Sally Field
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Gender: Female
Place of Birth: Pasadena, California, USA
Biography:
Born on November 6th, 1946, Sally Margaret Field is an American actress known for her exceptional talent and versatility. Her career began on television where she starred in several popular comedies such as "Gidget" (1965-1966), "The Flying Nun" (1967-1970), and "The Girl with Something Extra" (1973-1974). Field also appeared in the western film "The Way West" in 1967.
Field's breakthrough performance came in 1976 when she starred in the television film "Sybil," which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Her film debut was as an extra in "Moon Pilot" (1962), but it was during the 1970s that she truly made her mark with starring roles in movies like "Stay Hungry" (1976), "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "Heroes" (1977), "The End" (1978), and "Hooper" (1978).
In the 1980s, Field won not one but two Academy Awards for Best Actress - first for her role in "Norma Rae" (1979) and later for "Places in the Heart" (1984). During this decade, she also appeared in films such as "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 memorable role on the popular NBC medical drama "ER," winning another Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2001. She then made her stage debut in Edward Albee's "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?" before joining the cast of the ABC television series "Brothers & Sisters" (2006-2011), where she played Nora Walker and won a third Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Field's impressive career continued into the 2010s with roles in Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln" (2012), where she portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln and earned her first Academy Award nomination since 1985, and as Aunt May in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) and its sequel (2014). In 2015, she starred in the comedy-drama "Hello, My Name Is Doris," earning another Critics' Choice Movie Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy.
In 2017, Field made her return to Broadway after 15 years with the revival of Tennessee Williams's "The Glass Menagerie." This performance earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. In recognition of her incredible career, Sally Field received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014 and was honored with the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in 2019.
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