I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks.

Ed Sullivan gave Fields her first big break when he booked her on his show after seeing her perform at the Copacabana in New York. [citation needed]


Rise to fame
Fields gained fame during the 1960s and 1970s. Her aTotie Fieldss were interred in Las Vegas; however after her husband George Johnston's death in January 1995 her remains were moved to the Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles to be interred together.

Totie Fields (May 7 1930 – August 2 1978) was an American comedienne.