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Field was a 6' tall, 250-pound blonde bathing girl, whose presence in 1927-28 "Sennett Girl" comedies was hard to ignore, as her ample size often factored into gags. Born in Charlotte, Michigan, Field had no stage experience when she signed with M-G-M in 1925. She also appeared in Fox Imperial Comedies, an episode of Stern Bros.Universal's "What Happened to Jane" series (1927), Bray Sunkist Comedies, William Pizor comedies and the Colleen Moore feature Ella Cinders (FN 1926). Field developed a lasting friendship with Sennett co-star Carole Lombard, who called her "Fieldsie." After her Sennett days, Field served as Lombard's unofficial manager, negotiating her five-year contract with Paramount in 1930. Lombard also left Field an annuity upon her unexpected death in 1942. In 1937, Field married director Walter Lang, and their son Richard (whose godmother was Lombard) became a television director. Field's only credited sound feature was Paris Interlude (M-G-M 1934). She died at 67 in Palm Springs, California, and is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.

-Walker, B.E., 2010, Mack Sennett's Fun Factory, McFarland&Company, Inc., Publishers, pp.504~505

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Matchmaking Mamma (1929)

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Sally Eilers & Daphne Pollard in Matchmaking Mamma (1929)

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Matchmaking Mamma (1929)