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Sally Field

Acting 79 years old Pasadena, California, USA ★ 3.8
Born: November 6, 1946

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.

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Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self- Guest 2009
ER
ER Maggie Wyczenski 1994
King of the Hill
King of the Hill Junie Harper (voice) 1997
The View
The View Self - Guest 1997

Jimmy's Seen (2)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Carrie 'Frog' (uncredited/archive footage) 2004
Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (134)

Marty, Life Is Short
Marty, Life Is Short Self (archive footage) 2026
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Remarkably Bright Creatures Tova Sullivan 2026
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors Self 2025
80 for Brady
80 for Brady Betty 2023
Spoiler Alert
Spoiler Alert Marilyn 2022
The Last Movie Stars
The Last Movie Stars Self 2022
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Jessie Buss 2022
I Am Burt Reynolds
I Am Burt Reynolds Self (archive) 2020
Love Letters
Love Letters Melissa Gardner 2020
Dispatches from Elsewhere
Dispatches from Elsewhere Janice 2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 2019
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
National Theatre Live: All My Sons Kate Keller 2019
Maniac
Maniac Dr. Greta Mantleray 2018
Spielberg
Spielberg Self 2017
Little Evil
Little Evil Miss Shaylock 2017
Chelsea
Chelsea Self 2016
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire Self (Archive) 2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Hello, My Name Is Doris Doris Miller 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Aunt May 2014
Lincoln
Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln 2012
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn Self 2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man Aunt May 2012
Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots Self 2012
The Desert of Forbidden Art
The Desert of Forbidden Art Voice 2011
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self- Guest 2009
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning Marina Del Ray (voice) 2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis Self 2008
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album
Brothers & Sisters: Family Album Self/Nora Walker 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo Self 2007
Two Weeks
Two Weeks Anita Bergman 2006
Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters Nora Walker 2006
The Tony Danza Show
The Tony Danza Show Self 2004
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Carrie 'Frog' (uncredited/archive footage) 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Victoria Rudd 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
The Court
The Court Justice Kate Nolan 2002
David Copperfield
David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood 2001
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" Self 2001
Say It Isn't So
Say It Isn't So Valdine Wingfield 2001
David Copperfield
David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood 2000
Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is Mama Lil 2000
A Cooler Climate
A Cooler Climate Iris 1999
The Directors
The Directors Self 1999
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Self - Host 1998
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies Self / Host 1998
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon Trudy Cooper 1998
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
Merry Christmas, George Bailey Mrs. Bailey / Narrator 1997
The View
The View Self - Guest 1997
The View
The View Self 1997
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man Self 1997
King of the Hill
King of the Hill Junie Harper (voice) 1997
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels Self (archive footage) 1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful Self 1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco Sassy (voice) 1996
Eye for an Eye
Eye for an Eye Karen McCann 1996
A Woman of Independent Means
A Woman of Independent Means Bess Alcott Steed Garner 1995
ER
ER Maggie Wyczenski 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump Self 1994
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump Mrs. Gump 1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Self (archive footage) 1994
A Century of Cinema
A Century of Cinema Self 1994
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire Miranda Hillard 1993
Intimate Portrait
Intimate Portrait Self (archive footage) 1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Sassy (voice) 1993
The Larry Sanders Show
The Larry Sanders Show Sally Field 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire Self - Hostess 1991
Soapdish
Soapdish Celeste Talbert 1991
Voices That Care
Voices That Care Self - Choir Member 1991
Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter Betty Mahmoody 1991
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias M'Lynn Eatenton 1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre Self (voice) 1989
Punchline
Punchline Lilah Krytsick 1988
Surrender
Surrender Daisy Morgan 1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self 1987
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Barbra Streisand: One Voice Self - Audience Member (Uncredited) 1986
Murphy's Romance
Murphy's Romance Emma Moriarty 1985
Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart Edna Spalding 1984
Kiss Me Goodbye
Kiss Me Goodbye Kay 1982
Lily for President?
Lily for President? Beth Barber 1982
All the Way Home
All the Way Home Mary Follet 1981
Absence of Malice
Absence of Malice Megan Carter 1981
Back Roads
Back Roads Amy Post 1981
Smokey and the Bandit II
Smokey and the Bandit II Carrie 1980
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Celeste Whitman 1979
Norma Rae
Norma Rae Norma Rae 1979
Mickey's 50
Mickey's 50 Self 1978
Hooper
Hooper Gwen Doyle 1978
The End
The End Mary Ellen 1978
The Greatest Stuntman Alive
The Greatest Stuntman Alive Herself 1978
Heroes
Heroes Carol Bell 1977
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit Carrie 'Frog' 1977
Sybil
Sybil Sybil 1976
Bridger
Bridger Jennifer Melford 1976
Stay Hungry
Stay Hungry Mary Tate Farnsworth 1976
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays Christine Morgan 1974
The Girl with Something Extra
The Girl with Something Extra Sally Burton 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ... Self 1973
Hitched
Hitched Roselle Bridgeman 1973
Mongo's Back in Town
Mongo's Back in Town Vikki 1971
Marriage: Year One
Marriage: Year One Jane Duden 1971
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring Denise "Dennie" Miller 1971
Great Performances
Great Performances Self 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Alias Smith and Jones 1971
Night Gallery
Night Gallery Irene Evans 1970
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest 1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Self 1968
The Flying Nun
The Flying Nun Sister Bertrille 1967
The Way West
The Way West Mercy McBee 1967
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares Self 1966
Occasional Wife
Occasional Wife 1966
The Dating Game
The Dating Game Sally Field 1965
Gidget
Gidget Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence 1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show Self 1962
Moon Pilot
Moon Pilot Beatnik Girl in Lineup (uncredited) 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
Tony Awards
Tony Awards Self - Presenter 1956
Tony Awards
Tony Awards Self - Nominee 1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney Self 1954
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
The Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards Self - Presenter 1949
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Self - Winner 1944

Directing Credits (3)

Writing Credits (1)

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