Sally Margaret Field is an American actress, singer, producer, director, and screenwriter. In each decade of her career, she has been known for her leading American TV and film roles; among the most notable are Gidget, The Flying Nun, Sybil, Smokey and the Bandit, Norma Rae, Places in the Heart, Steel Magnolias, Not Without My Daughter, Mrs. Doubtfire, Forrest Gump, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Lincoln. Field is a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress, for playing Norma Rae Webster in Norma Rae and Edna Spalding in Places in the Heart. She has received three Emmy Awards for her title role in the TV film Sybil, her guest role on ER, and her role as Nora Holden Walker on ABC's series Brothers & Sisters. She has also won two Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress, as well as the Best Female Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2012 Field's widely praised portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln brought her Best Supporting Actress nominations for the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, and the BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild awards. She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013. [More at Wikipedia]

November 6th, 1946 in Pasadena (Age 78)