Sally Field
American actress Sally Field went from perky teen roles on television to one of the most respected actresses of her generation. Born in Pasadena, California, she got her first big break shortly after graduating from high school with a starring role in the sitcom "Gidget" (ABC, 1965-66). Roles in the short-lived sitcoms "Occasional Wife" (NBC, 1966-67) and "Hey, Landlord" (NBC, 1966-67) followed before she found more sustained success with her next TV role. As sweet Sister Bertrille, the title character on "The Flying Nun" (ABC, 1967-70), Field became America's sweetheart. After the show ended, the actress continued making TV appearances, typically playing similarly innocent characters, including a newlywed with ESP in the sitcom "The Girl with Something Extra" (NBC, 1973-74). She began breaking free of her typecasting with the lead role in "Sybil" (NBC, 1976), playing a woman with dissociative identity disorder. She found feature film success shortly thereafter when she appeared opposite Burt Reynolds in the blockbuster hit "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977). Her partnership with sometime-boyfriend Reynolds extended to three more films, including "Hooper" (1978). Field began gravitating towards weightier roles, earning critical acclaim for her portrayal of a union leader in "Norma Rae" (1979), a part that earned her first Academy Award. She found additional acclaim acting opposite Paul Newman in Sydney Pollack's in "Absence of Malice" (1981) and won a second Oscar for "Places in the Heart" (1984). Throughout the '80s, she partnered with other big name talents such as James Garner in "Murphy's Romance" (1985), Tom Hanks in "Punchline" (1988), and Julia Roberts in "Steel Magnolias" (1989). The '90s found her taking part in some of the biggest box office hits of the decade when she joined Robin Williams in "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993) and teamed with Hanks again in "Forrest Gump" (1994). After an Emmy-nominated turn in the miniseries "A Woman of Independent Means" (NBC, 1995) , though, she began gravitating back towards television. She later earned Emmys for her roles on "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009) and "Brothers & Sisters" (ABC, 2006-11). Field returned to prominence on the big screen with her role as Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" (2012). She also joined the popular superhero genre with a turn as Aunt May in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) and "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014). She enjoyed additional accolades for her role as a woman obsessed with a significantly younger man in "Hello, My Name Is Doris" (2015). Returning to television, she joined the cast of "Maniac" (Netflix, 2018), with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, playing the mother of Justin Theroux's therapist.
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Sally Field
Filmography
Movies
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58% |
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80 for Brady | Betty (Character) | $39.3M | 2023 |
87% |
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Spoiler Alert | Marilyn (Character) | $1.3M | 2022 |
86% |
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Hello, My Name Is Doris | Doris Miller (Character) | $14.4M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Single Step: Journeys of Women Leaders | Narrator | - | 2015 |
50% |
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Aunt May (Character) | $202.8M | 2014 |
90% |
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Lincoln | Mary Todd Lincoln (Character) | $182.2M | 2012 |
71% |
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The Amazing Spider-Man | Aunt May (Character) | $262.0M | 2012 |
89% |
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The Desert of Forbidden Art | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2010 |
33% |
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The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning | Marina Del Rey (Voice) | - | 2008 |
19% |
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Two Weeks | Anita Bergman (Character) | $45.8K | 2006 |
35% |
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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Congresswoman Rudd (Character) | $89.8M | 2003 |
8% |
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Say It Isn't So | Wingfield (Character) | $5.5M | 2001 |
17% |
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Beautiful | Director | $3.1M | 2000 |
35% |
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Where the Heart Is | Mama Lil (Character) | $33.8M | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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A Cooler Climate | Iris (Character) | - | 1999 |
56% |
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Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Sassy (Voice) | $32.8M | 1996 |
8% |
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Eye for an Eye | Karen McCann (Character) | $25.7M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Tree |
Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter |
- | 1996 |
76% |
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Forrest Gump | Mrs. Gump (Character) | $330.3M | 1994 |
71% |
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Mrs. Doubtfire | Miranda Hillard (Character) | $219.2M | 1993 |
87% |
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Sassy (Voice) | $41.6M | 1993 |
74% |
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Soapdish |
Celeste Talbert/ |
$33.9M | 1991 |
25% |
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Dying Young | Producer | $32.3M | 1991 |
53% |
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Not Without My Daughter | Betty Mahmoody (Character) | $14.0M | 1991 |
73% |
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Steel Magnolias | M'Lynn Eatenton (Character) | $79.4M | 1989 |
57% |
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Punchline | Lilah Krytsick (Character) | $20.3M | 1988 |
22% |
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Surrender | Daisy Morgan (Character) | $5.4M | 1987 |
73% |
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Murphy's Romance | Emma Moriarty (Character) | $27.3M | 1985 |
89% |
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Places in the Heart | Edna Spalding (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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Kiss Me Goodbye | Kay (Character) | - | 1982 |
40% |
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Back Roads | Amy Post (Character) | - | 1981 |
81% |
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Absence of Malice | Megan (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All the Way Home | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
25% |
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Smokey and the Bandit II | Carrie (Character) | - | 1980 |
0% |
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Celeste Whitman (Character) | - | 1979 |
91% |
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Norma Rae | Norma Rae (Character) | - | 1979 |
57% |
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Hooper | Gwen (Character) | - | 1978 |
56% |
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The End | Mary Ellen (Character) | - | 1978 |
27% |
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Heroes | Carol Bell (Character) | - | 1977 |
72% |
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Smokey and the Bandit |
Carrie/ |
- | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Sybil | Sybil (Character) | - | 1976 |
69% |
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Stay Hungry | Mary Tate Farnsworth (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bridger | Jennifer Melford (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hitched | Roselle Bridgeman (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Home for the Holidays | Christine Morgan (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marriage: Year One | Jane Duden (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mongo's Back in Town | Vikki (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring | Denise Miller (Character) | - | 1970 |
29% |
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The Way West | Mercy McBee (Character) | - | 1967 |
TV
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83% | 50% | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | Jessie Buss (Character) | 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2012 2014 2023 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2014 2016 2018 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2016-2017 2022 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016-2017 2022 |
100% | 81% | The Last Movie Stars | Unknown (Character) | 2022 |
85% | 73% | Dispatches From Elsewhere | Janice (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2018-2019 |
85% | 84% | Maniac | Dr. Greta Mantleray (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2017 |
41% | 61% | Chelsea | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2013 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2014 |
100% | 78% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2012 |
79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | Nora Holden (Character) | 2006-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Nate Berkus Show | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dateline NBC | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Maggie Wyczenski (Guest Star) | 2000-2003 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Court | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 80% | From the Earth to the Moon | Trudy Cooper (Character) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murphy Brown | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 75% | King of the Hill | Junie Harper (Guest Voice) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Woman of Independent Means |
Bess Alcott Steed Garner (Character), Executive Producer |
1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl With Something Extra | Sally Burton (Character) | 1973-1974 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1971-1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flying Nun | Sister Bertrille (Character) | 1967-1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gidget | Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence (Character) | 1965-1966 |