50 Photos That Show A Different Side Of Sally Field's Life

 Sally Field in the early 1980s

Sally Field might be small, but she is mighty. Equal parts cute – as demonstrated from her performances in Gidget and The Flying Nun – and feisty like her Norma Rae character and strong like the characters she played in Steel Magnolias and Places in the Heart. Let’s take a look through the life and career of this effervescent icon of the American cinema to see why we like her… we really like her.

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Sally Field Was Typecast as the "Cute" Girl

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Sally Field Played a lady of the evening in "Back Roads"

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Sally Field's Return to a TV Series Earned Her an Emmy

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Sally Field Was a Young Bride and Mother

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Sally Field Showing Some Leg for "The End"

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Sally Field's 2018 Memoir Gave Details About Her Teen Years

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 A Young Sally Field... A Typical Cali Girl

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Burt Reynolds Was Never Mr. Sally Field

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Sally Field's Romance with Burt Reynolds Was Toxic at Times

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Sally Field Battled an Eating Disorder

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Raw and Gritty, Sally Field in "Norma Rae"

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Sally Field, Ready to Revamp Her Image and Take More Dramatic Roles

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Sally Field Enjoyed Kissing James Garner

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Young Sally Field in the 1960s

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Even Sally Field Thought "The Flying Nun" Was Silly

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Sweet and Sassy Sally Field

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Sally Field Joined the Drama Club to Escape the Drama at Home

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Sally Field and Madeleine Sherwood in their Habits

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Sally Field in "Sybil" in 1976

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Sally Field Met Burt Reynolds While Filming "Smokey and the Bandit"

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"Places in the Heart" Earned Sally Field Her Second Oscar

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"You Like Me!" Gushed Sally Field While Accepting Here Oscar

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Sally Field Headed an All-Star Cast in "Steel Magnolias"

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Sally Field Played a Supporting Role to Robin Williams in "Mrs. Doubtfire"

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Sally Field Isn't Even Old Enough to Be Tom Hanks' Mother

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Playing the Title Role in "Sybil" Changed Sally Field's Career

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Sally Field Was a Fan-Favorite on "ER"

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Sally Field Added Broadway to Her Resume

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In the Mid-1970s, Sally Field Was Changing Her Public Image and Her Personal Life

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"Mama always said..."

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Sally Field Is an Advocate for Women's Rights

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Sally Field Hosted a Christmas Episode of SNL

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Sally Field Made her Directorial Debut in 1996

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One of Sally Field's Movies Is Used in Journalism Classes

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Sally Field Has an Arrest Record

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Rally With Sally ... For Bone Health

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Sally Field, Lincoln Scholar?

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Sally Field Packed on the Pounds to Play Mrs. Lincoln

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The Hollywood Walk of Fame Shines Brighter with Sally Field's Star

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Aunt May Wasn't Sally Field's Favorite Character to Play

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Sally Field Was Once Nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actress

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Sally Field Was Sassy... A Cat!

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Burt Reynolds Had a Crush on Gidget

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Sally Field Was the Bad Guy in "Legally Blonde 2"

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