Betty Field

Betty Field (1916 - 1973)
== Film Deaths ==
* Of Mice and Men (1939) [Mae]: Neck accidentally snapped by Lon Chaney Jr. when he tries to stop her screaming in the barn; her body is shown again afterwards when Burgess Meredith discovers her. (Thanks to Marc)
* Kings Row (1942) [Cassandra Tower]: Poisoned (off-screen) by her father (Claude Rains) after she shows the first signs of mental illness; we learn of her death afterwards when Ronald Reagan informs Robert Cummings. 
* Peyton Place (1957) [Nellie Cross]: Commits suicide (off-screen) by hanging herself; we learn of her death afterwards when Diane Varsi discovers her. 
== Notable Connections ==
* Ex-Mrs. Elmer Rice (playwright/screenwriter) 
* Ex-Mrs. Edwin J. Lukas (author/civil rights activist) 
* Mrs. Raymond Olivere (artist) 
Category:Actresses
Category:Listed on Original Cinemorgue
Category:American actors and actresses
Category:1916 Births
Category:1973 Deaths
Category:Death scenes by suicide
Category:Death scenes by hanging
Category:Death scenes by poison
Category:Death scenes by relative
Category:Death scenes by accident
Category:Death scenes by broken neck
Category:Divorced actors and actresses
Category:Cerebral Hemorrhage victims
Category:The Untouchables Cast Members