Field, Sylvia (1901–1998)

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Field, Sylvia (1901–1998)

American stage and screen actress. Name variations: Sylvia Field Truex. Born Harriet Johnson, Feb 14, 1901, in Allston, Massachusetts; died July 31, 1998, in Fallbrook, California; m. Robert J. Froelich (div.); m. Harold LeRoy Moffet (died); m. Ernest Truex (actor, died 1973); children: Sally Moffet (1932–1995, actress); Barry Truex (actor).

Best remembered as Mrs. Wilson on the tv series "Dennis the Menace," made NY stage debut in The Betrothal (1919) and enjoyed a long theatrical career; films include Junior Miss and All Mine to Give.

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