Biographie
Edith Fields, a seasoned performer in stage, film, and television, has earned the distinguished Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, seven Drama Logue Awards, and a KABC Year End Radio Award for her contributions to Los Angeles theatre. Her career began at age five, performing songs and dances at community events in her hometown of Poughkeepsie, New York. She participated in college theatre productions and entertained wounded soldiers through the U.S.O. in Army hospitals. Fields won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and a Drama Logue Award for her role in Theatre West’s production of Like One Of The Family, where critics described her performance as Beth/Consuelo as "dizzy and delightful" (Frontiers) and "a showstopper" (Hollywood Reporter). For her Drama Logue Award-winning role as Rose in Nuts at the Las Palmas Theatre, the Los Angeles Times praised her work, stating, "Edith Fields is splendid!" She also received both the KABC Radio Award and a Drama Logue Award for Avenue Of Dreams/Nothing Immediate with Company Of Angels, with the Los Angeles Times calling her "extraordinary." Her extensive 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 Christopher's Pulitzer Prize-winning Shadow Box (Theatre 40), among many others. In New York, Fields performed Off and Off-Off Broadway in productions such as 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 appearances include Mr. Saturday Night (1992) with Billy Crystal, Dad (1989) starring Jack Lemmon, No Way Out (1987) with Kevin Costner, Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) featuring Tom Selleck, John Cassavetes' Big Trouble (1986), Blake Edwards' Micki + Maude (1984), William Friedkin's Rampage (1987), and Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna’s Love Is All There Is (1996). Her television movie credits 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) starring Diane Keaton, My First Love (1988) with Bea Arthur, and The Rockford Files (1974) featuring James Garner. Fields has also guest-starred on numerous TV 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. A graduate of New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, she studied under renowned acting instructors Stella Adler, Robert Lewis, Herbert Berghof, and William Hickey. She is a proud member of the Actors Studio.
