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Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an
United States|American movie and television
actress.  Born in Pasadena, California, she grew
up in a Hollywood family.  Her mother, Margaret
Field, was an actress, and her step-father, a
former stunt-man, was western movie|Western actor
Jock Mahoney.  She got her start on television,
starring as the boy-struck surfer girl in the
mid-1960s series Gidget.  She then went on to star
in The Flying Nun and The Girl with Something
Extra.

Having played mostly comic characters on
television, Field was not initially regarded as
having much potential as a dramatic actress. In
1976, Field was finally able to show that she
could play this kind of role, starring as the
title character afflicted with Dissociative
identity disorder|multiple personality syndrome in
the TV film Sybil (movie)|Sybil. She won an Emmy
Award for her performance. In 1979, she starred as
a union organizer in Norma Rae, and won the
Academy Award for Best Actress.  She won another
Oscar in 1984 for her starring role in Places in
the Heart: her gushing acceptance speech is one of
the best known of its kind, including the
much-parodied line, "You like me, you really like
me."  She has had supporting roles in other
movies, including Mrs. Doubtfire and Forrest Gump.
On television, Field has a recurring role on ER
(TV series)|ER.

Field dated Burt Reynolds during many years, but
never accepted his proposals of marriage. She was
first married to Steven Craig from 1968 to 1975
and divorced. In 1984 she married Alan Greisman,
but divorced again in 1993. Field has three sons,
two from her first marriage and one from her
second marriage.  

==Filmography==
*The Way West (1967)
*Stay Hungry (1976)
*Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
*Heroes (1977)
*The End (1978)
*Hooper (1978)
*Norma Rae (1979)
*Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
*Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
*Back Roads (1981)
*Absence of Malice (1981)
*Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
*Places in the Heart (1984)
*Murphy's Romance (1985)
*Surrender (film)|Surrender (1987)
*Punchline (1988)
*Steel Magnolias (1989)
*Not Without My Daughter (1991)
*Soapdish (1991)
*Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
(voice)
*Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
*A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
*Forrest Gump (1994)
*  Eye for an Eye (1996)
*Homeward Bound: Lost in San Franciso (1996)
(voice)
*Where the Heart Is (2000)
*Say It Isn't So (2001)
*Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
*Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart
Stern (2005) (documentary)
*Two Weeks (2005) (currently in post-production)

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000398|name=Sally Field