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Field at the 62nd Academy Awards ceremony, 1990 |
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| Born | Sally Margaret Field November 6, 1946 Pasadena, California, USA |
| Years active | 1965-present |
| Spouse(s) | Alan Greisman (1984-1993) Steven Craig (1968-1975) |
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American two-time Academy Award-winning actress. The 62nd Academy Awards were presented March 26, 1990 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. She is also a three-time Emmy Award winner and two-time Golden Globe Award winner who became a household name at age 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom The Flying Nun. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The Flying Nun is a Sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios She has won two Oscars, for Norma Rae in 1979, and for Places in the Heart in 1984. Norma Rae is a 1979 film which tells the story of a woman from a small town in the Southern United States who becomes involved in the labor union Places in the Heart is a 1984 Drama film which tells the story of a Southern widow who tries to keep her farm together with the help of a blind man
More recently, Field stars as Nora Holden Walker on the ABC hit drama, Brothers & Sisters, as a grieving matriarch who helps out in the family business. Nora Holden Walker is a fictional character on the Television drama, Brothers & Sisters. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Brothers & Sisters is an American Dramatic television series which centers around the Upper-middle class Walker family and their lives in
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Field was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Maggie, an actress, and Richard Dryden Field, who worked in sales. Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. [1] Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother subsequently remarried to actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney. WikipediaPersondata --> Jock Mahoney ( February 7, 1919 — December 14, 1989) was an American
She attended Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California where she was a cheerleader. Birmingham High School is a public Coeducational High school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Cheerleading is a Sport that uses organized routines made from elements of Tumbling, Dance, jumps and stunting to direct spectators of events Among her classmates were famed financier Michael Milken, fellow actress Cindy Williams (of Laverne and Shirley fame) and Michael Ovitz of CAA and Walt Disney Studios fame. Michael Robert Milken (born July 4, 1946 in Encino California) is a criminal American financier and philanthropist who almost single-handedly Cynthia Jane "Cindy" Williams (born August 22 1947) is a BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominated American actress best known for starring Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television Situation comedy that ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983 Michael S Ovitz (b December 14 1946, Los Angeles California) is a former talent agent and Hollywood powerhouse who served as the head of the
Field got her start on television, as the boy-struck, barefooted surfer girl in the mid-1960s surf culture sitcom series Gidget. Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave, most commonly using a Surfboard, although wave-riders Surf culture includes the people language fashion and life surrounding the sport of modern Surfing. Gidget is a 1965 Screen Gems sitcom about a Surfing, boy-crazy teenager called " Gidget " and her widowed She then went on to star in her best known television role, as Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun. The Flying Nun is a Sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios In an interview on the Flying Nun DVD, she said that she would have preferred to continue playing Gidget. Field also appeared in The Girl with Something Extra. The Girl with Something Extra was an American Fantasy -based sitcom television series that aired on NBC for one season during While starring on The Flying Nun, Sally tried her hand at singing, releasing an album on Colgems Records in 1967 and cracking the Billboard Hot 100 with one single, "Felicidad", in 1967. Colgems Records was a Record label which existed from 1966 to 1971.
She had several guest appearances, including a recurring role on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones starring Pete Duel (with whom she had worked on Gidget) and Ben Murphy, and the Rod Serling's Night Gallery episode "The Whisper. Alias Smith and Jones is a Western Television series on ABC from 1971 to 1973 Pete Duel ( 24 February 1940 – 31 December 1971) was an American Actor, best known for his role in the television Benjamin E Murphy (born March 6, 1942, in Jonesboro Arkansas) is an American Actor. Night Gallery is Rod Serling 's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973 "
Having played mostly comic characters on television, Field had a difficult time being cast in dramatic roles. The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or Expo 67 as it was commonly known was the World's Fair held in Montreal, Canada from April 27 to October She studied with famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg. Lee Strasberg ( November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an Academy Award -nominated Austro-Hungarian - American Soon after, Field landed the title role in the 1976 TV film Sybil. Sybil is a 1976 Drama film that originally aired as a made-for- Television Miniseries.
Field's dramatic portrayal of Sybil, a young woman afflicted with multiple personality syndrome in the TV film not only garnered her an Emmy Award in 1977, but also enabled her to break through the typecasting she had experienced from television roles. Dissociative Identity Disorder ( DID) as defined by the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM
Field had a number of critical and commercial successes in movies, particularly in the 1980s. In 1977 she co-starred with Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed in that year's #2 grossing film Smokey and the Bandit. Burton Leon Reynolds Jr (born February 11 1936 is an American Actor. Herbert Walton Gleason Jr, baptized John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason ( February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an Jerry Reed Hubbard ( March 20, 1937 &ndash August 31, 2008) known professionally as Jerry Reed was an American Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 movie starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick
In 1979, she starred as a union organizer in Norma Rae, and won the Best Female Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Actress. Norma Rae is a 1979 film which tells the story of a woman from a small town in the Southern United States who becomes involved in the labor union The Best Actress Award ( French: Prix d'interprétation féminine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to In 1981, Field played a prostitute opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the South-set comedy Back Roads, which received middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office. Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - Screen Actors Guild - and Emmy Award -winning Back Roads is a 1981 comedy starring Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
Field won another Academy Award in 1985 for her starring role in Places in the Heart. Places in the Heart is a 1984 Drama film which tells the story of a Southern widow who tries to keep her farm together with the help of a blind man Her gushing acceptance speech is well-remembered for its earnestness. In it, Field stated "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!". [2] The line ending in ". . . I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" is often misquoted as simply "You like me, you really like me!" which has subsequently been the subject of many parodies. (Field parodied the line herself in a commercial. ) Also in 1985, she co-starred with James Garner in Murphy's Romance. James Garner (born April 7 1928 is an American Film and Emmy -award winning Television Actor. Murphy's Romance is a 1985 romance/comedy Film adapted by Harriet Frank Jr In A&E's biography of Garner, Field reported that her on-screen kiss with Garner was the best cinematic kiss she had ever had.
Field appeared on the cover of the March 1986 issue of Playboy magazine. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy She was the interview subject in that month's issue. (She did not appear as a pictorial subject inside the magazine, although she did wear the classic leotard and bunny ears "Bunny Outfit" on the cover). A leotard is a Skin-tight one-piece garment that covers the torso and body but leaves the legs free
She has had supporting roles in other movies, including Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) in which she played the wife of Robin Williams and the love interest of Pierce Brosnan, followed by the role of Forrest's mother in Forrest Gump (1994). Mrs Doubtfire is a 1993 Comedy film based on the Novel Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE Honour and so holds an honorary OBE Forrest Gump is a 1994 Comedy film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and the name of the title character She is only 10 years older than Tom Hanks, with whom she had co-starred six years earlier in Punchline. Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director Punchline is a 1988 film written and directed by David Seltzer and stars Tom Hanks as a very talented young comic who helps a housewife played
On television, Field had a recurring role on ER in the 2000-2001 season as Dr. ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Abby Lockhart's mother Maggie, who is struggling to cope with bipolar disorder, a role for which she won an Emmy Award in 2001. Dr Abby Lockhart (married name Kovač formerly Abby Lockhart R After her critically acclaimed stint on the show, she returned to the role in 2003 and 2006. She also starred in the very short-lived 2002 series The Court.
Field has also ventured into the realm of directing. Her first directorial stint was for the television film, The Christmas Tree (1996). A Christmas tree, Yule tree, holiday tree or Tannenbaum (fir tree is one of the most popular Traditions associated with the celebration She also directed the feature film Beautiful (2000), as well as an episode of the TV mini-series, From the Earth to the Moon (1998). From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO Television Miniseries (1998 co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer,
Field was a late addition to the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Brothers & Sisters is an American Dramatic television series which centers around the Upper-middle class Walker family and their lives in In the show's pilot, the role of matriarch Nora Walker had been played by actress Betty Buckley. Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is a Tony Award -winning American Theater, Film, and Television However, the producers of the show decided to take the character of Nora in another direction, and Field was cast in the role. She won the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in her role as Nora Walker. The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles California on September 16, 2007 and were televised Field also has an upcoming voice role as Marina del Ray the villain in Disney's The Little Mermaid III. The Little Mermaid Ariel's Beginning is a 2008 Disney Animated Feature film, and the Direct-to-video Prequel This movie is scheduled for a direct-to-DVD release in 2008.
Currently, Field can be seen on television as the compensated spokesperson for Roche Laboratories' postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment medication, Boniva. F Hoffmann–La Roche Ltd is a Swiss global health-care company which operates world-wide under two divisions Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Ibandronic acid ( INN) or ibandronate sodium ( USAN) marketed under the trade names Boniva, Bondronat and Bonviva, is a
During her acceptance speech for her 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Field made an anti-war statement: "If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place. The term anti-war usually refers to the opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. " In the US, Fox censored her, so that she was cut off at "god--", and did not return to her speech. Fox also censored two other speakers, saying only that the content might be "considered inappropriate by some viewers". [3]
Field dated Burt Reynolds for many years. Burton Leon Reynolds Jr (born February 11 1936 is an American Actor. She married Steven Craig in 1968. The couple had two sons, Peter Craig, a novelist, and Eli, an actor and director. Peter Craig is an American writer known for his darkly comic novels of imploding father-child relationships They divorced in 1975.
In 1984, she married film producer Alan Greisman. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. They had one son, Sam. The couple divorced in 1993.
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1967 | The Way West | Mercy McBee | |
| 1976 | Stay Hungry | Mary Tate Farnsworth | |
| 1977 | Smokey and the Bandit | Carrie / 'Frog' | Nominated - Golden Globe |
| Heroes | Carol Bell | ||
| 1978 | The End | Mary Ellen | |
| Hooper | Gwen Doyle | ||
| 1979 | Norma Rae | Norma Rae | Academy Award for Best Actress; Golden Globe |
| Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Celeste Whitman | ||
| 1980 | Smokey and the Bandit II | Carrie / 'Frog' | |
| 1981 | Back Roads | Amy Post | |
| Absence of Malice | Megan Carter | Nominated - Golden Globe | |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Kay Villano | Nominated - Golden Globe |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart | Edna Spalding | Academy Award for Best Actress; Golden Globe |
| 1985 | Murphy's Romance | Emma Moriarty | Nominated - Golden Globe |
| 1987 | Surrender | Daisy Morgan | |
| 1988 | Punchline | Lilah Krytsick | |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | M'Lynn Eatenton | Nominated - Golden Globe |
| 1991 | Not Without My Daughter | Betty Mahmoody | |
| Soapdish | Celeste Talbert / Maggie | ||
| 1993 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Sassy | voice |
| Mrs. Doubtfire | Miranda Hillard | ||
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Herself | documentary |
| Forrest Gump | Mrs. The Way West is a 1967 epic western film based on the novel by A Stay Hungry is a 1976 dramatic comedy Film by director Bob Rafelson from a screenplay by Charles Gaines (adapted from his 1972 Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 movie starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Heroes is a 1977 comedy drama film directed by Jeremy Kagan, and starring Henry Winkler and Sally Field. The End is a 1978 Comedy film, directed by Burt Reynolds and starring Reynolds Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Hooper is a 1978 action-comedy Motion picture based loosely on the experiences of director Hal Needham, a one-time stuntman in his own right Norma Rae is a 1979 film which tells the story of a woman from a small town in the Southern United States who becomes involved in the labor union Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Beyond the Poseidon Adventure is a 1979 American Disaster film, a sequel to the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure. Smokey and the Bandit II is a Comedy film released on August 15, 1980 in the United States. Back Roads is a 1981 comedy starring Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. Absence of Malice is a 1981 film which tells the story of Michael Gallagher ( Paul Newman) the son of a dead Mafia boss who discovers that he has become The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Places in the Heart is a 1984 Drama film which tells the story of a Southern widow who tries to keep her farm together with the help of a blind man Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Murphy's Romance is a 1985 romance/comedy Film adapted by Harriet Frank Jr The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Surrender is the title of a 1987 Film starring Sally Field and Michael Caine. Punchline is a 1988 film written and directed by David Seltzer and stars Tom Hanks as a very talented young comic who helps a housewife played Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling, is a 1987 off-Broadway play, made into a movie in 1989 The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Not Without My Daughter is a 1991 film depicting the real life escape of American citizen Betty Mahmoody and her daughter from her husband in Soapdish is a 1991 comedy film which tells a Backstage story of the cast and crew of a popular Television Soap opera Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey is a 1993 remake of the 1963 film The Incredible Journey based on the best-selling novel of the Mrs Doubtfire is a 1993 Comedy film based on the Novel Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine. A Century of Cinema is a 1994 documentary directed by Caroline Thomas about the art of filmmaking (coinciding with cinema's 100th anniversary Forrest Gump is a 1994 Comedy film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and the name of the title character Gump | Nominated - BAFTA Award | |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye | Karen McCann | |
| Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Sassy | voice | |
| 2000 | Where the Heart Is | Mama Lil | |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So | Valdine Wingfield | |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde | Rep. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation Eye for an Eye is a film starring Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Beverly D'Angelo and Joe Mantegna. Homeward Bound II Lost in San Francisco is the 1996 sequel to the 1993 film Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey. Where the Heart Is is a 2000 Drama / Romance film directed by Matt Williams and produced by Susan Cartsonis, David Say It Isn't So is a comedy film starring Chris Klein and Heather Graham about two young lovers who come to believe that they are actually siblings Legally Blonde 2 Red White & Blonde, is the 2003 sequel to 2001 's Legally Blonde. Victoria Rudd | |
| Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern | Herself | documentary | |
| 2006 | Two Weeks | Anita Bergman | |
| 2008 | The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning | Marina Del Ray (Ariel and her sister's watcher) | (voice over, animated) |
| 2009 | Lincoln | Mary Todd Lincoln | pre-production |
| Year | Production | Role | Other notes |
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| 1965-1966 | Gidget | Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence | |
| 1967-1970 | The Flying Nun | Sister Bertrille | |
| 1971 | Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring | Denise 'Dennie' Miller | |
| Hitched | Roselle Bridgeman | ||
| Marriage: Year One | Jane Duden | ||
| 1972 | Home for the Holidays | Christine Morgan | |
| 1973-1974 | The Girl with Something Extra | Sally Burton | |
| 1976 | Bridger | Jennifer Melford | |
| Sybil | Sybil Dorsett | Emmy Award | |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means | Bess Alcott Steed Garner | TV mini-series - Nominated - Emmy Award; Nominated - Golden Globe |
| 1977 | Merry Christmas, George Bailey | Mrs. Two Weeks is a 2006 comedy drama film directed by Steve Stockman and starring Sally Field. The Little Mermaid Ariel's Beginning is a 2008 Disney Animated Feature film, and the Direct-to-video Prequel Gidget is a 1965 Screen Gems sitcom about a Surfing, boy-crazy teenager called " Gidget " and her widowed The Flying Nun is a Sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios The Girl with Something Extra was an American Fantasy -based sitcom television series that aired on NBC for one season during James or Jim Bridger (March 1804 &ndash July 17 1881 was among the foremost mountain men, trappers scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western Sybil is a 1976 Drama film that originally aired as a made-for- Television Miniseries. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Bailey/Narrator | |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Trudy Cooper | miniseries |
| 1999 | A Cooler Climate | Iris | Nominated - Emmy Award |
| 2000 | David Copperfield | Aunt Betsey Trotwood | |
| 2000 - Present | ER | Maggie Wyczenski | Emmy Award - 2001 Nominated - Emmy Award - 2003 Recurring role |
| 2002 | The Court | Justice Kate Nolan | cancelled after 6 episodes |
| 2005 | Conviction | ||
| 2006 - Present | Brothers & Sisters | Nora Walker | Emmy Award - 2007 Won Nominated - Golden Globes 2008 Main cast |
| Awards | ||
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| Golden Globe Award | ||
| Preceded by Jane Fonda for Coming Home |
Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1980 for Norma Rae |
Succeeded by Mary Tyler Moore for Ordinary People |
| Preceded by Shirley MacLaine for Terms of Endearment |
Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1985 for Places in the Heart |
Succeeded by Whoopi Goldberg for The Color Purple |
| Cannes Film Festival Awards | ||
| Preceded by Jill Clayburgh for An Unmarried Woman and Isabelle Huppert for Violette Nozière |
Best Actress 1979 for Norma Rae |
Succeeded by Anouk Aimée for Leap Into The Void |
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| NAME | Field, Sally |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |