![]() Career įield with Joanne Woodward in Sybil (1976)įield got her start on television as the boy-crazy surfer girl in the sitcom Gidget (1965–1966). Her classmates included financier Michael Milken, actress Cindy Williams, and talent agent Michael Ovitz. Īs a teen, Field attended Portola Middle School and Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, where she was a cheerleader. ![]() Field said in her 2018 memoir that she was sexually abused by Mahoney during her childhood. Her parents were divorced in 1950 afterward, her mother married Jock Mahoney, an actor and a stuntman. Sally Field was born on November 6, 1946, in Pasadena, California, to Margaret Field ( née Morlan), an actress, and Richard Dryden Field, who served in the Army during World War II. She made her debut on the West End theatre in the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons in 2019. Field returned to the stage after an absence of 15 years with the 2017 revival of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She made her professional stage debut in the Broadway revival of Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? in 2002. Other roles include in the films Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015), and 80 for Brady (2023), as well as in the Netflix limited series Maniac (2018). She portrayed Aunt May in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel. She portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln (2012), for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. For her role of Nora Walker in the ABC drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011), Field won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In the 2000s, Field returned to television with a recurring role on the NBC medical drama ER, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2001. Other notable roles include in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Absence of Malice (1981), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), Murphy's Romance (1985), Steel Magnolias (1989), Soapdish (1991), Mrs. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Norma Rae (1979), and Places in the Heart (1984). Her film debut was as an extra in Moon Pilot (1962) followed by starring roles in Stay Hungry (1976), The Way West (1976) Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Heroes (1977), The End (1978), and Hooper (1978). She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for the NBC television film Sybil (1976). She was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014, the National Medal of Arts in 2014, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2019, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2023.įield began her career on television, starring in the comedies Gidget (1965–1966), The Flying Nun (1967–1970), and The Girl with Something Extra (1973–1974). ![]() Known for her extensive work on screen and stage, she has received many accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two British Academy Film Awards. Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress.
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