Sally Field
Birthplace: Pasadena
Born: 1946-11-06
Occupations recorded in source
director; film actor; film director; film producer; manufacturer; screenwriter; singer; stage actor; television actor; voice actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. Known for her roles on screen and stage, she has received various accolades including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards and a Tony Award. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014, the National Medal of Arts in 2014, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2019, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2023.
She earned two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her portrayals as a union organizer in Norma Rae (1979) and a mother struggling during the Great Depression in Places in the Heart (1984). She was Oscar-nominated for playing Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln (2012). She also starred in Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Absence of Malice (1981), Murphy's Romance (1985), Steel Magnolias (1989), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), and Forrest Gump (1994). She played Aunt May in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel.
On television, she gained stardom for her television roles in the ABC sitcoms Gidget (1965–1966) and The Flying Nun (1967–1970). She won four Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the NBC film Sybil (1976), the NBC medical drama ER (2001), the ABC drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011), and the Netflix film Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026). On stage, she starred in the Broadway revival of the Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026) — Tova
- 80 for Brady (2023) — Betty
- Spoiler Alert (2022) — Marilyn Cowan
- Little Evil (2017) — Miss Shaylock
- Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015) — Doris Miller
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) — Aunt May
- Lincoln (2012) — Mary Todd Lincoln
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) — Aunt May
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) — Marina Del Rey
- The Man Who Shot Chinatown (2007)
- Two Weeks (2006) — Anita Bergman
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) — Rep. Victoria Rudd
- Say It Isn't So (2001) — Valdine Wingfield
- David Copperfield (2000)
- Where The Heart Is (2000) — Mama Lil
- A Cooler Climate (1999) — Iris
- Eye For An Eye (1996) — Karen McCann
- Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996) — Sassy (Stimme)
- A Woman of Independent Means (1995)
- A Century of Cinema (1994)
- Forrest Gump (1994) — Mrs. Gump
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) — Miranda Hillard
- Not Without My Daughter (1991) — Betty Mahmoody
- Soapdish (1991) — Celeste Talbert / Maggie
- Steel Magnolias (1989) — M'Lynn Eatenton
- Punchline (1988) — Lilah Krytsick
- Surrender (1987) — Daisy Morgan
- Murphy's Romance (1985) — Emma Moriarty
- Places in the Heart (1984) — Edna Spalding
- Kiss Me Goodbye (1982) — Kay
- Absence of Malice (1981) — Megan Carter
- Back Roads (1981) — Amy Post
- Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) — Carrie
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) — Celeste Whitman
- Norma Rae (1979) — Norma Rae
- Hooper (1978) — Gwen Doyle
- The End (1978) — Mary Ellen
- Heroes (1977) — Carol Bell
Directing
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Burt Reynolds · 5 films
- Hal Needham · 3 films
- Martin Ritt · 3 films
- Andrew Garfield · 2 films
- Bruce McGill · 2 films
- Campbell Scott · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.
