Sally Field, an actress who has won Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards, is well-known for her parts in the films “Forrest Gump,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Lincoln,” and “Steel Magnolias.”
The 76-year-old actress launched her career in 1965 with the lead part in “Gidget.” She has since made several TV appearances, motion pictures, and Broadway performances.
Field has also been open about her struggles in her personal life. She discusses her stepfather’s sexual abuse of her as well as her battles with depression, self-doubt, and loneliness in her 2018 memoir “In Pieces.”
On November 6, 1946, Sally Field was born in Pasadena, California. Her mother was the actress Margaret Field (née Morlan), and her father was a salesman named Richard Dryden Field. Her mother married actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney following her parent’s divorce. Richard Field, Sally’s brother, and Princess O’Mahoney, her half-sister, are both living.
HER PERSONAL LIFE
Sally Field married Steven Craig in 1968, and they had two sons, Peter and Eli. They divorced in 1975, and she married Alan Greisman in 1984. They had one son together, Samuel, before divorcing in 1994. From 1976 to 1980, she dated Burt Reynolds, a difficult relationship she discusses in her memoir.
She recounts his controlling behavior and how he convinced Field not to attend the Emmy ceremony where she won for “Sybil.” Reynolds actually died just before her book’s release, and in his own memoir, he called their failed relationship “the biggest regret of my life” in his 2015 memoir “But Enough About Me.”
Meanwhile, Fields said they hadn’t spoken for 30 years before his passing. “He was not someone I could be around,” she explained. “He was just not good for me in any way. And he had somehow invented in his rethinking of everything that I was more important to him than he had thought, but I wasn’t. He just wanted to have the thing he didn’t have. I just didn’t want to deal with that.”
These days, Sally Field keeps her Oscars and Emmys in a TV room where she plays video games with her grandkids. So far, Field shows no signs of retiring with her film “Spoiler Alert” releasing next week, as well as “80 for Brady” coming in 2023.
“As an actor, she dared this town to typecast her, and then simply broke through every dogmatic barrier to find her own way — not to stardom, which I imagine she’d decry, but to great roles in great films and television,” said Steven Spielberg, her friend and “Lincoln” director. “Through her consistently good taste and feisty persistence, she has survived our ever-changing culture, stood the test of time and earned this singular place in history.”
Kelly Clarkson and her daughter light up Vegas with a heartfelt duet
Las Vegas recently experienced a magical evening when Grammy Award winner Kelly Clarkson was joined on stage by her children River Rose and Remington during her residency performance. The spotlight was shared as nine-year-old River and seven-year-old Remington chose their own songs to perform alongside their famous mother.
Initially shy, River harmonized beautifully with Clarkson on a touching rendition of “Heartbeat Song”, a song that has special meaning for both of them. During the performance of “Whole Lotta Woman”, Remington wowed the audience with his lively dance performance.
Clarkson expressed her joy on Twitter that her children got to see her at the Bakkt Theater, Planet Hollywood. The family’s appearance brought an electric energy to the venue and created a heartfelt moment of joy and togetherness.
In her tweets, Clarkson reflected on the great pride and joy she feels for her children, sharing that they “will always have my whole heart”. The enthusiastic response from the audience made the evening unforgettable for everyone present and underlined the deep bond between the renowned artist and her family.
Check out the video below to relive this heartwarming moment from Kelly Clarkson’s Las Vegas show, where she and her children River Rose and Remington celebrated music, family and love together.
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