Cast
Sally Field
Acting
Cast
Sally Field
Known for
Acting
Born
1946-11-06
From
Pasadena, California, USA
Also known as Sally Margaret 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.
Remarkably Bright Creatures
as Tova Sullivan
Forrest Gump
as Mrs. Gump
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Aunt May
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
as Aunt May
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self (archive footage)
Mrs. Doubtfire
as Miranda Hillard
Lincoln
as Mary Todd Lincoln
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
as Carrie 'Frog' (uncredited/archive footage)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
as Victoria Rudd
Steel Magnolias
as M'Lynn Eatenton
Smokey and the Bandit
as Carrie 'Frog'
Not Without My Daughter
as Betty Mahmoody
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
as Sassy (voice)
Eye for an Eye
as Karen McCann
Soapdish
as Celeste Talbert
Where the Heart Is
as Mama Lil
Places in the Heart
as Edna Spalding
Norma Rae
as Norma Rae
Smokey and the Bandit II
as Carrie
80 for Brady
as Betty
Spielberg
as Self
Hooper
as Gwen Doyle
Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Doris Miller
Stay Hungry
as Mary Tate Farnsworth
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
as Sassy (voice)
Little Evil
as Miss Shaylock
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
Absence of Malice
as Megan Carter
Spoiler Alert
as Marilyn
Punchline
as Lilah Krytsick
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
as Celeste Whitman
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
as Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
The End
as Mary Ellen
Surrender
as Daisy Morgan
Say It Isn't So
as Valdine Wingfield
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self
The Way West
as Mercy McBee
Murphy's Romance
as Emma Moriarty
Hitched
as Roselle Bridgeman
Heroes
as Carol Bell
Back Roads
as Amy Post
A Cooler Climate
as Iris
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self - Hostess
Mickey's 50
as Self
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as Self
Two Weeks
as Anita Bergman
Moon Pilot
as Beatnik Girl in Lineup (uncredited)
David Copperfield
as Betsey Trotwood
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
as Kate Keller
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Kay
Love Letters
as Melissa Gardner
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (Uncredited)
A Century of Cinema
as Self
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
as Mrs. Bailey / Narrator
Home for the Holidays
as Christine Morgan
Bridger
as Jennifer Melford
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
as Self / Host
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
as Denise "Dennie" Miller
Marriage: Year One
as Jane Duden
Mongo's Back in Town
as Vikki
All the Way Home
as Mary Follet
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
as Self
Lily for President?
as Beth Barber
I Am Burt Reynolds
as Self (archive)
The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
as Self/Nora Walker
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
as Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
as Self
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
as Self (Archive)
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
as Marina Del Ray (voice)
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
as Herself