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Sally Field
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn November 6, 1946 (79 years)
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.
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.
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Sally Field Filmography
| 2023 | 80 for Brady · as Betty |
| 2022 | Spoiler Alert · as Marilyn |
| 2022 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (TV Series) · as Jessie Buss |
| 2020 | Dispatches from Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Janice |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: All My Sons · as Kate Keller |
| 2018 | Maniac (2018) (TV Series) · as Dr. Greta Mantleray |
| 2017 | Little Evil · as Miss Shaylock |
| 2015 | Hello, My Name Is Doris · as Doris Miller |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · as Aunt May |
| 2012 | Lincoln · as Mary Todd Lincoln |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man · as Aunt May |
| 2010 | The Desert of Forbidden Art · as Voice |
| 2008 | The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning · as Marina Del Ray (voice) |
| 2006 | Two Weeks · as Anita Bergman |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) · as Nora Walker |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde · as Victoria Rudd |
| 2002 | The Court (TV Series) · as Justice Kate Nolan |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So · as Valdine Wingfield |
| 2000 | David Copperfield · as Betsey Trotwood |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Norma Rae |
| 2000 | Where the Heart Is · as Mama Lil |
| 1999 | A Cooler Climate · as Iris |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon (TV Series) · as Trudy Cooper |
| 1997 | Merry Christmas, George Bailey · as Mrs. Bailey / Narrator |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Junie Harper (voice) |
| 1996 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco · as Sassy (voice) |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye · as Karen Mccann |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means (TV Series) · as Bess Alcott Steed Garner |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Maggie Wyczenski |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump · as Mrs. Gump |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire · as Miranda Hillard |
| 1993 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey · as Sassy (voice) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Soapdish · as Celeste Talbert |
| 1991 | Not Without My Daughter · as Betty Mahmoody |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias · as M'lynn Eatenton |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Secretary #91, Kathleen Dubek |
| 1988 | Punchline · as Lilah Krytsick |
| 1987 | Surrender · as Daisy Morgan |
| 1985 | Murphy's Romance · as Emma Moriarty |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart · as Edna Spalding |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye · as Kay |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Gwen |
| 1981 | All the Way Home · as Mary Follet |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice · as Megan Carter |
| 1981 | Back Roads · as Amy Post |
| 1980 | Smokey and the Bandit II · as Carrie |
| 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure · as Celeste Whitman |
| 1979 | Norma Rae · as Norma Rae |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | The End · as Mary Ellen |
| 1977 | Heroes · as Carol Bell |
| 1977 | Smokey and the Bandit · as Carrie 'frog' |
| 1976 | Sybil (TV Series) · as Sybil |
| 1976 | Bridger · as Jennifer Melford |
| 1976 | Stay Hungry · as Mary Tate Farnsworth |
| 1973 | The Girl with Something Extra (TV Series) · as Sally Burton |
| 1972 | Home for the Holidays · as Christine Morgan |
| 1971 | Mongo's Back in Town · as Vikki |
| 1971 | Hitched · as Roselle Bridgeman |
| 1971 | Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring · as Denise "dennie" Miller |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Irene Evans |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Jenny Marsh |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Jan Wilkins |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun (TV Series) · as Sister Bertrille |
| 1967 | The Way West · as Mercy Mcbee |
| 1966 | Occasional Wife (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Hey, Landlord (TV Series) · as Bonnie Banner |
| 1965 | Gidget (TV Series) · as Frances Elizabeth 'gidget' Lawrence |
| 1962 | Moon Pilot · as Beatnik Girl In Lineup (uncredited) |
Remarkably Bright Creatures · as Tova |
| 2024 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2023 | Tom Hanks: The Nomad · as Self |
| 2023 | The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Honoree |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | I Am Burt Reynolds · as Self |
| 2019 | The 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Amanpour and Company (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind · as Self |
| 2017 | Spielberg · as Self |
| 2017 | The 71st Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2016 | Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self |
| 2016 | Chelsea (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Variety: Actors on Actors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Sixties (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Supermensch · as Self |
| 2013 | The 67th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2013 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 2013 | 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2013 | 70th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2013 | 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Katie (2012) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The Chew (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Nate Berkus Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Stand Up to Cancer · as Self |
| 2009 | The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2009 | Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2008 | The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2008 | Stand Up to Cancer · as Self |
| 2008 | Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Reinventando Hollywood · as Self |
| 2008 | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Brothers & Sisters: Family Album · as Self/nora Walker |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner & Presenter |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The 59th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Words in Progress · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2001 | America: A Tribute to Heroes · as Self |
| 2001 | 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2000 | 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | ARTE Journal Clips (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies · as Self / Host |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1996 | The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful · as Self |
| 1995 | The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1995 | 50 Years of Funny Females · as Self |
| 1995 | The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1994 | Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump · as Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | 100 Years at the Movies · as Self |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema · as Self |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series) · as Sally Field |
| 1992 | Getaway (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The 64th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1992 | Oscar's Greatest Moments · as Self |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · as Self - Hostess |
| 1991 | The 63rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Favorite Films Segment |
| 1991 | Voices That Care · as Self - Choir Member |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 · as Self - Nominee |
| 1988 | James Stewart's Wonderful Life · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | One Voice · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1986 | The 58th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Live Aid · as Self |
| 1985 | The 57th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1983 | Sally Jessy Raphael (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | The 53rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1980 | Hour Magazine (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The 52nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1979 | Carol Burnett & Company (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | The $10,000 Pyramid (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | Dinah's Place (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1969 | He Said, She Said (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1968 | Happening '68 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Dating Game (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star Contestant |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | Password (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | The Lost Children of Berlin · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | The Christmas Tree · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon (TV Series) |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | The Christmas Tree · as Teleplay |