Totie Fields

Visitor Count: Totie Fields, (sometimes cited as "Tody" Fields), comedienne who flourished in the 1960s

This article written and copyright by Will Johnson, freelance biographer.

Cite this article as "Totie Fields" at Countyhistorian hosted on sites.google.com

Bits of Trivia

• • Suffered a leg amputation due to cancer.

  • Appeared on the Mike Douglas Show in 1961

  • "Frequently seen on the Merv Griffin and Tonight television shows" (so said in 1966) (see http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=51067612&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=1)

  • She appeared at various comedy clubs as well, including Latin Casino in Camden, NJ (see http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=94230441&currentResult=3&src=search&firstvisit=true)

  • She appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1963 (see http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=0&did=86707502&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1221527535&clientId=54310)

Further Reading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totie_Fields "Totie Fields" on Wikipedia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTMCnjnWXg8&feature=related "Totie Fields describes her two daughters" on YouTube (late career 1970s?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U815IXVqFU4&feature=related "Totie Fields on weight, fashion, her amputated leg"