Sally Field is a famous actress who has won big awards like the Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards. You might remember her from movies like “Forrest Gump,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Lincoln,” and “Steel Magnolias.”
She started her acting career in 1965, playing the main role in “Gidget.” Since then, she has been in lots of TV shows, movies, and Broadway performances.
Sally Field has also been honest about the tough times in her personal life. In her 2018 memoir called “In Pieces,” she talks about the difficult things she went through, like facing sexual abuse from her stepfather and dealing with depression, self-doubt, and loneliness.”
Sally Field was born on November 6, 1946, in Pasadena, California. Her mom, Margaret Field (born Morlan), was an actress, and her dad, Richard Dryden Field, worked as a salesman.
After her parents divorced, her mom married actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney. Sally has a brother named Richard Field and a half-sister named Princess O’Mahoney, and both of them are still alive.
