Multi-talented SAG actress, scriptwriter, singer, and songwriter, Marneen Lynne Fields was born in a trailer park in Minot, North Dakota on August 16, 1955. She is the middle child of country western square dance caller, turned light aircraft inventor of the inflatable door seal, Robert Leo Fields Sr., and foster child, turned housewife, Ruby Marie Farris. Marneen was a sickly child born with emphysema and enlarged heart who wasn't expected to live to be five years old, but by age nine she had outgrown the emphysema and grown into her heart. During her early school years she was somewhat of a child prodigy in math taking algebra classes with high school kids instead of playing with Barbies. She entered her first talent show doing a floor exercise gymnastics routine at Sinaloa Jr. High School in 1969. In 1970 she won the President's Physical Fitness award, first place in the school. In 1972 and 1973 she was one of the top gymnasts competing for Royal High School in Simi Valley, California. She was junior homecoming princess, and a senior Christmas princess for Royal also. She was at the top of her class on the honor roll, a song leader, and head of the Royal High School pep squad her senior year. In 1972 at the southern California cheerleader camp, her team won the spirit stick for Royal High School, and Marneen was awarded the coveted, "most talented cheerleader at the camp." She graduated with honors when she was one of three women to ever be awarded a combination athletic and scholastic scholarship to Utah State University for gymnastics. She was the top advanced all-around gymnast at Utah State from 1974-76 competing for the college at a regional and national level, and was ranked 3rd in the entire state in floor exercise and balance beam under the coaching of Lucille Chase. She studied theater arts, dance, and health education at Utah State. In 1976 an ankle replacement surgery involving the insertion of a calves tendon into her right ankle ended her college gymnastics.
In early 1977 she was discovered by stuntman Paul Stader, and began training at Paul's stunt school to become a Hollywood stunt woman. In December of 1977 she was cast by Eddie Foy III to play one of the mischievous schoolgirls in the movie of the week, "The Spell," and the rest is history. She has appeared in nearly 100 film and television shows as a character actress and a stunt lady. From 1977-1988, she was a top working stunt lady and character actress in Hollywood thanks to various stunt coordinators who believed in her talents and hired her for stunt jobs or got her readings for acting parts. She is the girl Clint Eastwood punched off the moving train in "The Gauntlet." However, in 1979 her life and career goals changed forever the day she met the late, actor, director, celebrity, Victor French of "Highway to Heaven." Victor hand picked her to study acting with his elite group of students, and Marneen worked closely with him under his guidance and training for three years while doing small theater and learning the craft of acting. She kept her stunt player day job as she continued to study acting in the hopes of becoming a great actress one day. In the mid-eighties producer Louis Arkoff and director Pierre Demoro cast her to Co-Star as the insanity victim who received the chemical lobotomy from Mary Warnov in the horror film "Hellhole." In the mid-eighties it looked as if Marneen Fields was destined for success as an actress as she was cast and directed by Stanley Kramer, Irwin Allen, James Fargo, Michael Preece, Paul Wagner, Peter Medak, Bruce Kessler, Russell Mayberry, Lee Katzin, Don Pemrick, Pam Poliferoni, and many others, when the twisted hand of fate dealt a crushing blow.
She survived a near fatal car accident that involved as series of abdominal operations that put her out of commission from 1992-1998. While healing from her surgeries Marneen met composer Martin Reedy Leggett and began a songwriting partnership with him in 1992. Marneen and Martin discovered that not only was Marneen a wonderful lyricist but that she also had a terrific pop-rock singing voice, a singing voice that vocal coach Bob Rose, and the Seth Riggs's speech level singing method have helped create. After Marneen and Martin went their separate musical ways, Marneen continued to pursue her musical education acquiring an advanced degree in music composition and becoming the song writer she is today.
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Marneen Lynne Fields also has two multi-talented brothers, news anchor-actor, Bobby Fields who's won the "Mark Twain Bust of Achievement" in television broadcasting four times; and actor-comedian-artist, Craig Fields who won the "Thespian of the Year Award" for best actor at Buena High School in Ventura, California in 1978.
Marneen Lynne Fields
Owner of Heavenly Waterfall Productions
SAG Actress & Scriptwriter
Pop/Rock Singer & Songwriter
Marneen's patience and faith have landed her back on top. Today, her greatest accomplishment to date is her screenplay, "A Lost and Found Gem," which chronicles Ruby Marie Farris (her mother's) eight yearlong journey into a frightening world of obscure mental illness laced with homelessness, breast cancer, blindness, and a life threatening lymphoma. And, Marneen is completing work on her first original love songs CD, "The Blue Veil Project - A Compilation of Heartfelt Memories," due to submit to record labels by summer of 2009.
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Scroll down to see photos of my amazing life through the years. At the end, I'll tell you what my goals for the future are.
Marneen Lynne Fields, age 9 Pop Warner Cheerleader living in Venice, California. Two Trivia notes: One day in elementary school she won first place in all the relay race competitions, everyone of them, and took home a stack of blue ribbons to hang on her bedroom wall. She also entered and won top dancer beating out hundreds of other kids doing the twist in a dance contest held at the Easter Egg Hunt festival at the park.
Marneen entered her first talent show doing a floor exercise gymnastics routine at Sinaloa Jr. High School in 1969. In 1970 she won the President's Physical Fitness award, first place in the school. In 1972 and 1973 she was one of the top gymnasts competing for Royal High School in Simi Valley, California.
Marneen won junior class homecoming princess, and senior class Christmas princess for Royal High School. She was at the top of her class on the honor roll and was awarded a "Scholastic Achievement Scholarship" upon graduation.
Marneen was a song leader for Royal High School her junior and senior year, and she was head of the Royal High School pep squad her senior year. In 1972 at the southern California cheerleader camp, she won the spirit stick for Royal High School, and was awarded the coveted, "most talented cheerleader at the Southern California Cheerleader camp."
Marneen performing on the balance beam during a photo shoot for Utah State University. She was the top advanced all-around gymnast at Utah State from 1974-76 competing for the college at a regional and national level, and was ranked 3rd in the entire state in floor exercise and balance beam under the coaching of Lucille Chase. She studied theater arts, dance, and health education at Utah State.
Photo is of Marneen performing a stag handstand on the balance beam for a photo shoot at Utah State University.
In early 1977 she was discovered by stuntman Paul Stader, and began training at Paul's stunt school to become a Hollywood stunt woman. In December of 1977 she was cast by Eddie Foy III to play one of the mischievous schoolgirls in the movie of the week, "The Spell," and the rest is history. She has appeared in nearly 100 film and television shows as a character actress and a stunt lady. From 1977-1988, she was a top working stunt lady and character actress in Hollywood thanks to various stunt coordinators who believed in her talents and hired her for stunt jobs or got her readings for acting parts.
Publicity article done on Marneen for "Star Magazine," in 1988.
Marneen is the girl Clint Eastwood punched off the moving train in "The Gauntlet." However, in 1979 her life and career goals changed forever the day she met the late, actor, director, celebrity, Victor French of "Highway to Heaven." Victor hand picked her to study acting with his elite group of students, and Marneen worked closely with him under his guidance and training for three years while doing small theater and learning the craft of acting. She kept her stunt player day job as she continued to study acting in the hopes of becoming a great actress one day. In the mid-eighties producer Louis Arkoff and director Pierre Demoro cast her to Co-Star as the insanity victim who received the chemical lobotomy from Mary Warnov in the horror film "Hellhole." In the mid-eighties it looked as if Marneen Fields was destined for success as an actress as she was cast and directed by Stanley Kramer, Irwin Allen, James Fargo, Michael Preece, Paul Wagner, Peter Medak, Bruce Kessler, Russell Mayberry, Lee Katzin, Don Pemrick, Pam Poliferoni, and many others, when the twisted hand of fate dealt a crushing blow. She survived a near fatal car accident that involved as series of abdominal operations that put her out of commission from 1992-1998.
My main goal for the future is to see my dear mother, Ruby's story, "A Lost and Found Gem" come before the world to help do something for the mentally ill who are homeless and their families. Above all we need to stop treating these people like they aren't human beings. If each one of us took the action to get a homeless mentally ill family member or friend off the dangerous streets, the world would be a more beautiful place in to live in. We must each do our part to help these kinds of people as they are unable to fend for themselves in any capacity. Ruby's mind is unable to know to get up and pour herself a glass of water, or to pull her pants up after she goes to the bathroom! Does a person like that deserve to be thrown onto the streets by family members and friends? No, they deserve to be brought to a place of safety and security. Each of us need to put on kid gloves in our dealings with the mentally ill who are homeless. We need to steady an understanding heart with gentleness and patience. We need to look after them, not run from them in fear.
My other goals for the future are to make my Heavenly Waterfall Productions a successful and award winning scriptwriting and songwriting company. 2009 will be a very big year for me as I release my first original songs CD, "The Blue Veil Project - A Compilation of Heartfelt Memories" to record labels. I look forward to the world singing my love songs.
Last but not least, after spending most of my life training to be a great actress, I would love the opportunity and challenge of playing a series regular on a television series or a soap opera.
Marneen Lynne Fields
Owner of Heavenly Waterfall Productions
Pop-Rock Singer & Songwriter
SAG Actress & Scriptwriter
