Sally Field

Acting · Born 1946-11-06 in Pasadena, California, USA

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…

Filmography

• Forrest Gump as Mrs. Gump
• Mrs. Doubtfire as Miranda Hillard
• Steel Magnolias as M'Lynn Eatenton
• Smokey and the Bandit as Carrie 'Frog'
• Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey as Sassy (voice)
• Where the Heart Is as Mama Lil
• Spielberg as Self
• Spoiler Alert as Marilyn
• 80 for Brady as Betty
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Victoria Rudd

TV

• Night Gallery as Irene Evans
• From the Earth to the Moon as Trudy Cooper
• ER as Maggie Wyczenski
• Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty as Jessie Buss
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• The Tony Danza Show as Self
• Brothers and Sisters as Nora Walker
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• Gidget as Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence