Known For: American actress (born 1946)
Category: Actresses
Occupation: actor, film director, singer, voice actor, television actor, film actor, screenwriter, film producer, stage actor
Country: United States of America
City: Pasadena
Date of Birth: Wednesday, 06 November 1946
Language English
Sally Margaret Field is an American actress. Known for her extensive work on screen and stage, she has received many accolades throughout her career spanning five decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two British Academy Film Awards. She was presented 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.
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Children | Peter Craig, Eli Craig |
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Sally Field was born on November 6, 1946, in Pasadena, California, to actress Margaret Field (née Morlan) and pharmacist Richard Dryden Field, who served in the Army during World War II. Her brother is Richard Dryden Field Jr., a physicist and academic. Her parents were divorced in 1950; on January 21, 1952, in Tijuana, Mexico, her mother married Jock Mahoney, an actor and stuntman. Field said in her 2018 memoir that she was sexually abused by Mahoney during her childhood. As a teen, Field attended Portola Middle School and Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, where she was a cheerleader. Her class of 1964 classmates included financier Michael Milken and talent agent Michael Ovitz, while actress Cindy Williams was a year behind Field. Field has stated that when she was seventeen she had an illegal abortion in Mexico, and was molested during it.