Sally Field
Autor(a) de In Pieces
About the Author
Sally Margaret Field was born on November 6, 1946 in California. She is an actress and director who has been recognized for her work with two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She began her career on television starring in roles mostrar mais such as The Flying Nun and Gidget. Her career took a turn when she portrayed a woman with multiple personality disorder in the miniseries 'Sybil" for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. Her film career took off in the 1970's when she starred in movies such as "Stay Hungry", "Smokey and the Bandit", and "Hooper". She had continued success in the 1980's when she starred in the film Norma Rae and won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She continued working in television in the 2000's with a role on the NBC drama ER which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. As a director, Field is known for the television film The Christmas Tree, an episode of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, as well as the feature film Beautiful. In 2014, she was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her memoir In Pieces was released in 2018 and immediately made the bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Photo by Alan Light, 1990 (Flickr & Wikimedia Commons)
Obras por Sally Field
Steel Magnolias / Places in the Heart 2 exemplares
A Single Step (DVD) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Two Weeks [2006 film] — Actor — 11 exemplares
White Lightning / The End — Actor — 1 exemplar
All The Way Home — Actor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1946-11-06
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Locais de residência
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Educação
- Portola Middle School
Birmingham High School, Los Angeles, California, USA - Ocupações
- actor
film producer
singer
film director - Relações
- Craig, Peter (1) (son)
Craig, Eli (son)
Field, Margaret (mother) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
Membros
Críticas
Trigger warning for the book: sexual and emotional child abuse
I've always loved Sally Field. As great of a writer as she is an actor, her memoir uncovers her as a complex character much like the ones she seeks out to understand and portray. I don't want to peg her story as one thread in a vast fabric, but it's certainly a timely one that fits into the current #MeToo moment. From her stepfather to her boyfriends and husbands and directors, Field has experienced the worst of men. I wanted to root for her, to stand up for her, to push her into shouting and leaving. I hope now after writing her story she finds peace.
The memoir closely follows her relationship to her mother, and ends when her mother passes away of cancer. This ending felt abrupt for me, and although I don't want Field to feel like she has to discuss every single film she's made, she did skim over some important ones (Forrest Gump, Steel Magnolias). Maybe I feel this way because those are my favorites and my namesake.… (mais)
I've always loved Sally Field. As great of a writer as she is an actor, her memoir uncovers her as a complex character much like the ones she seeks out to understand and portray. I don't want to peg her story as one thread in a vast fabric, but it's certainly a timely one that fits into the current #MeToo moment. From her stepfather to her boyfriends and husbands and directors, Field has experienced the worst of men. I wanted to root for her, to stand up for her, to push her into shouting and leaving. I hope now after writing her story she finds peace.
The memoir closely follows her relationship to her mother, and ends when her mother passes away of cancer. This ending felt abrupt for me, and although I don't want Field to feel like she has to discuss every single film she's made, she did skim over some important ones (Forrest Gump, Steel Magnolias). Maybe I feel this way because those are my favorites and my namesake.… (mais)
Can't really say I enjoyed it. Field shares some raw moments from her life, but it felt a little too dramatic for my taste. I liked her characters she played better than the persona she projects in her book.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Also by
- 53
- Membros
- 874
- Popularidade
- #29,294
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 33
- ISBN
- 23
What I like about this memoir is the way Sally told it and how she unapologetically tell her back story. As someone who was a victim of domestic violence this story triggered some sore spot but that didn't stop me from loving this book. I won't be rereading it though.