Sally Field is known for her roles as Frances Elizabeth "Gidget" Lawrence on the ABC TV sitcom "Gidget (1965-1966)" and as Elsie Ethrington "Sister Bertrille" on the ABC TV sitcom "The Flying Nun (1967-1970)".

She played Carrie ("Frog") in the movies "Smokey and the Bandit (1977)" and "Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)", Norma Rae Webster in the movie "Norma Rae (1979)", Edna Spalding in "Places in the Heart (1984)", M'Lynn Eatenton in "Steel Magnolias (1989)", Betty Mahmoody in "Not Without My Daughter (1991)", Miranda Hillard in "Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)", Mrs. Gump in "Forrest Gump (1994)", Mama Lil in "Where the Heart Is (2000)", Victoria Rudd in "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)", Aunt May Parker in "The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)" and "The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)", and Mary Todd Lincoln in "Lincoln (2012)".

Some other movies she appeared in are "The Way West (1967)", "Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971)", "Hitched (1971)", "Marriage: Year One (1971)", "Steel Wreath (1971)", "Home for the Holidays (1972)", "Stay Hungry (1976)", "Bridger (1976)", "Heroes (1977)", "The End (1978)", "Hooper (1978)", "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)", "Back Roads (1981)", "Absence of Malice (1981)", "All the Way Home (1981)", "Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)", "Murphy's Romance(1985)", "Surrender (1987)", "Punchline (1988)", "Soapdish (1991)", "Eye for an Eye (1996)", "A Cooler Climate (1999)", "David Copperfield (2000)", "Say It Isn't So (2001)", "Two Weeks (2006)", "Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)" and "Little Evil (2017)".

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her roles as Norma Rae Webster in the movie "Norma Rae (1979)" and as Edna Spalding in "Places in the Heart (1984)".

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