Sally Field is a well-known actress who has been in films such as “Forrest Gump,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Lincoln,” and “Steel Magnolias.” She has received Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe nominations.
The lead part in “Gidget” launched the 76-year-old actress’s career. She has since appeared in a variety of TV episodes, films, and Broadway musicals.
Field has also been open about the problems in her personal life. In her 2018 book “In Pieces,” she discusses her battles with depression, self-doubt, and loneliness, as well as the sexual abuse she underwent at the hands of her stepfather.
Sally Field was born on November 6, 1946, in Pasadena, California. Her father was a businessman named Richard Dryden Field, and her mother was an actress named Margaret Field (née Morlan).
Jock Mahoney, an actor and stuntman, married her mother after her parents divorced. Princess O’Mahoney, Sally’s half-sister, and Richard Field, Sally’s brother, are both still living.
HER PERSONAL HISTORY
Sally Field married Steven Craig in 1968, and the pair produced two sons, Peter and Eli. After splitting up with Alan Greisman in 1975, she married him in 1984.
Their only child was Samuel, and they divorced in 1994. She dated Burt Reynolds from 1976 to 1980, and her memoir details their difficult relationship.