
Sally Field
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.
Known For | Acting |
---|---|
Most Rating | 0.788 |
Birthday | 1946-11-06 |
Place of Birth | Pasadena, California, USA |
Also Known As | Sally Margaret Field, سالی فیلد, |

1994

Forrest Gump
8.468/27949
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what any...
Watch Now
Forrest Gump

2022

Spoiler Alert
7.1/143
Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Watch Now
Spoiler Alert

2023

80 for Brady
6.347/167
Four lifelong friends set out on an unforgettable journey to see their hero Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LI and witness one of the greatest comebacks...
Watch Now
80 for Brady

1993

Mrs. Doubtfire
7.188/6200
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his k...
Watch Now
Mrs. Doubtfire

2003

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
5.7/1609
Now a rising young lawyer, Elle Woods is about to make partner at her firm, but when she finds out her dog's relatives are being used as cosmetic test...
Watch Now
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

1989

Steel Magnolias
7.2/666
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friends...
Watch Now
Steel Magnolias

1976

Stay Hungry
5.7/79
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after...
Watch Now
Stay Hungry

2001

Say It Isn't So
4.725/169
Boy meets girl; boy falls in love (and had wild, non-stop sex) with girl; boy loses girl... when they discover they are brother and sister! But when h...
Watch Now
Say It Isn't So

1977

Smokey and the Bandit
7/731
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
Watch Now
Smokey and the Bandit

1993

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
6.96/1025
Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise g...
Watch Now
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

1974

Home for the Holidays
5.4/24
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
Watch Now
Home for the Holidays

1979

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
5/122
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are sti...
Watch Now
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1996

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
6.6/479
When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying t...
Watch Now
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

1991

Soapdish
6.3/256
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star,...
Watch Now
Soapdish

1991

Not Without My Daughter
6.6/301
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
Watch Now
Not Without My Daughter

1980

Smokey and the Bandit II
5.5/291
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tai...
Watch Now
Smokey and the Bandit II

1985

Murphy's Romance
6.1/66
Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist, but...
Watch Now
Murphy's Romance

2008

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
6.7/1027
Follow Ariel's adventures before she gave up her fins for true love. When Ariel wasn't singing with her sisters, she spent time with her mother, Queen...
Watch Now
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

1984

Places in the Heart
7.22/164
In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank -...
Watch Now
Places in the Heart

1979

Norma Rae
7.2/176
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumpt...
Watch Now
Norma Rae

1988

Punchline
5.4/136
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on t...
Watch Now
Punchline

1978

The End
5.5/61
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his...
Watch Now
The End

1967

The Way West
6/91
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock...
Watch Now
The Way West

1981

Back Roads
5.6/23
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
Watch Now
Back Roads

1978

Hooper
6.3/129
Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop paink...
Watch Now
Hooper

1991

Voices That Care
8/2
Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".
Watch Now
Voices That Care

2006

Two Weeks
6/29
In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodby...
Watch Now
Two Weeks

1996

Eye for an Eye
6.21/390
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Ro...
Watch Now
Eye for an Eye

1997

Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
0/0
Documentary about the life of Lee Strasberg and the creation of Actor's Studio and the introduction of The Method in the USA.
Watch Now
Lee Strasberg: The Method Man

1981

Absence of Malice
6.6/219
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was...
Watch Now
Absence of Malice

1982

Kiss Me Goodbye
5.8/43
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But so...
Watch Now
Kiss Me Goodbye

2012

Lincoln
6.853/3818
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p...
Watch Now
Lincoln

1977

Heroes
6.3/22
A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to fin...
Watch Now
Heroes

1982

Lily for President?
0/0
Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the office of President of the United States.
Watch Now
Lily for President?

1996

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
6.2/4
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the...
Watch Now
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

2011

The Desert of Forbidden Art
4.7/6
How does art survive in a time of oppression? During the Soviet rule artists who stay true to their vision are executed, sent to mental hospitals or G...
Watch Now
The Desert of Forbidden Art

2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
6.5/13416
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school grad...
Watch Now
The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2001

David Copperfield
6.3/20
After the death of his father and a second wedding of his mother, David Copperfield suffers from his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone. The mother...
Watch Now
David Copperfield

1987

Surrender
4.9/25
A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the wo...
Watch Now
Surrender

1999

A Cooler Climate
4.7/7
Iris is broke after her divorce and takes a job working as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman named Paula. When Paula and her husband separate, an unli...
Watch Now
A Cooler Climate

1998

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
0/0
The American Film Institute commemorates the first century of American films with this awesome made-for-TV special highlighting the greatest 100 Ameri...
Watch Now
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies

1971

Mongo's Back in Town
4.8/3
Professional killer is hired by his brother, a gang boss, to wipe out a rival gangster.
Watch Now
Mongo's Back in Town

1971

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
5.4/7
Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban family. She must face their disapproval of her actions....
Watch Now
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

1971

Hitched
6/2
The adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.
Watch Now
Hitched

2022

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
6.7/83
JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from J...
Watch Now
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

1994

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
7.6/19
A look behind the scenes of Robert Zemeckis' 1994 Oscar-winning film, 'Forrest Gump'.
Watch Now
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

2012

The Amazing Spider-Man
6.709/17570
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenager...
Watch Now
The Amazing Spider-Man

2000

Where the Heart Is
7.1/695
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadsid...
Watch Now
Where the Heart Is

1997

Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
0/0
Performance of the 1947 Lux Radio version of "It's a Wonderful Life", taped live in the historic Pasadena Playhouse as a benefit for the Pediatric AID...
Watch Now
Merry Christmas, George Bailey!

2015

Hello, My Name Is Doris
6.412/483
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
Watch Now
Hello, My Name Is Doris

1986

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
7.6/7
Originally broadcast as an exclusive special on HBO, Barbra Streisand launched her September 6, 1986 concert One Voice, in part, as a protest against...
Watch Now
Barbra Streisand: One Voice

1981

All the Way Home
7/1
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
Watch Now
All the Way Home

1971

Marriage: Year One
6/1
A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns.
Watch Now
Marriage: Year One


Remarkably Bright Creatures
0/0
A lonely elderly widow named Tova forms an unlikely friendship with a curmudgeonly cephalopod octopus named Marcellus, but unbeknownst to her, Marcell...
Watch Now
Remarkably Bright Creatures

1976

Sybil
7.5/3
A young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed sixteen different personalities is treated by a doctor.
Watch Now
Sybil

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
5.7/3
Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.
Watch Now
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

2017

Little Evil
5.6/927
Gary, who has just married Samantha, the woman of his dreams, discovers that her six-year-old son may be the Antichrist.
Watch Now
Little Evil

2017

Spielberg
7.6/288
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Watch Now
Spielberg

1996

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
10/3
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
Watch Now
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

2019

National Theatre Live: All My Sons
8.5/6
America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and estab...
Watch Now
National Theatre Live: All My Sons

2001

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
6/1
A wonderfully entertaining series of interviews with Pollack, Newman, Field and Luedtke about the film, its development, its themes and the experience...
Watch Now
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6/1
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Watch Now
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1978

Mickey's 50
0/0
"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th bi...
Watch Now
Mickey's 50

1994

A Century of Cinema
8/2
A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.
Watch Now
A Century of Cinema

1976

Bridger
0/0
The story of famous frontiersman Jim Bridger, who is given 40 days to cut a trail through the Rocky Mountains to the California coast and told that if...
Watch Now
Bridger

2020

Love Letters
0/0
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III wrote his first letter to Melissa Gardner to tell her she looked like a lost princess. They were both seven years old. For t...
Watch Now
Love Letters

2007

The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
6/1
Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and '70s....
Watch Now
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

1994

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
7/3
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary....
Watch Now
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1989

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
0/0
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and...
Watch Now