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Sally FieldAdd to My CelebsAge 65 Birthday Nov. 6th, 1946 Born in Pasadena, California, USA Height 5' 2 1/2" |
Sally Field's Main TV Roles |
Main Movie Roles2012 - The Amazing Spider-Man2003 - Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde 2001 - Say It Isn't So 2000 - Where The Heart Is 1996 - Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco 1996 - Eye For An Eye 1994 - Forrest Gump 1993 - Mrs. Doubtfire 1991 - Soapdish 1991 - Not Without My Daughter 1989 - Steel Magnolias 1988 - Punchline 1985 - Murphy's Romance 1981 - Absence of Malice 1980 - Smokey and the Bandit II 1979 - Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 1978 - The End 1978 - Hooper 1977 - Smokey and the Bandit 1976 - Stay Hungry 1967 - The Way West |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
Sally Margaret Field was born in 1946 in Pasadena, California to actress Margaret Field and salesman Richard Dryden Field. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother remarried stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, 'Princess OMahoney. She also has a brother, Richard Field. Sally attended Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California.
Her acting career began in 1965, when she landed the role of Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence in "Gidget" (1965), it was canceled after only one season because of bad ratings. She went on to star in "The Flying Nun" (1967), which ran for three seasons. She also appeared in her first film in 1967, The Way West (1967) opposite Kirk Douglas (I). In the next few years she appeared in numerous TV-movies and TV-shows such as Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971) (TV), Marriage: Year One (1971) (TV), "The Girl with Something Extra" (1973), and Sybil (1976) (TV). In 1977 she starred alongside Burt Reynolds (I) in the box office hit Smokey and the Bandit (1977), which led to a less successful sequel in 1980. In 1979 she starred in the popular film Norma Rae (1979) and she received her first Oscar for that role.
In the years that followed she starred in films such as Absence of Malice (1981), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), Places in the Heart (1984) (she received her second Oscar for her role), Murphy's Romance (1985), Punchline (1988) and Steel Magnolias (1989). In 1993 she starred alongside Robin Williams (I) and Pierce Brosnan in the popular comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). A year after, she played the role of Tom Hanks character's mother (even though she's only ten years older than him in real life) in the successful film Forrest Gump (1994). The film was a huge commercial success and won six academy awards.
Since then she has appeared in Tv-movies and Mini-series such as "A Woman of Independent Means" (1995), Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997) (TV), "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) and David Copperfield (2000) (TV). In 2000 she appeared in the film Where the Heart Is (2000) with Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd and in 2003 she starred alongside Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003). She also appeared in 12 episodes of "ER" (1994) from 2000-2006. In recent years she has played the role of matriarch Nora Walker in the hit television show "Brothers & Sisters" (2006), which earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2007.
Sally has been married twice. First to Steven Craig from 1968 to 1975. They had two sons together, Peter Craig (I) and Eli Craig. Second marriage was to film producer Alan Greisman from 1984 to 1993. They had one son together, Samuel Greisman (born December 2, 1987).
TRIVIA:
- While filming the scene in _Norma Rae (1979)_ (qv) where she is dragged out to the police car, she struggled and kicked so hard that she broke the rib of one of the men playing a police officer.
- Mother-in-law of actress 'Sasha Craig' (qv).
- Measurements: 33-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- Protested alongside fellow actresses 'Jane Fonda' (qv), 'Christine Lahti (I)' (qv), and playwright 'Eve Ensler' (qv) urging the Mexican government to re-investigate the slaying of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexico-Texas border. (February 2004).
- Is an alumni of the 'Lee Strasberg' (qv) Institute as are 'Harvey Keitel' (qv), 'Frank Miranda (II)' (qv), 'Robert De Niro' (qv) and 'Al Pacino' (qv).
- Born to Richard Dryden Field, a US Army Captain, and his wife 'Margaret Field' (qv), a contract player with Paramount Pictures starring in B movies. The couple divorced in 1950.
- Made two different appearances as a contestant on _"The Dating Game" (1965)_ (qv).
- Good friends with 'Goldie Hawn' (qv) and a longtime friend of 'Pat Mitchell (III)' (qv).
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