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Sally Field

Actor, also producer and director · Born November 6, 1946 (79) · Pasadena, California, USA

2 Oscars · 3 Primetime Emmys · 2 Golden Globes · 5 other major award bodies

Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She has received many awards and nominations, including two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and nominations for a Tony Award and for two British Academy Film Awards. Field began her career on television, starring in the comedies Gidget (1965–1966), The Flying Nun (1967–1970), and The Girl with Something Extra (1973–1974). In 1967, she was also in the western The Way West. In 1976, she attracted critical acclaim for her performance in the television film Sybil, for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Her film debut was as an extra in Moon Pilot (1962). Her film career escalated during the 1970s with starring roles in films including Stay Hungry (1976), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Heroes (1977), The End (1978), and Hooper (1978). During the 1980s she won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984), and she appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Absence of Malice (1981), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), Murphy's Romance (1985), Steel Magnolias (1989), Soapdish (1991), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), and Forrest Gump (1994). In the 2000s, Field returned to television with a recurring role on the NBC medical drama ER, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2001 and the following year made her stage debut with Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?. For her portrayal of Nora Walker in the ABC television family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011), Field won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She starred as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she portrayed Aunt May in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, with the first being her highest-grossing release. In 2015, she portrayed the title character in Hello, My Name Is Doris, for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. In 2017, she returned to the stage after an absence of 15 years with the revival of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, for which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. In 2014, she was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2019, she received the Kennedy Center Honor.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 6, 1946 (79)
From
Pasadena, California, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer and director
Titles
60 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 30% in 30 days

What are Sally Field's films like?

Across their 57 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 51 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 26 · Serious 16 · Dark 9

Grounded 36 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 3

Gentle 19 · Charged 24 · Intense 8

Steady 28 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 26 · Funny 10

A split, not a type: Slow burn 25 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 3

Casual 31 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 2

Easy watch 19 · Affecting 21 · Heavy 11

Resolved 49 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

32 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 15 of 32 analyzed roles.

Hero
15 of 32
Ally
8 of 32
Mentor
4 of 32
Shadow
2 of 32
Herald
1 of 32
Shapeshifter
1 of 32
Threshold guardian
1 of 32
Show the 32 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
28
Hopeful
24
Melancholic
25
Tense
16
Bittersweet
13
Other
53

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy22
  • Bittersweet29
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sally Field's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 42 of their 60 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (20).

Subscription and free streaming for Sally Field's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

79 credits, 60 with a MovieCove page; 60 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Remarkably Bright Creatures(2026)

    as Tova Sullivan

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • 80 for Brady(2023)

    as Betty

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Spoiler Alert(2022)

    as Marilyn

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · as Jessie Buss

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Love Letters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Melissa Gardner

  • Dispatches from Elsewhere(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · as Janice

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
  • National Theatre Live: All My Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Kate Keller

  • Maniac(2018)

    Show 10 episodes · as Dr. Greta Mantleray

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
  • Olympia(2018)

    as M'Lynn Eatenton

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Little Evil(2017)

    as Miss Shaylock

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Hello, My Name Is Doris(2015)

    as Doris Miller

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2(2014)

    as Aunt May

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Lincoln(2012)

    as Mary Todd Lincoln

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • The Amazing Spider-Man(2012)

    as Aunt May

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning(2008)

    as Marina Del Ray (voice)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Two Weeks(2006)

    as Anita Bergman

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Brothers & Sisters(2006)

    Show 109 episodes · Executive Producer · as Nora Walker

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • The Court (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 6 episodes · as Justice Kate Nolan

  • David Copperfield(2000)

    as Betsey Trotwood

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Say It Isn't So(2001)

    as Valdine Wingfield

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • David Copperfield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Betsey Trotwood

  • Beautiful(2000)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Where the Heart Is(2000)

    as Mama Lil

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Saturday Night Live: Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Mom (archive footage)

  • A Cooler Climate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Iris

  • From the Earth to the Moon(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Director · as Trudy Cooper

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Merry Christmas, George Bailey(1997)

    as Mrs. Bailey / Narrator

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Eye of God(1997)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • King of the Hill(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Junie Harper (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
  • The Christmas Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Executive Producer · Teleplay

  • Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Eye for an Eye(1996)

    as Karen McCann

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • A Woman of Independent Means(1995)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer · as Bess Alcott Steed Garner

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
  • ER(1994)

    Show 11 episodes · as Maggie Wyczenski

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
  • Forrest Gump(1994)

    as Mrs. Gump

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Mrs. Doubtfire(1993)

    as Miranda Hillard

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • The Larry Sanders Show(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Sally Field

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • Dying Young(1991)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Soapdish(1991)

    as Celeste Talbert

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Not Without My Daughter(1991)

    as Betty Mahmoody

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Steel Magnolias(1989)

    as M'Lynn Eatenton

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Punchline(1988)

    Producer · as Lilah Krytsick

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Surrender(1987)

    as Daisy Morgan

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Murphy's Romance(1985)

    as Emma Moriarty

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Places in the Heart(1984)

    as Edna Spalding

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Kiss Me Goodbye(1982)

    as Kay

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Lily for President? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Beth Barber

  • All the Way Home(1981)

    as Mary Follet

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • Absence of Malice(1981)

    as Megan Carter

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Back Roads(1981)

    as Amy Post

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure(1979)

    as Celeste Whitman

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • Norma Rae(1979)

    as Norma Rae

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Hooper(1978)

    as Gwen Doyle

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • The End(1978)

    as Mary Ellen

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Heroes(1977)

    as Carol Bell

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Smokey and the Bandit(1977)

    as Carrie

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Sybil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sybil

  • Bridger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Jennifer Melford

  • Stay Hungry(1976)

    as Mary Tate Farnsworth

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Home for the Holidays(1972)

    as Christine Morgan

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • The Girl with Something Extra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 22 episodes · as Sally Burton

  • Hitched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Roselle Bridgeman

  • Mongo's Back in Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Vikki

  • Marriage: Year One(1971)

    as Jane Duden

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring(1971)

    as Denise "Dennie" Miller

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Alias Smith and Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Night Gallery(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Irene Evans

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • The Flying Nun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 82 episodes · as Sister Bertrille

  • The Way West(1967)

    as Mercy McBee

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Occasional Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Dating Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Sally Field

  • Gidget(1965)

    Show 32 episodes · as Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
  • Moon Pilot(1962)

    as Beatnik Girl in Lineup (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 79 titles from 1962 to 2026; peak year 1992.

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19622026

Peak 1992 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 33 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 6 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting75 of 79: 72 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thDirecting3 of 79: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 79: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing4 of 79: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 79: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

79 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1960s6 · acting1970s17 · acting1980s11 · acting1990s19 · 16 acting · 5 crew2000s10 · 9 acting · 2 crew2010s10 · acting2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 39% of 38 roles
6782929712

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 Oscars, 3 Primetime Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 2 other major awards from 40 major nominations, 1977–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
  2. 2023
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won
  3. 2016
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Comedy
  4. 2013
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
  5. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
  6. 2008
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
  7. 2007
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  8. 2003
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Show 13 earlier years
  1. 2001
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
  2. 2000
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
  3. 1996
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Berlinale award, won
  4. 1995
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
  5. 1990
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  6. 1986
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  7. 1985
    • Oscar, won · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  8. 1983
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  9. 1982
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  10. 1980
    • Oscar, won · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  11. 1979
    • Cannes award, won
  12. 1978
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  13. 1977
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Sally Field's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 49; across their 51 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 51

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 51

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 51

Midcredits score across 60 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up23
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 60 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed20

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 43 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sally Field's work okay for kids?

Across up to 29 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore17 titles12–78 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity29 titles12–58 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity22 titles24–67 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs17 titles9–59 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense18 titles12–70 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Sally Field work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sally Field's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Burt Reynolds shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles