

8.027

The Parkers
1999-08-30

6.9

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

The King of Queens

7.142

The King of Queens
1998-09-21

5.958

Baywatch
1989-04-23

6.451

7th Heaven
1996-08-26

7.915

Modern Family
2009-09-23

7.915

Modern Family
2009-09-23

Brooklyn Bridge

7.8

Brooklyn Bridge
1991-09-20

American Crime Story

7.579

American Crime Story
2016-02-02

7.324

Taxi
1978-09-12

7.789

Nowhere Man
1995-08-28

The French Atlantic Affair

7.2

The French Atlantic Affair
1979-11-15

7.143

Life in Pieces
2015-09-21

7.24

Timeless
2016-10-03

7.27

Hart of Dixie
2011-09-26

Grace and Frankie

7.728

Grace and Frankie
2015-05-08

Without a Trace

7.226

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

8.093

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997-03-10

Caroline in the City

6.571

Caroline in the City
1995-09-21

7.802

The Closer
2005-06-13

6.346

B Positive
2020-11-05

5.833

Nikki
2000-10-09

8.5

L.A. Doctors
1998-09-21

7.611

The Practice
1997-03-04

Hollywood Wives

4.667

Hollywood Wives
1985-02-17

5.672

St. Elsewhere
1982-10-26

6.986

Alien Nation
1989-09-18

8.167

Scrubs
2001-10-02