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    Sally Field

    1946-11-06 (77 years old) in Pasadena, California, USA

    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.

    Movies

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    80 for Brady
    65 %|Feb 3, 2023
    Comedy, Drama
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    Spoiler Alert
    71 %|Dec 2, 2022
    Romance, Comedy, Drama
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    Love Letters
    0 %|May 21, 2020
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    Spielberg
    76 %|Oct 5, 2017
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Little Evil
    56 %|Aug 8, 2017
    Comedy, Horror
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    Hello, My Name Is Doris
    64 %|Nov 27, 2015
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Amazing Spider-Man 2
    65 %|Apr 16, 2014
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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    Lincoln
    69 %|Nov 9, 2012
    History, Drama
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    The Amazing Spider-Man
    67 %|Jun 23, 2012
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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    The Desert of Forbidden Art
    47 %|Mar 18, 2011
    History, Documentary
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    The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
    67 %|Aug 25, 2008
    Family, Animation
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    Two Weeks
    60 %|Jan 1, 2006
    Comedy, Drama
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    Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
    57 %|Jul 2, 2003
    Comedy, Romance
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    David Copperfield
    63 %|Dec 25, 2001
    TV Movie, Drama
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    The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
    60 %|Jun 13, 2001
    Documentary
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    Say It Isn't So
    47 %|Mar 10, 2001
    Comedy, Romance
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    Where the Heart Is
    71 %|Apr 27, 2000
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    A Cooler Climate
    47 %|Aug 22, 1999
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Lee Strasberg: The Method Man
    0 %|Jul 23, 1997
    Documentary
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    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
    62 %|May 19, 1996
    Documentary
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    The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
    100 %|Mar 17, 1996
    Documentary, History, TV Movie
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    Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
    66 %|Mar 8, 1996
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
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    Eye for an Eye
    61 %|Jan 12, 1996
    Thriller
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    A Woman of Independent Means
    100 %|Feb 19, 1995
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
    76 %|Oct 1, 1994
    Documentary
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    Forrest Gump
    84.76 %|Jun 23, 1994
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    A Century of Cinema
    80 %|Jan 1, 1994
    Documentary
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    Mrs. Doubtfire
    71.92999999999999 %|Nov 24, 1993
    Comedy, Drama, Family
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    Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
    70 %|Feb 3, 1993
    Adventure, Comedy, Family
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    Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
    57 %|Jul 15, 1991
    Documentary, History, TV Movie
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    Soapdish
    62 %|May 31, 1991
    Comedy
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    Not Without My Daughter
    66 %|Jan 11, 1991
    Drama, Thriller
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    Voices That Care
    80 %|Feb 28, 1990
    Documentary
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    Steel Magnolias
    72 %|Nov 15, 1989
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
    60 %|Nov 22, 1988
    Documentary
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    Punchline
    54 %|Oct 7, 1988
    Comedy, Drama
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    Surrender
    48 %|Oct 9, 1987
    Comedy
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    Barbra Streisand: One Voice
    76 %|Dec 27, 1986
    Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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    Murphy's Romance
    60 %|Dec 25, 1985
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Places in the Heart
    72 %|Sep 11, 1984
    Drama
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    Kiss Me Goodbye
    57 %|Dec 22, 1982
    Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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    Lily for President?
    0 %|May 20, 1982
    TV Movie, Comedy
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    All the Way Home
    70 %|Dec 21, 1981
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Absence of Malice
    66 %|Nov 19, 1981
    Drama, Romance
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    Back Roads
    56 %|Mar 13, 1981
    Comedy, Romance
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    Smokey and the Bandit II
    56 %|Aug 15, 1980
    Action, Comedy
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    Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
    51 %|May 18, 1979
    Action, Adventure, Drama
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    Norma Rae
    71 %|Mar 2, 1979
    Drama
    actor
    Mickey's 50
    0 %|Nov 19, 1978
    Documentary, Family
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    Hooper
    63 %|Jul 28, 1978
    Action, Comedy
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    The End
    54 %|May 10, 1978
    Comedy
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    Heroes
    63 %|Nov 4, 1977
    Drama, Romance, War
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    Smokey and the Bandit
    70 %|May 26, 1977
    Action, Adventure, Comedy
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    Bridger
    0 %|Sep 10, 1976
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    Stay Hungry
    56 %|Apr 23, 1976
    Comedy, Drama
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    Home for the Holidays
    54 %|Jul 13, 1974
    Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
    actor
    Mongo's Back in Town
    48 %|Dec 10, 1971
    Crime, Action, Drama, TV Movie
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    Marriage: Year One
    60 %|Oct 15, 1971
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Hitched
    60 %|Mar 31, 1971
    Comedy, Western, TV Movie
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    Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
    53 %|Feb 16, 1971
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Way West
    60 %|May 24, 1967
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Western

    Series

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    The Last Movie Stars
    66 %|Jul 21, 2022
    Documentary
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    Dispatches from Elsewhere
    68 %|Mar 1, 2020
    Drama, Mystery
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    The Kelly Clarkson Show
    64 %|Sep 9, 2019
    Talk
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    Maniac
    73.78999999999999 %|Sep 21, 2018
    Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Chelsea
    52 %|May 11, 2016
    Talk, Comedy
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
    65 %|Sep 8, 2015
    Comedy, Talk
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    The Late Late Show with James Corden
    54.96000000000001 %|Mar 23, 2015
    Talk
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    Finding Your Roots
    59 %|Mar 24, 2012
    Documentary
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
    51 %|Jul 16, 2009
    Talk, Comedy
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    Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
    74 %|Jan 4, 2008
    Comedy, Talk
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    The Graham Norton Show
    71 %|Feb 22, 2007
    Comedy, Talk
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    Brothers and Sisters
    71 %|Sep 24, 2006
    Drama
    actor
    The Tony Danza Show
    61 %|Sep 13, 2004
    Talk
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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show
    57 %|Sep 8, 2003
    Comedy, Talk
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    Jimmy Kimmel Live!
    55 %|Jan 26, 2003
    Talk, Comedy
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    The Court
    100 %|Mar 26, 2002
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    AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
    80 %|Jun 23, 1998
    Documentary
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    From the Earth to the Moon
    81 %|Apr 5, 1998
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The View
    45 %|Aug 11, 1997
    Talk
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    King of the Hill
    73 %|Jan 12, 1997
    Animation, Comedy, Family
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    ER
    77.98 %|Sep 19, 1994
    Drama, Comedy
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    Inside the Actors Studio
    72 %|Aug 14, 1994
    Talk
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    Intimate Portrait
    52 %|Nov 14, 1993
    Documentary
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    The Larry Sanders Show
    77 %|Aug 15, 1992
    Comedy
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    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
    54 %|May 25, 1992
    Talk, Comedy
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    Sybil
    72 %|Nov 14, 1976
    Drama
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    Saturday Night Live
    69 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, News
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    The Girl with Something Extra
    50 %|Sep 14, 1973
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Great Performances
    51 %|Jan 28, 1971
    Comedy, Documentary, Drama
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    Alias Smith and Jones
    67 %|Jan 5, 1971
    Western, Crime
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    Night Gallery
    78 %|Dec 16, 1970
    Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Dick Cavett Show
    66 %|Jun 6, 1968
    Talk
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
    65 %|Sep 9, 1967
    Comedy
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    The Flying Nun
    63 %|Sep 7, 1967
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Hollywood Squares
    86 %|Oct 17, 1966
    Comedy, Reality, Family
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    Occasional Wife
    50 %|Sep 13, 1966
    Comedy
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    Gidget
    61 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Comedy
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    The Mike Douglas Show
    54 %|Dec 11, 1961
    Comedy, Talk
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    Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
    75 %|Oct 27, 1954
    Action & Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Kids, Family
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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    The Emmy Awards
    74 %|Jan 25, 1949