Sally Field

Sally Field

Biography: Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She has received many awards and nominations, including two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and nominations for a Tony Award and for two British Academy Film Awards. Field 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). In 1967, she was also in the western The Way West. In 1976, she attracted critical acclaim for her performance in the television film Sybil, for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Her film debut was as an extra in Moon Pilot (1962). Her film career escalated during the 1970s with starring roles in films including Stay Hungry (1976), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Heroes (1977), The End (1978), and Hooper (1978). During the 1980s she won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984), and she appeared 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. Doubtfire (1993), and Forrest Gump (1994). 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 and the following year made her stage debut with Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?. For her portrayal of Nora Walker in the ABC television family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011), Field won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She starred as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she portrayed Aunt May in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, with the first being her highest-grossing release. In 2015, she portrayed the title character in Hello, My Name Is Doris, for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. In 2017, she returned to the stage after an absence of 15 years with the revival of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, for which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. In 2014, she was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2019, she received the Kennedy Center Honor.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: November 06, 1946

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump

1994-06-23

Spoiler Alert
Spoiler Alert

2022-12-02

80 for Brady
80 for Brady

2023-02-03

Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire

1993-11-24

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

2003-07-02

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias

1989-11-15

Stay Hungry
Stay Hungry

1976-04-23

Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit

1977-05-26

Say It Isn't So
Say It Isn't So

2001-03-10

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

1993-02-03

Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays

1974-07-13

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979-05-18

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

1996-03-08

Soapdish
Soapdish

1991-05-31

Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter

1991-01-11

Smokey and the Bandit II
Smokey and the Bandit II

1980-08-15

Murphy's Romance
Murphy's Romance

1985-12-25

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

2008-08-25

Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart

1984-09-11

Norma Rae
Norma Rae

1979-03-02

Punchline
Punchline

1988-10-07

The End
The End

1978-05-10

The Way West
The Way West

1967-05-24

Back Roads
Back Roads

1981-03-13

Hooper
Hooper

1978-07-28

Voices That Care
Voices That Care

1991-02-28

Two Weeks
Two Weeks

2006-10-20

Eye for an Eye
Eye for an Eye

1996-01-12

Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man

1997-07-23

Absence of Malice
Absence of Malice

1981-11-19

Kiss Me Goodbye
Kiss Me Goodbye

1982-12-22

Lincoln
Lincoln

2012-11-09

Heroes
Heroes

1977-11-04

Lily for President?
Lily for President?

1982-05-20

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

1996-05-19

The Desert of Forbidden Art
The Desert of Forbidden Art

2011-03-18

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014-04-16

David Copperfield
David Copperfield

2001-12-25

Surrender
Surrender

1987-10-09

A Cooler Climate
A Cooler Climate

1999-08-22

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies

1998-06-16

Mongo's Back in Town
Mongo's Back in Town

1971-12-10

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

1971-02-16

Hitched
Hitched

1971-03-31

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

2022-05-03

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

1994-10-01

The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man

2012-06-23

Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is

2000-04-27

Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
Merry Christmas, George Bailey!

1997-12-25

Hello, My Name Is Doris
Hello, My Name Is Doris

2015-11-27

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Barbra Streisand: One Voice

1986-12-27

All the Way Home
All the Way Home

1981-12-21

Marriage: Year One
Marriage: Year One

1971-10-15

Remarkably Bright Creatures
Remarkably Bright Creatures

Sybil
Sybil

1976-11-14

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991-07-15

Little Evil
Little Evil

2017-08-08

Spielberg
Spielberg

2017-10-05

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996-03-17

National Theatre Live: All My Sons
National Theatre Live: All My Sons

2019-05-14

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

2001-06-13

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988-11-22

Mickey's 50
Mickey's 50

1978-11-19

A Century of Cinema
A Century of Cinema

1994-01-01

Bridger
Bridger

1976-09-10

Love Letters
Love Letters

2020-05-21

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

2007-01-01

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994-05-18

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989-06-26