PERSON: Sally Field

Actress

Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She has performed in movies, Broadway theater, and television, and made records of popular music. Known for her extensive work on screen and stage, she has received many accolades throughout her career spanning six 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.

Sally Field was born on November 6, 1946, in Pasadena, California, to actress Margaret Field (1922–2011) and pharmacist Richard Dryden Field (1914–1993), 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. Her ancestry includes English, Irish and on her father’s side Italian from the island of Sicily. Field said in her 2018 memoir that she was sexually abused by Mahoney during her childhood.

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