Sally Field

Sally Field's Biography

Field was born in Pasadena, California. Her parents, Richard Dryden Field and Margaret Field (a Southern-born actress), divorced in 1950. Her mother subsequently remarried, to former stuntman Jock Mahoney.

She attended Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California; among her fellow classmates were famed financier Michael Milken, fellow actress Cindy Williams (of Laverne and Shirley fame), and the sons of the legendary Steve Allen.

Field got her start on television, starring as the boy-struck surfer girl in the mid-1960s series Gidget. She then went on to star in her best known television role, as Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun. Field also appeared in The Girl with Something Extra.

She had several guest apperances, including a recurring role on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones starring Pete Duel (whom she worked with on Gidget) and Ben Murphy.

Having played mostly comic characters on television, Field had a difficult time being cast in dramatic roles. She studied with famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg. Soon after, Field landed the title role in the 1976 TV film Sybil.

Field's dramatic portrayal of Sybil, a young woman afflicted with multiple personality syndrome in the TV film not only garnered her an Emmy Award in 1977, but also enabled her to break through the typecasting she had experienced from television roles.

Field had a number of critical and commercial successes in movies, particularly in the 1980s.

In 1979, she starred as a union organizer in Norma Rae, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1981, Field played a prostitute opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the South-set comedy Back Roads, which received middling reviews and grossed $11 million at the box office.

She won another Oscar in 1985 for her starring role in Places in the Heart; her gushing acceptance speech is well remembered for its earnestness. In it, Field stated "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!". The line ending in "...I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" is often misremembered as simply "You like me, you really like me!" which has subsequently been the subject of many parodies. (Field parodied the line herself in a commercial.)

She has had supporting roles in other movies, including Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).

On television, Field has a recurring role on ER as Dr. Abby Lockhart's bipolar mother, for which she won an Emmy in 2001. She also starred in the very short-lived 2002 series The Court.

Field has also ventured into the realm of directing. Her first directorial stint was for the television film, The Christmas Tree (1996). She also directed the feature film Beautiful (2000), as well as an episode of the TV mini-series, From the Earth to the Moon (1998).

Field was a late addition to the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006. In the show's pilot, the role of matriarch Nora Walker had been played by noted actress Betty Buckley. However, the producers of the show decided to take the character of Nora in another direction, and Field was cast in the role.

Field dated Burt Reynolds for many years. She was first married to Steven Craig from 1968 to 1975. In 1984, she married Alan Greisman; the couple divorced in 1993.

Field has two sons from her first marriage; son Peter Craig is a novelist. Her third son, Sam Greisman, is from her marriage to Alan Greisman.

In 2005, Field was diagnosed with osteoporosis. Her diagnosis led her to create the "Rally With Sally For Bone Health" campaign with support from Roche and GlaxoSmithKline that co-promote Boniva, a treatment for osteoporosis.

Filmography

• Two Weeks (2006)
• Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern (2005) (Documentary)
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003)
• Say It Isn't So (2001)
• Where the Heart Is (2000)
• Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
• Eye for an Eye (1996)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• A Century of Cinema (1994) (Documentary)
• Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
• Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) (Voice)
• Soapdish (1991)
• Not Without My Daughter (1991)
• Steel Magnolias (1989)
• Punchline (1988)
• Surrender (1987)
• Murphy's Romance (1985)
• Places in the Heart (1984)
• Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
• Absence of Malice (1981)
• Back Roads (1981)
• Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
• Norma Rae (1979)
• Hooper (1978)
• The End (1978)
• Heroes (1977)
• Sybil (1977)
• Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
• Stay Hungry (1976)
• The Way West (1967)

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