Sally Field
American actress with two Academy Awards for Best Actress.
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She won Academy Awards for her performances in Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984).[1] Field also earned Emmys for the 1976 TV movie Sybil and her later work on ER and Brothers & Sisters.[1] Born on November 6, 1946, in Pasadena, California, Sally Margaret Field is an American actress.[2][3]
Key facts and history
Her parents divorced when she was four, and her mother married actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney in 1952.[4][5] Field got her start on television as the lead in the sitcom Gidget in 1965.[1][6] She then starred as Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun for three seasons from 1967 to 1970.[6][1] Field studied acting at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg, who became a mentor.[7][8][1]
She won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as a union organizer in Norma Rae.[9][1] Field won her second Oscar for Best Actress for the 1984 drama Places in the Heart.[10][1] Field's mother, Margaret Field, was an actress, and her father, Richard Dryden Field, served as an officer in the United States Army and later worked as a salesman.[3][5] Betty Buckley originally played matriarch Nora Walker in the pilot of the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, but Field was brought in to replace her when the show debuted in September 2006.[11][12]
Field's contributions to motion pictures were recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 5, 2014.[13]
What the cited sources add
The same source states that Field did not want to take the part in The Flying Nun, but her stepfather insisted, telling her she might never work again if she turned it down.[1] An ABC News article reports that during Field's 2007 Emmy acceptance speech, Fox cut the sound and picture after she said "if the mothers ruled the world, there would be no god----"[14] The same article states that Fox's statement said the censorship occurred because some language "may have been considered inappropriate by some viewers".[14] When the series debuted in fall 1965, Field was just 18 years old.[1]
An article on thefutoncritic.com explains that Betty Buckley played the matriarch in the original Brothers & Sisters pilot before Field replaced her.[12]
References
- "Bio.com, Sally Field Biography Actress (1946–)", Biography.com. facts only, no text reused. biography.com
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bio.com, Sally Field Biography Actress (1946–)", Biography.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hilburn, "Priscilla Presley & Sally Field: Daughters of Titusville", NWPA Stories, December 18, 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sally Field Biography and Interview", Achievement.org; Itzkoff, "Sally Field Talks About Her Life 'In Pieces'", The New York Times, September 11, 2018; Labrecque, "Sally Field's mother died", November 7, 2011 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Sally Field Biography and Interview", Achievement.org. facts only, no text reused. achievement.org
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Gidget", TV.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Girl With Something Extra 1973", hollywood.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Bio.com, Sally Field Biography Actress (1946–)", Biography.com; "Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute Alumni", Strasberg.com; Garfield, "A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio", MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1980, p. 278 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Canby, "Film: 'Norma Rae', Mill-Town Story: Unionism in the South", The New York Times, March 2, 1979 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Academy Award 1984" oscars.org, accessed October 3, 2016. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sullivan, Brian Ford. "The Futon's First Look: 'Brothers & Sisters'" thefutoncritic.com, July 12, 2006.; "Sally Field Emmy Awards and Nominations" , Emmys.com, accessed October 3, 2016.; Sullivan, Brian Ford. "The Futon's First Look: 'Brothers & Sisters'" thefutoncritic.com, July 12, 2006. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Sullivan, Brian Ford. "The Futon's First Look: 'Brothers & Sisters'" thefutoncritic.com, July 12, 2006.. facts only, no text reused. thefutoncritic.com
- Wikipedia, "Sally Field" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sally Field's Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiled", 3 News, May 7, 2014; "Sally Field Has new role on TCM", USA Today, January 20, 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Marikar, "On TV, 'Extreme Caution' vs. Free Speech", ABC News, September 18, 2007. facts only, no text reused. abcnews.go.com
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