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Sylvia Field and Joseph Kearns in Denis la petite peste (1959)

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Sylvia Field

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  • Born
    February 14, 1901 · Allston, Massachusetts
  • Died
    July 31, 1998 · Fallbrook, California, USA (natural causes)
  • Birth name
    Harriet Louisa Johnson
  • Height
    1.57 m

Biography

    • Sylvia Field was born on February 14, 1901 in Allston, Massachusetts. She was an actress, known for The Best of Broadway (1954), Annette (1958) and Denis la petite peste (1959). She was married to Ernest Truex, Harold LeRoy Moffet and Robert Jacques Froehlich. She died on July 31, 1998 in Fallbrook, California, USA.

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  • Spouses
      Ernest Truex(March 16, 1941 - June 26, 1973) (his death)
      Harold LeRoy Moffet(December 31, 1930 - November 7, 1938) (his death, 1 child)
      Robert Jacques Froehlich(May 26, 1924 - August 19, 1929) (divorced)
  • Children
      Sally Moffet

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  • Was close friends with Jay North even after Dennis The Menace ended.
  • Prim, pleasant, gentle-voiced, often bespectacled American character actress of Broadway and occasional film who capped her career on TV in the late 1950s playing the cookie-baking neighbor Mrs. Wilson on the Denis la petite peste (1959) TV series.
  • Widow of screen actor Ernest Truex.
  • Mother of actress Sally Moffet (1932-1995) from an earlier marriage, she was stepmother to Barry Truex, who also became a minor actor.

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