Sally Field is an American actress and director. Her acting career began in 1965, when she landed the role of Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence in Gidget. Since then she has appeared and directed TV movies and miniseries. She won the Oscar for Best Actress for both Norma Rae in 1979 and Places in the Heart in 1984. Field also won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Brothers & Sisters in 2006.Librarians note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Good friends with Goldie Hawn and longtime friends with Pat Mitchell.
Auditioned for the role of Elaine Robinson in The Graduate , which went to Katharine Ross.
Daughter of actress Margaret Field. Ex-stepdaughter of actor Jock Mahoney.
Born to Richard Dryden Field, a US Army captain, and his wife, Margaret Field , a contract player with Paramount Pictures who starred in B movies. The couple divorced in 1950 when Sally was 3 years old.
Parents divorced when she was 3 years old.
In 1998, became a grandmother of Isabel Craig; in 2001, Sophie Craig; and in 2006, Noah Craig.
Was asked to play the lead role in the romantic comedy Moonstruck .
Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s television series "The Fall Guy" .
(February 2004) Protested alongside fellow actresses Jane Fonda , Christine Lahti , and playwright Eve Ensler urging the Mexican government to re-investigate the slaying of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, on the Mexico-Texas border.
Graduate of Birmingham High School, Van Nuys, California, Class of 1964 with Michael Ovitz , who later became her agent. Fields class voted her "Class Clown". Another fellow student was Cindy Williams.
Her Oscar-winning performance as Norma Rae Webster in Norma Rae was ranked #15 on the American Film Institutes heroes list in their compilation of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.
Her favorite movie is Smokey and the Bandit .
Turned down the lead role of Alice Hardy in Friday the 13th .
Was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989.
Half-sister of Princess OMahoney.
While filming the scene in Norma Rae 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.
Her performance as Norma Rae Webster in Norma Rae is ranked #73 on Premiere Magazines 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
Has three films on the American Film Institutes 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time. They are: Places in the Heart at #95, Forrest Gump at #37, and Norma Rae at #16.
In Punchline , she plays Tom Hanks love interest. In Forrest Gump , they play mother and son.
Has an older brother, Richard Dryden Field, a physicist.
Made two different appearances as a contestant on "The Dating Game" .
Is an alumna of the Lee Strasberg Institute, as are Harvey Keitel , Frank Miranda , Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Mother-in-law of actress Sasha Craig.
In 1988, she survived the crash of her private airplane with no injuries. The plane lost power on take-off and skidded into some parked airplanes on the tarmac.
1966 Deb Star.
Both Sally and her mother, Margaret Field , have osteoporosis.
Her mother, Margaret Field , died on November 6, 2011, the day of Sallys 65th birthday.
Best known by the public for her starring roles as Sister Bertrille on "The Flying Nun" and as Nora Walker on "Brothers & Sisters" .
Is a staunch Democrat.
Is very good friends with: James Garner , Ron Rifkin , Goldie Hawn , Jeff Bridges , Tom Hanks , Dom DeLuise , Burt Reynolds , Shirley MacLaine , Tom Skerritt , Michael Caine , Hal Needham , Mark Harmon , Mason Adams , Michael J. Fox and Lane Smith.
(July 2012) Moved into a new apartment in a prestigious but very low-key building on Horatio St in Manhattans Greenwich Village.
Field was awarded a 2012 Human Rights Campaign Ally for Equality award for her advocacy for gay rights issues. The award was presented by her youngest son, Sam Greisman, who is openly gay.
Gave birth to her first child at age 23, a son, Peter Craig , on November 10, 1969. Childs father is her first husband, Steven Craig.
Gave birth at age 25 to her second child, a son, Elijah M. Craig (aka Eli Craig ), on May 25, 1972. Childs father is her first husband, Steven Craig.
Gave birth at age 41 to her third child, a son, Samuel Greisman, on December 2, 1987. Childs father is her second husband, Alan Greisman.
Is honored by the Palm Springs International Film Festival with its Career Achievement Award on January 5, 2013.
The longest she has gone without an Oscar nomination is 28 years, between Places in the Heart and Lincoln .
Acting mentor and friends with Matthew Rhys.
Born at 4:23 A.M. (PST).
Was the first choice for the role of Veronica Quaife in David Cronenberg s remake The Fly , which went to Geena Davis.
Is one of 15 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of California. The others are Fay Bainter , Gloria Grahame , Jo Van Fleet , Liza Minnelli , Tatum ONeal , Diane Keaton , Anjelica Huston , Cher , Jodie Foster , Helen Hunt , Gwyneth Paltrow , Angelina Jolie , Marcia Gay Harden and Brie Larson.
As of 2014, has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Norma Rae , Places in the Heart , Forrest Gump and Lincoln . Forrest Gump is the only winner in the category.
Was the 83rd actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Norma Rae at The 52nd Annual Academy Awards on April 14, 1980.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6767 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 5, 2014.
She has English, Irish, German, and Dutch, ancestry. Her paternal great-grandfather, John Quincy Field, was born in Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada.
Her 1985 Oscar acceptance speech was mocked by the title character (Jim Carrey ) in The Mask , when she won Best Actress for Places in the Heart. Her actual words were "You like me... right now, you like me!" but was often misquoted as "...you really like me!" or "...you really love me!".
She has worked with 5 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Sydney Pollack , Robert Benton , Robert Zemeckis , John Schlesinger , and Steven Spielberg.
Is one of two actresses who have won both the Best Actress Oscar (hers being for Norma Rae and Places in the Heart ) and the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy (hers being for "Brothers & Sisters" ). The other actress is Glenda Jackson.
Considers her on-screen kiss with James Garner as the best kiss she ever had.
. you like me. Thank you.
My country is still so repressed. Our idea of what is sexual is blonde,hair, long legs, 22 years old. It has nothing to do with humour,intelligence, warmth, everything to do with teeth and cleavage.
Forrest Gump (1994) is filled full of moments where your heart,just cheers.
