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Sally Field
Surviving through her art
There are certain actors
who are so seasoned and ac-
complished that their mere
presence in a film or television
show immediately elevates the
profile of the project. These are
performers who have reached a
stage in their craft and filmog-
raphy that is above reviews or
awards, actors whose talent is
a given, both to their peers and
to audiences. You know the type
— from Meryl Streep to Daniel
Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson to
Vanessa Redgrave — their
names are almost a genre unto
themselves. It’s hard to imagine
an actor more worthy of this
Sally Field in “Hello, My Name Is Doris”
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kind of reputation than Sally
Field.
With more than 50 years
of experience, Field got her
break in the 1965 surfer sitcom
“Gidget.” She’s had the kind
of career that most actors only
dream about; though acting is
hailed as the most transforma-
tive, empathetic profession,
a way into different lives, the
reality is that most actors rarely
have the guts (or the chops)
to make big swings between
their roles. But Field does. She
garnered Oscar nominations
for her turns as both Mary Todd
Lincoln in 2012’s “Lincoln” and
the eponymous heroine in the
1979 film “Norma Rae” (for
which she won) — these wildly
divergent roles were 33 years
apart and set in vastly different
eras, an incredible feat.
Her credits span box office
behemoths like “The Amazing
Spider-Man” (2012) and mod-
est dramas such as “Hello, My
Name Is Doris” (2015). She has
starred in many beloved films,
including “Steel Magnolias”
(1988) and “Places in the Heart”
(1984) — she won an Oscar for
that last one, too. She has filled
out her career with vast, cin-
ematic crowd-pleasers like “For-
rest Gump” (1994) and small,
supporting roles in off-kilter
horror-comedies like “Little Evil”
(2017).
It’s the kind of filmography
that makes it clear that acting
is not just a job for Field, but
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her life’s work, her vocation.
Further, acting is the thing that
helped her escape and, really,
save herself from an extremely
abusive background. To quote
an excerpt from her memoir “In
Pieces”: “I remember watching
my feet as they stomped across
the worn wooden [stage] floor,
and for one instant the feet
weren’t mine anymore.” A small
girl from Pasadena, California,
suffering under the hands of
a violet stepfather, having to
face an apathetic mother and
sexual trauma throughout her
teen years, the only solace Field
found was reading plays, be-
coming other people. Her escape
became her career, which then
became the way audiences the
world over got to connect with
her. In other words, to review
one of Field’s performances is to
witness the redeeming nature
of the artform. As Field herself
said: “Part of me wants to reach
out to other people ... have a
dialogue and feel connected.
My way of doing that was al-
ways onstage. It was the only
way I could hear myself.” The
incomparable Sally Field will be
an honoree at the 42nd Annual
Kennedy Center Honors, airing
Sunday, Dec. 15, on CBS.
FACTS
- Born Nov. 6, 1946, in Pasa-
dena, California (age 73)
- Her mother was an actress
- Has three children: two with
ex-husband Steven Craig, and
her youngest with second hus-
band Alan Greisman
- After being diagnosed
with osteoporosis, she created
the “Rally With Sally for Bone
Health” campaign
- Her stepfather was Holly-
wood stuntman Jock Mahoney
(“Tarzan Goes to India,” 1962)
- Had a relationship with
megastar Burt Reynolds, which
she recently described as “emo-
tionally abusive”
- Is a vocal supporter of the
LGBTQ+ community
QUOTES
“That’s the good news about
getting older: I can see that I’ve
traveled a long way. But I’m
always torn with feeling that it
isn’t enough.”
“I know that I love my family.
I think that I’m a pretty good
actor, and I’m sure that I love act-
ing. My family and acting are the
two things that matter most.”
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