Sally Field

Described as

American actress

Other names

Sally Margaret Field Mahoney, Sally Margaret Field

Born

November 6, 1946 · 10 references

Born in

Pasadena · 1 reference

Name at birth

Sally Margaret Field

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

film director; singer; voice actor; television actor; film actor · 1 reference; screenwriter · 1 reference; film producer · 1 reference; stage actor · 1 reference

Political party

Democratic Party

Education

Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute; Birmingham High School · 1 reference

Member of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Instrument

voice

Known for

Mrs. Doubtfire

Awards

Academy Award for Best Actress (2 times) (1980, 1985) · 1 reference; Crystal Award (1986) · 1 reference; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2007) · 1 reference; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2001) · 1 reference; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2014) · 2 references; National Medal of Arts (2014); Kennedy Center Honors (2019); Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (1986); Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2009) · 1 reference; SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award (2023) · 1 reference; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (2 times) (1977, 2026) · 1 reference

Children

Peter Craig; Eli Craig

Father

Richard Dryden Field · 1 reference

Mother

Margaret Field

Wikipedias with a page

91

Wikidata item Q187033 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q187033), public domain (CC0). Copied November 13, 2026.

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.

Born, in its opening lines

November 6, 1946

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