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| 2 | ->''"My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'"'' |
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| 4 | Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California) is an American actor in film and television. |
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| 6 | Field first came to fame starring in the 1960s sitcoms ''Film/{{Gidget}}'' and ''Series/TheFlyingNun'' -- and has spent the ensuing decades [[IAmNotSpock doing her level best to make people forget this]]. She has won numerous accolades for her work, including two UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for Best Actress, two UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe Award}}s, and two Emmy Awards. |
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| 8 | She has also worked behind the camera, directing the 1996 made-for-TV movie ''Film/TheChristmasTree'' and the 2000 theatrical film ''Film/{{Beautiful}}''. |
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| 10 | She's been married twice, and had a high-profile relationship with Creator/BurtReynolds in the late '70s and early '80s. |
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| 13 | !!Filmography: |
| 14 | * ''Film/{{Gidget}}'' (1965-1966) |
| 15 | * ''Series/TheFlyingNun'' (1967-1970) |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{Sybil}}'' (1976) |
| 17 | * ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'' (1977) |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheEnd'' (1978) |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Hooper}}'' (1978) |
| 20 | * ''Film/NormaRae'' (1979) - Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 21 | * ''[[Film/ThePoseidonAdventure Beyond the Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1979) |
| 22 | * ''Film/AbsenceOfMalice'' (1981) |
| 23 | * ''Film/PlacesInTheHeart'' (1984) - Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 24 | * ''Film/SteelMagnolias'' (1989) |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Soapdish}}'' (1991) |
| 26 | * ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'' (voice) (1993) |
| 27 | * ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' (1993) |
| 28 | * ''Film/ForrestGump'' (1994) |
| 29 | * ''[[Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco]]'' (1996) |
| 30 | * ''Film/WhereTheHeartIs'' (2000) |
| 31 | * ''Series/{{ER}}'' (2000-2006) |
| 32 | * ''Film/LegallyBlonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'' (2003) |
| 33 | * ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' (2006-2011) |
| 34 | * ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' (2012) |
| 35 | * ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'' (2012) |
| 36 | * ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' (2014) |
| 37 | * ''Series/{{Maniac|2018}}'' (2018) |
| 38 | * ''Film/EightyForBrady'' (2023): Betty |
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| 40 | !!Provides examples of: |
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| 42 | * AgeLift: On the subject of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', the character of [[https://twitter.com/OpTicHitch/status/883223578346434560 Aunt May]] has steadily become younger in the movies. First played by then-74-year-old Creator/RosemaryHarris in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', then by 65-year-old Sally Field in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', and 51-year-old Creator/MarisaTomei in the MCU. Befittingly, she's a CluelessDudeMagnet who's hit on by everyone from Iron Man to the Thai restaurant waiter. |
| 43 | * AndStarring: ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' has "With Creator/MartinSheen and Sally Field". The sequel replaces Sheen with Creator/PaulGiamatti. |
| 44 | * CastIncest: ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' had an alleged relationship between Creator/DavidAnnable, who played Justin, with Sally Field, his onscreen mother. |
| 45 | * HideYourPregnancy: Sally Field was pregnant during ''Series/TheFlyingNun'''s final season. Aside from [[CelibateHero the obvious problem]], the whole premise of the show is that her character can fly due to being ''very lightweight''. The usual tricks were combined with using a stunt double for flight shots. |
| 46 | * PostKissCatatonia: When asked about the best screen kiss she'd ever had, Sally Field -- who, it must be noted, has kissed many, ''many'' men onscreen over the course of her career -- named Creator/JamesGarner, her co-star in the 1985 romantic dramedy ''Film/MurphysRomance''. According to Field, he kissed her so well and so thoroughly that she was left dazed and unable to film for some time afterward -- the first and last time this had happened to her in her career. |
| 47 | * TomHanksSyndrome: Field got started in sitcoms like ''Film/{{Gidget}}'', ''Series/TheFlyingNun'', ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'', and ''The Girl with Something Extra''. Fed up with doing nothing but comedy, she fought for and won the title role in ''Sybil'', opposite Creator/JoanneWoodward, as a girl with multiple personalities. The role won her an Emmy. Her next venture into drama was her gritty, Academy Award-winning turn as textile worker ''Film/NormaRae'', but she was still considered a "flash in the pan" until she won her second Oscar as Edna Spalding in ''Film/PlacesInTheHeart'', which cemented her as one of America's greatest actors and silenced the skeptics for good. |
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