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Sally Field
Born · November 6, 1946 (78 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Pasadena, California, USA
Bio
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.
80 for Brady
Betty
6.4
2023
Spoiler Alert
Marilyn
7.0
2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2022
Spielberg
Self
7.6
2017
Little Evil
Miss Shaylock
5.6
2017
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Doris Miller
6.4
2015
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Aunt May
6.5
2014
Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln
6.9
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
Aunt May
6.7
2012
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Voice
4.7
2011
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Marina Del Ray (voice)
6.7
2008
Two Weeks
Anita Bergman
6.0
2006
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Rep. Victoria Rudd
5.7
2003
David Copperfield
Aunt Betsey Trotwood
6.3
2001
Say It Isn't So
Valdine Wingfield
4.7
2001
Where the Heart Is
Mama Lil
7.1
2000
A Cooler Climate
Iris
4.7
1999
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self / Host
0.0
1998
Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
Mrs. Bailey / Narrator
0.0
1997
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
Self
0.0
1997
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self (archive footage)
6.2
1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self
10.0
1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Sassy (voice)
6.6
1996
Eye for an Eye
Karen McCann
6.1
1996
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Self
7.6
1994
Forrest Gump
Mrs. Gump
8.5
1994
Mrs. Doubtfire
Miranda Hillard
7.2
1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Sassy (voice)
7.0
1993
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self - Hostess
5.7
1991
Soapdish
Celeste Talbert
6.2
1991
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
8.0
1991
Not Without My Daughter
Betty Mahmoody
6.6
1991
Steel Magnolias
M'Lynn Eatenton
7.2
1989
Punchline
Lilah Krytsick
5.4
1988
Surrender
Daisy Morgan
4.9
1987
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (Uncredited)
7.6
1986
Murphy's Romance
Emma Moriarty
6.0
1985
Places in the Heart
Edna Spalding
7.2
1984
Kiss Me Goodbye
Kay
5.8
1982
Lily for President?
Beth Barber
0.0
1982
All the Way Home
Mary Follet
7.0
1981
Absence of Malice
Megan Carter
6.6
1981
Back Roads
Amy Post
5.6
1981
Smokey and the Bandit II
Carrie
5.5
1980
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
Celeste Whitman
5.0
1979
Norma Rae
Norma Rae
7.2
1979
Hooper
Gwen Doyle
6.3
1978
The End
Mary Ellen
5.5
1978
Heroes
Carol Bell
6.2
1977
Smokey and the Bandit
Carrie 'Frog'
6.9
1977
Sybil
Sybil
6.0
1976
Stay Hungry
Mary Tate Farnsworth
5.6
1976
Home for the Holidays
Christine Morgan
5.4
1974
Mongo's Back in Town
Vikki
4.8
1971
Marriage: Year One
Jane Duden
6.0
1971
Hitched
Roselle Bridgeman
6.0
1971
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Denise "Dennie" Miller
5.4
1971
The Way West
Mercy McBee
6.0
1967
Remarkably Bright Creatures
0.0
The Last Movie Stars
Self · (4 episodes)
6.8
2022
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Jessie Buss · (10 episodes)
7.7
2022
Love Letters
Melissa Gardner
0.0
2020
Dispatches from Elsewhere
Janice · (10 episodes)
6.7
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
6.2
2019
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
Kate Keller
8.5
2019
Maniac
Dr. Greta Mantleray · (10 episodes)
7.4
2018
Chelsea
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode)
6.6
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
Finding Your Roots
Self · (2 episodes)
6.2
2012
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
5.0
2009
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
7.2
2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Self
6.0
2007
Brothers and Sisters
Nora Walker · (109 episodes)
7.1
2006
The Tony Danza Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.1
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
5.5
2003
The Court
Justice Kate Nolan · (6 episodes)
10.0
2002
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
6.0
2001
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Self - Host · (4 episodes)
8.2
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
Trudy Cooper · (1 episode)
8.2
1998
The View
Self · (3 episodes)
4.4
1997
King of the Hill
Junie Harper (voice) · (1 episode)
7.3
1997
A Woman of Independent Means
Bess Alcott Steed Garner · (3 episodes)
10.0
1995
ER
Maggie Wyczenski · (11 episodes)
7.8
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1994
A Century of Cinema
Self
8.0
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
Sally Field · (1 episode)
7.7
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(3 episodes)
5.4
1992
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self
6.0
1988
Mickey's 50
Self
0.0
1978
Sybil
Sybil · (2 episodes)
7.4
1976
Bridger
Jennifer Melford
0.0
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
The Girl with Something Extra
Sally Burton · (22 episodes)
7.5
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
(2 episodes)
6.9
1971
Night Gallery
Irene Evans · (1 episode)
7.8
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.7
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1967
The Flying Nun
Sister Bertrille · (82 episodes)
6.5
1967
Hollywood Squares
Self · (5 episodes)
7.9
1966
Occasional Wife
(1 episode)
7.5
1966
Gidget
Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence · (32 episodes)
6.4
1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
1961
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self · (1 episode)
7.6
1954
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1953
The Emmy Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
7.5
1949
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (2 episodes)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter/Winner · (1 episode)
6.8
1944