Sally Field

Born on November 6, 1946, in Pasadena (California), Sally Margaret Field has acting in her blood, as her mother, Margaret Field, came to star in films like Being from Planet X , and other B-movies, while which his father, Jock Mahoney , noted as a stuntman. “When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, ‘Congratulations, you’ve had an actress,’” she often says.

As a child, she was the most prankish girl in her school, and she was always very clear that she wanted to follow in the footsteps of her parents. After studying acting, she auditioned for movies such as The Graduate , for which she was not chosen, and finally she debuted with the sitcom Gidget , where she played a surfer girl, the daughter of a widowed professor. Authentic predecessor of the modern adolescent series, the series achieved enormous popularity. The same thing happened shortly after with The Flying Nun., a positive and kind series that, although today it would seem somewhat naive, triumphed on the small screen. The actress played a nun who, thanks to divine intervention, had the ability to fly. Despite the acceptance of the two series, the truth is that they were a huge obstacle to the career of Sally Field, who was refused to hire for the movies. She took refuge in telefilms until she was chosen as the protagonist of The Cheeks , a tape of crazy chases at the service of Burt Reynolds , with whom -just after divorcing her first husband- she had a romance that had a huge impact on USA. Just then she landed a memorable role based on a real character, the lead in Norma Rae ., a southern single mother who organizes her coworkers to improve their working conditions. For this work, Sally Field received the Oscar for best actress. It was followed by Beyond Poseidon , one of the great successes of disaster cinema, The Cheeks Are Back , the inevitable sequel to The Cheeks , and above all Absence of Malice , Sydney Pollack ‘s heartbreaking analysis of the power of the press , in which Sally Field embodied an ambitious journalist. For her work in the film In a place of the heart, won her second Oscar in a short time, which gave the actress immense prestige. Then her career is quite uneven, although she hardly knows her failure, with titles like Murphy’s Romance and especially Steel Magnolias . In the 90s, she specialized in supporting roles, sometimes memorable, such as the somewhat hysterical wife of Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire , or the devoted mother in Forrest Gump , who told her son that “fool is the fool.” who does nonsense.” After divorcing her second husband, producer Alan Gresiman, her career hits a huge bump. The actress plays supporting roles in by-products like Tell Me That Isn’t True andLegally Blonde 2 . She has just finished filming Two Weeks , a tragicomedy in which she plays the lead.