Sally Field
Birth Name: Sally Margaret Field

Born: November 6, 1946 (age 69), Pasadena, California, United States 

 Her big break came when she played the lead role in the TV sitcom Gidget (1965). Field next appeared in the hit TV series' The Flying Nun (1967) and Smokey and the Bandit (1977). Field won Emmy Awards for her performances in Sybil (1976), Beautiful (2000) and Saturday Evening Post (2007), and she won Academy Awards for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984). In the 1990s and '00s, Field also worked behind the scenes as a director and writer.

Early Television Career:

After finishing up at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, Field attended an acting workshop at Columbia Studios.  helped launch her film and television career. She landed the leading role in the television series Gidget, which was based on the popular 1959 Sandra Dee film by the same name. Field was only 18 years old when the series debuted in the fall of 1965. The Flying Nun starred Field as Sister Bertrille, a nun so light that she could take flight,  premiered in September 1967.  In the next few years she appeared in numerous TV movies and TV shows such as Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971), Marriage: Year One (1971), The Girl with Something Extra (1973), and Sybil (1976). In 1977 she starred alongside Burt Reynolds in the box office hit Dos pícaros con suerte (1977), which led to a less successful sequel in 1980. In 1979 she starred in the popular film Norma Rae (1979) and she received her first Oscar for that role.
Taking on Serious Roles: 

 , Field returned to acting in 1973 with the short-lived sitcom The Girl with Something Extra, and also  played a young newlywed with ESP on the show, which lasted only one season.  Field studied acting at the Actors Studio with famed teacher Lee Strasberg. Strasberg became a powerful mentor. After several auditions, Field landed a role in 1976's bodybuilding film Stay Hungry with Jeff Bridges and Arnold Schwarzenegger, She co-starred as a party girl, a far cry from the innocent characters she played on the small screen. That same year, Field entered a new phase of her career with the television movie Sybi. Won her first Emmy Award for her work on the TV film. Returning to the big screen, Field appeared in 1977's Smokey and the Bandit, playing a runaway bride who catches a ride from a trucker (played by Bert Reynolds.  Field and Reynolds became romantically involved on the set of film, and starred together in several light-hearted comedies, including 1978's Hooper and 1980's Smokey and the Bandit II, It was a dramatic role that brought Field her first Academy Award.

continued to take on dramatic fare, starring opposite Paul Newman in 1981's Absence of Malice. In the film, Field played a ruthless journalist. Re-teaming with Jeff Bridges, Field starred in the 1982 romantic comedy Kiss Me Goodbye as a widow trying to rebuild her life   (Mi adorable fantasma) Her character is haunted by her late husband's ghost (played by James Caan) and she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. 

Making Movies:

then starred the 1984 historical drama Places in the Heart, and featured a strong supporting cast, including John Malkovich, Lindsay Crouse, Danny Glover and Ed Harris, and received strong reviews.  En un lugar del corazón (1984) (she received her second Oscar for her role), and also  the film won two—one for writing.  Field's career continued to thrive with leading roles in 1985's Murphy's Romance with James Garner and 1988's Punchline.
As part of an all-star cast, she appeared in the 1989 Southern drama Steel Magnolias, which included Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, and a young starlet named Julia Roberts.  later produced the 1991 drama Dying Young, which starred Roberts.

In the 1990s, Field took on more character and supporting roles. She played Robin Williams' estranged wife in the family comedy Mrs. Doubtfire and Tom Hanks' mother in the 1994 whimsical hit Forest Gump, and  The film was a huge commercial success and won six Academy awards.  also produced and starred in the 1995 television miniseries A Woman of Independent Means, the story of one woman's life journey during the early 20th century.  Directed and wrote the 1996 holiday television movie The Christmas Tree, which starred Julie Harris and  next directed the 2000 film Beautiful. David Copperfield (2000). In 2000 she appeared in the film Where the Heart Is (2000) with Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd

Personal Life :


Sally has been married twice, first to Steven Craig from 1968 to 1975. They had two sons together, Peter Craig and Eli Craig. Her second marriage was to film producer Alan Greisman from 1984 to 1993. They had one son together, Samuel Greisman (born December 2, 1987).