birth name	Sally Margaret Field
birth date	November 06, 1946
birth place	Pasadena, California, US
years active	1962–present
occupation	Actress, singer, producer, director, screenwriter
spouse	Steve Craig (1968–1975)Alan Greisman (1984–1993) }}

Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress, singer, producer, director, and screenwriter. In each decade of her career, she has been known for major roles in American TV/film culture, including: in the 1960s, for ''Gidget'' (1965–66) or Sister Bertrille on ''The Flying Nun'' (1967–70); in the 1970s, for ''Sybil'' (1976), ''Smokey and the Bandit'' (1977) and ''Norma Rae'' (1979); in the 1980s, for ''Absence of Malice'', ''Places in the Heart'' (1984) and ''Steel Magnolias''; in the 1990s, for ''Not Without My Daughter'', ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' (1993) and ''Forrest Gump'' (1994); and in the 2000s, on the TV shows ''ER'' and ''Brothers & Sisters''. She has also performed in numerous other roles.

Field won the ''Academy Award for Best Actress'' in a leading role on two occasions, ''Norma Rae'' (1979) and ''Places in the Heart'' (1984). Field's professional achievements also include winning three Emmy Awards: for her role in the TV film ''Sybil'' (1976); her guest-starring role on ''ER'' in 2000; and for her starring role as Nora Holden Walker on ABC's series ''Brothers & Sisters'' in 2007. She has also won two Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. She also won the Best Female Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, for ''Norma Rae'' (1979).

Early life

Sally Field was born in Pasadena, California, daughter of Richard Dryden Field, an Army officer, and his wife, actress Margaret Field. Her parents divorced in 1950, and her mother later married actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney.

Field attended Portola Middle School, followed by Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, where she was a cheerleader. Her classmates included infamous financier Michael Milken, actress Cindy Williams (of ''Laverne & Shirley'' fame) and Michael Ovitz of CAA and Walt Disney Studios fame.

Career

Television

Field got her start on television as the boy-crazy surfer girl in the mid-1960s surf culture sitcom series, ''Gidget''. She went on to star as Sister Bertrille in ''The Flying Nun''. In an interview included on the DVD release of ''The Flying Nun'', she said that she would have preferred to continue playing Gidget. Field hated being on ''The Flying Nun'' because she wasn't treated with respect. After her iconic role on ''The Flying Nun'', she had become typecast. Later, she starred opposite John Davidson in a short-lived series called ''The Girl with Something Extra'' (1973–74).

In 1971, Field starred in ''Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring'' with David Carradine and a soundtrack by Linda Ronstadt. She played the role of a discouraged teen runaway who returned home after a year on the road with a bearded drug-abusing hippie named "Flack" (David Carradine).

She made 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, plus the ''Rod Serling's Night Gallery'' episode "Whisper".

Having played mostly comedic characters on television, Field had a difficult time being cast in dramatic roles. She studied with famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg, who had previously helped Marilyn Monroe go beyond the "bimbo" roles with which her career had begun.

Soon afterward, Field landed the title role in the 1976 TV film ''Sybil'', the first of two films based on the book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Field's dramatic portrayal of Sybil, a young woman afflicted with Dissociative Identity Disorder, previously known as multiple personality disorder, 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 her television sitcom roles.

Music

While starring on ''The Flying Nun'', Sally tried her hand at singing. Sally Field sang on the Soundtrack for ''The Flying Nun'' in 1967 and she even sang ''The Flying Nun'' theme song "Who Needs Wings to Fly". The same year, she cracked the Billboard Hot 100 with one single, ''Felicidad''. Sally revived her singing career in 2008 when she sang on the soundtrack for "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning".

Film

Field had made her film debut in 1962 with a small part in ''Moon Pilot''. Her first major film role was in ''The Way West'' (1967). In 1977, she co-starred with Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed in that year's #2 grossing film, ''Smokey and the Bandit.'' In 1979, she played a union organizer in ''Norma Rae,'' a successful film that established her status as a dramatic actress. Vincent Canby, in his review of the film for the ''New York Times,'' wrote: "''Norma Rae'' is a seriously concerned contemporary drama, illuminated by some very good performances and one, Miss Field's, that is spectacular." She won the Best Female Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Field did three more of Reynolds' films (''The End'', ''Hooper'' and ''Smokey and the Bandit II''), none particularly an acting challenge. In 1981, Field continued to change her image, playing a foul-mouthed prostitute opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the South-set film ''Back Roads,'' which received middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office. She won Golden Globe nominations for the 1981 drama ''Absence of Malice'' and 1982 comedy ''Kiss Me Goodbye''.

Then came a second Oscar for her starring role in the 1984 drama ''Places in the Heart''. Field's gushing acceptance speech is well remembered for its earnestness. She said, "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!" 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.) The phrase, "You like me" was originally from her wry, understated, famous reply in the film ''Norma Rae'', but many people totally missed the subtle connection in her acceptance speeches, with that point in the film.

The following year, she co-starred with James Garner in the romantic comedy ''Murphy's Romance.'' In A&E;'s biography of Garner, she cited her on-screen kiss with Garner as the best cinematic kiss she had ever had.

Field appeared on the cover of the March 1986 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine, in which she was the interview subject. She did not appear as a pictorial subject inside the magazine, although she did wear the classic leotard and bunny-ears outfit on the cover. That same year she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award.

For her role as the matriarch, M'Lynn, in the film version of ''Steel Magnolias'' (1989), she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She had supporting roles in a number of other movies, including ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' (1993) in which she played Miranda Hillard, the wife of Robin Williams's character and the love interest of Pierce Brosnan's character Stuart 'Stu' Dunmyer. She followed this with the role of Forrest Gump's mother in ''Forrest Gump'' (1994), even though she is only 10 years older than Tom Hanks, with whom she had co-starred six years earlier in ''Punchline.''

Her other films in the 1990s included ''Not Without My Daughter'', a controversial suspense film, and ''Soapdish'', a comedy in which Field plays the pampered star of a television soap opera. She played Natalie Portman's mother in ''Where the Heart Is'' (2000) and appeared opposite Reese Witherspoon in ''Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'' (2003).

Recent roles

In November 2009, Sally appeared on an episode of ''The Doctors'' to talk about osteoporosis and her Rally With Sally Foundation.

On television, Field had a recurring role on ''ER'' in the 2000-01 season as Dr. Abby Lockhart's mother Maggie, who is struggling to cope with bipolar disorder, a role for which she won an Emmy Award in 2001. 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's directorial career began with the television film ''The Christmas Tree'' (1996). She also directed the feature film ''Beautiful'' (2000) as well as an episode of the critically acclaimed TV mini-series ''From the Earth to the Moon'' (1998).

Field was a late addition to the ABC drama ''Brothers & Sisters'', which debuted in September 2006. In the show's pilot, the role of matriarch Nora Walker had been played by actress Betty Buckley. 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 blockbuster soap also stars familiar actresses such as Calista Flockhart and Rachel Griffiths, in the roles of Nora's adult daughters, Kitty Walker and Sarah Walker, respectively, as well as unfamiliar actors, such as Welsh film actor Matthew Rhys tackling the very American role of Nora's son, Kevin Walker, and Dave Annable as Nora's youngest son, Justin Walker.

Field recently had a voice role as Marina del Rey, the primary antagonist in Disney's ''The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning'', which was released in August 2008.

Currently, Field can be seen on television as the compensated spokesperson for Roche Laboratories' postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment medication, Boniva.

She has been cast to portray Aunt May in the upcoming Marvel Comics film ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's upcoming film ''Lincoln'', written by Tony Kushner.

Activism

During her 2007 acceptance speech for her 2006-07 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!" Though the crowd present at the Emmy Awards heard it, viewers watching the telecast in the United States only heard "if mothers ruled the world there would be no ... ," due to the censoring of the rest of the statement (in Canada, her remark was not bleeped). In the 2008 presidential election, she supported Hillary Clinton in her bid for the Democratic Party nomination.

Field is also a dedicated advocate for women's rights. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Vital Voices Global Partnership, an international women's NGO, and has co-hosted the Global Leadership Awards six times.

Personal life

Field married Steven Craig in 1968. The couple had two sons, Peter Craig, a novelist, and Eli Craig, an actor and director. They divorced in 1975. Sally Field was romantically involved with Burt Reynolds for many years, during which time they co-starred in several movies, including ''Smokey and the Bandit'', ''Smokey and the Bandit II'', and ''The End''. In 1984, she married film producer Alan Greisman. They had one son, Sam. Field and Greisman divorced in 1993.

On October 29, 1988, she and her family survived a crash after their charter plane lost power on takeoff. They all survived with minor injuries.

Field suffers from osteoporosis, and has appeared in commercials promoting prescription medication designed to prevent and/or alleviate the effects of the disease.

Filmography

Film

! Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
1962	''Moon Pilot''	Beatnik girl in lineup
1967		Mercy McBee
1976		Mary Tate Farnsworth
		Carrie / 'Frog'	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
	Carol Bell
		Mary Ellen
	Gwen Doyle
	''Norma Rae''	Norma Rae	Academy Award for Best ActressGolden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaPrix d'interprétation féminine
''[[Beyond the Poseidon Adventure''	Celeste Whitman
1980	''Smokey and the Bandit II''	Carrie / 'Frog'
		Amy Post
''Absence of Malice''	Megan Carter	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1982		Kay Villano	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1984	''Places in the Heart''	Edna Spalding	Academy Award for Best ActressGolden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
1985	''Murphy's Romance''	Emma Moriarty	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1987		Daisy Morgan
1988		Lilah Krytsick
1989	''Steel Magnolias''	M'Lynn Eatenton	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
	''Not Without My Daughter''	Betty Mahmoody
''Soapdish''	Celeste Talbert / Maggie
	''Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey''	Sassy	voice
''Mrs. Doubtfire''	Miranda Hillard
	''A Century of Cinema''	Herself	documentary
''Forrest Gump''	Mrs. Gump
		Karen McCann
''Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco''	Sassy	voice
		Mama Lil
		directorial debut
2001		Valdine Wingfield
	''Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde''	Rep. 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	(voice-over; animated)
2012			Filming
2012		Mary Todd Lincoln	Filming

Television

! Year	! Production	! Role	! Notes
1965–66		Frances Elizabeth "Gidget" Lawrence	32 episodes
1966–67	''Hey, Landlord''	Bonnie Banner	4 episodes
1967–70	''The Flying Nun''	Elsie Ethrington "Sister Bertrille"	82 episodes
	''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
1973–74	''The Girl with Something Extra''	Sally Burton	22 episodes
		Jennifer Melford
	Sybil Dorsett
1977	''Merry Christmas, George Bailey''	Mrs. Bailey/Narrator
1995	''A Woman of Independent Means''	Bess Alcott Steed Garner
1998		Trudy Cooper	miniseries
1999	''A Cooler Climate''	Iris	Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a MovieNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film
2000		Aunt Betsey Trotwood	Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film
2000–06		Maggie Wyczenski	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series (2001)Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series (2003)Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2000)	Recurring role
2002	''The Court''	Justice Kate Nolan	Cancelled after 6 episodes
2005	''Conviction''
2006 – 2011		Nora Walker	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series (Won in 2007, Nominated 2008-2009)Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (Nominated in 2008, Won in 2009)
Year	Title	Chart positions
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	''[[The Flying Nun">Prism Award	109 episodes

Discography

Year	Title	Chart positions
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	''[[The Flying Nun''	*Released: 1967	Colgems Records>Colgems COM-106 (Mono)/COS-106 (Stereo)
		*Released: 2008	*Label: Walt Disney Records

Singles

"Felicidad" (''Billboard Hot 100'' #94) / "Find Yourself A Rainbow" -- Colgems (1967)

"Golden Days" / "You're a Grand Old Flag" -- Colgems (1968)

"Gonna Build A Mountain" / "Months of The Year" -- Colgems (1968)

"Just One Mistake" -- Walt Disney Records (2008)

"Just One Mistake (Reprise)" -- Walt Disney Records (2008)

References

External links

''Actress Sally Field On Hollywood, Family and Aging'', an NPR Interview, June 3, 2009 (streaming audio)

''Two Weeks'' movie site

Category:1946 births Category:American child actors Category:American female singers Category:Female film directors Category:American film directors Category:American film actors Category:American television actors Category:Best Actress Academy Award winners Category:Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (film) winners Category:Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners Category:Actors from California Category:Emmy Award winners Category:Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute alumni Category:Living people Category:People from Pasadena, California Category:American voice actors

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