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Acting

Sally Field

Career: Active from 1965 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 43
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: National Theatre Live: All My Sons
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sally Field Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Crime
1.9, average 3.6
Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Mystery
2.6, average 4.0
Adrenaline
3.6, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 10
Character-Driven Narrative 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Strong Performances 3
Physical Comedy 3
Feel-Good Movie 3
Star-Studded Cast 3
Character-Driven Drama 3
Emotional Resonance 3
Heartwarming Drama 2
Intergenerational Connection 2
Southern Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 70

Remarkably Bright Creatures

74

as Tova Sullivan

80 for Brady

58

as Betty

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

73

TV show · as Jessie Buss

Spoiler Alert

73

as Marilyn

Dispatches from Elsewhere

71

TV show · as Janice

Love Letters

as Melissa Gardner

2010s

9 titles · average score 70

National Theatre Live: All My Sons

84

as Kate Keller

Maniac

75

TV show · as Dr. Greta Mantleray

Little Evil

72

as Miss Shaylock

Hello, My Name Is Doris

71

as Doris Miller

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

65

TV show · as Self - Guest

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

58

as Aunt May

Lincoln

80

as Mary Todd Lincoln

The Amazing Spider-Man

70

as Aunt May

The Desert of Forbidden Art

57

as Voice

2000s

10 titles · average score 51

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

47

as Marina Del Ray (voice)

Brothers and Sisters

70

TV show · as Nora Walker

Two Weeks

39

as Anita Bergman

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde

45

as Victoria Rudd

The Court

TV show · as Justice Kate Nolan

Say It Isn't So

31

as Valdine Wingfield

David Copperfield

66

as Betsey Trotwood

Beautiful

38

Director

Where the Heart Is

50

as Mama Lil

David Copperfield

70

TV show · as Betsey Trotwood

1990s

19 titles · average score 67

A Cooler Climate

57

as Iris

From the Earth to the Moon

80

TV show · as Trudy Cooper

King of the Hill

78

TV show · as Junie Harper (voice)

Eye for an Eye

37

as Karen McCann

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

56

as Sassy (voice)

The Christmas Tree

65

Teleplay, Director

A Woman of Independent Means

83

TV show · as Bess Alcott Steed Garner

Forrest Gump

83

as Mrs. Gump

Mrs. Doubtfire

69

as Miranda Hillard

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

78

as Sassy (voice)

Not Without My Daughter

60

as Betty Mahmoody

Soapdish

67

as Celeste Talbert

1980s

11 titles · average score 60

Steel Magnolias

70

as M'Lynn Eatenton

Punchline

55

as Lilah Krytsick

Surrender

52

as Daisy Morgan

Murphy's Romance

70

as Emma Moriarty

Places in the Heart

77

as Edna Spalding

Kiss Me Goodbye

59

as Kay

Lily for President?

as Beth Barber

Absence of Malice

70

as Megan Carter

Back Roads

41

as Amy Post

All the Way Home

as Mary Follet

Smokey and the Bandit II

43

as Carrie

1970s

17 titles · average score 59

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

27

as Celeste Whitman

Norma Rae

75

as Norma Rae

Hooper

65

as Gwen Doyle

The End

56

as Mary Ellen

Smokey and the Bandit

67

as Carrie

Heroes

37

as Carol Bell

Sybil

76

TV show · as Sybil

Stay Hungry

51

as Mary Tate Farnsworth

Home for the Holidays

58

as Christine Morgan

The Girl with Something Extra

74

TV show · as Sally Burton

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

50

as Denise "Dennie" Miller

Marriage: Year One

as Jane Duden

1960s

6 titles · average score 50

The Flying Nun

64

TV show · as Sister Bertrille

The Way West

40

as Mercy McBee

Occasional Wife

TV show

Gidget

45

TV show · as Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence

The Dating Game

52

TV show · as Sally Field

Moon Pilot

52

as Beatnik Girl in Lineup (uncredited)