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| partner = [[Burt Reynolds]] (1976–1980)
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| mother = [[Margaret Field]]
| awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Sally Field|Full list]]
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'''Sally Margaret Field''' (born November 6, 1946)<ref name=biocom>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/sally-field-9294562#taking-on-serious-roles|title=Bio.com, Sally Field Biography Actress (1946–)|website=Biography.com|access-date=August 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827004151/http://www.biography.com/people/sally-field-9294562#taking-on-serious-roles|archive-date=August 27, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> is an American actress. Known for [[Sally Field filmography|her extensive work on screen and stage]], she has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Sally Field|many accolades]] throughout her career spanning
Field began her career on television, starring in the comedies ''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]'' (1965–1966), ''[[The Flying Nun]]'' (1967–1970), and ''[[The Girl with Something Extra]]'' (1973–1974). She received the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie]] for the [[NBC]] television film ''[[Sybil (1976 film)|Sybil]]'' (1976). Her film debut was as an extra in ''[[Moon Pilot]]'' (1962) followed by starring roles in ''[[The Way West (film)|The Way West]]'' (1967), ''[[Stay Hungry]]'' (1976), ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]'' (1977), ''[[Heroes (1977 film)|Heroes]]'' (1977), ''[[The End (1978 film)|The End]]'' (1978), and ''[[Hooper (film)|Hooper]]'' (1978). She won two [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy Awards for Best Actress]] for ''[[Norma Rae]]'' (1979), and ''[[Places in the Heart]]'' (1984). Other notable roles include in ''[[Smokey and the Bandit II]]'' (1980), ''[[Absence of Malice]]'' (1981), ''[[Kiss Me Goodbye (film)|Kiss Me Goodbye]]'' (1982), ''[[Murphy's Romance]]'' (1985), ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (1989), ''[[Soapdish]]'' (1991), ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' (1993), and ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' (1994).
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In the 2000s, Field returned to television with a recurring role on the NBC [[medical drama]] ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', for which she won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] in 2001. For her role of [[Nora Walker]] in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] drama series ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'' (2006–2011), Field won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]. She portrayed [[Mary Todd Lincoln]] in ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'' (2012), for which she received an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] nomination. She portrayed [[Aunt May]] in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (2012) and its [[The Amazing Spider-Man 2|2014 sequel]]. Other roles include in the films ''[[Hello, My Name Is Doris]]'' (2015), and ''[[80 for Brady]]'' (2023), as well as in the [[Netflix]] limited series ''[[Maniac (miniseries)|Maniac]]'' (2018).
She made her professional stage debut replacing [[Mercedes Ruehl]] in the original [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] production of [[Edward Albee]]'s ''[[The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?]]'' in 2002. Field returned to the stage after an absence of 15 years with the 2017 revival of [[Tennessee Williams]]'s ''[[The Glass Menagerie]],'' for which she received a nomination for the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]]. She made her debut on the [[West End (theatre)|West End]] theatre in the revival of [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[All My Sons]]'' in 2019.
==Early life==
Sally Field was born on November 6, 1946, in [[Pasadena, California]], to [[Margaret Field]] (''[[née]]'' Margaret Joy Morlan), an actress, and Richard Dryden Field, who served in the Army during World War II. Her brother is [[Richard D. Field|Richard Dryden Field Jr.]], a physicist and an academic. Her parents were divorced in 1950; on January 21, 1952, in Tijuana Mexico, her mother married [[Jock Mahoney]], an actor and a stuntman.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sally Field Biography and Interview|website=Achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/sally-field/#interview|access-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115053709/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/sally-field#interview|archive-date=January 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Field said in her 2018 memoir that she was sexually abused by Mahoney during her childhood.<ref>{{cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=September 11, 2018|title=Sally Field Talks About Her Life 'In Pieces'|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/books/sally-field-burt-reynolds-in-pieces-memoir.html|url-status=live|access-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015152519/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/books/sally-field-burt-reynolds-in-pieces-memoir.html|archive-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|date=November 7, 2011|title=Sally Field's mother died|url=http://news-briefs.ew.com/2011/11/07/sally-field-mother-died/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112051421/http://news-briefs.ew.com/2011/11/07/sally-field-mother-died/|archive-date=November 12, 2014|access-date=August 28, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>
As a teen, Field attended [[Portola Middle School (Tarzana)|Portola Middle School]] and [[Birmingham High School]] in [[Van Nuys]], where she was a [[cheerleader]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gilmore |first=Ethel |date=December 15, 1965 |title=She's A Star: Encino Teen-Ager Remains Typical |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-times-star/146942238/ |work=San Fernando Valley Times |location=North Hollywood, CA |page=11 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=August 28, 2017 |orig-date=November 12, 2010 |title=Sally Field honored at high school alma mater |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2010/11/12/sally-field-honored-at-high-school-alma-mater/ |work=Los Angeles Daily News |location=Los Angeles, CA}}</ref> Her class of 1964 classmates included financier [[Michael Milken]] and talent agent [[Michael Ovitz]], while actress [[Cindy Williams]] was two years behind Field.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Collins |editor-first1=Bob |editor-last2=Collins |editor-first2=Sandy |date=August 2016 |title=Alumni History and Hall of Fame Project |url=https://www.lausd.org/cms/lib/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/599/LAUSD%20Alumni%20History%20and%20Hall%20of%20Fame.pdf |location=Los Angeles, CA |publisher=Los Angeles Unified School District |pages=xx, 17}}</ref>
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Field appeared with Reynolds in three more films: ''[[The End (1978 film)|The End]]'', ''[[Hooper (film)|Hooper]]'', and ''[[Smokey and the Bandit II]]''.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/61489%7C137610/Sally-Field/ "Field Filmography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005102816/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/61489%7C137610/Sally-Field/ |date=October 5, 2016 }}, Tcm.com, accessed October 3, 2016.</ref> In 1981, she continued to change her image, playing a foul-mouthed prostitute opposite [[Tommy Lee Jones]] in the South-set film ''[[Back Roads (1981 film)|Back Roads]]''.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20932/Back-Roads/ ''Black Roads''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005094933/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20932/Back-Roads/ |date=October 5, 2016 }}, Tcm.com, accessed October 3, 2016.</ref> She was nominated for a Golden Globe for the 1981 drama ''[[Absence of Malice]]'' and the 1982 comedy ''[[Kiss Me Goodbye (film)|Kiss Me Goodbye]]''.<ref>[http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/sally-field "Sally Field Golden Globe Nominations"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911134334/http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/sally-field |date=September 11, 2016 }} goldenglobes.com, accessed October 3, 2016.</ref>
In 1985, she co-starred with [[James Garner]] in the romantic comedy ''[[Murphy's Romance]]''.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84225/Murphy-s-Romance/ " 'Murphy's Romance' Overview"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005080138/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84225/Murphy-s-Romance/ |date=October 5, 2016 }}, Tcm.com, accessed October 3, 2016.</ref> The following year, Field appeared on the cover of the March 1986 issue of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, in which she was the interview subject. She did not appear as a pictorial subject in the magazine, although she did wear the classic [[leotard]] and bunny-ears outfit on the cover. That year, she received the [[Women in Film Los Angeles|Women in Film]] [[Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#THE CRYSTAL AWARD|Crystal Award]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Recipients: Crystal Award|url=http://wif.org/past-recipients|publisher=Women In Film|access-date=May 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724120329/http://www.wif.org/past-recipients|archive-date=July 24, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> For her role as matriarch M'Lynn in the film version of ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (1989), she was nominated for a 1990 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.<ref>[http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/best-performance-actress-motion-picture-drama/all-years#year-1990 "Best Actress Golden Globe 1990"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005091603/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/best-performance-actress-motion-picture-drama/all-years#year-1990 |date=October 5, 2016 }} goldenglobes.com, accessed October 3, 2016.</ref>
===1990–present===
[[File:Sally Field (1990) crop.jpg|thumb|Field at the [[62nd Academy Awards
In the early 1990s, Field had supporting roles in a number of movies. These included [[Disney]]'s live-action film ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'' (1993), where she voiced the role of Sassy. In ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' (1993), she played the wife of [[Robin Williams]]'s character and the love interest of [[Pierce Brosnan]]'s character. She then played [[Tom Hanks]]'s mother in ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' (1994), even though she was only 10 years older than Hanks, with whom she had co-starred six years earlier in ''[[Punchline (film)|Punchline]]''. For Forrest Gump, she received [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|BAFTA]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|SAG]] nominations.
Field's other 1990s films included ''[[Not Without My Daughter (film)|Not Without My Daughter]]'', a controversial thriller based on the real-life experience of [[Betty Mahmoody]]'s escape from Iran with her daughter [[Mahtob Mahmoody|Mahtob]]; and ''[[Soapdish]]'', a comedy in which she played a pampered soap-opera star and was joined by a cast that included [[Kevin Kline]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Cathy Moriarty]], [[Elisabeth Shue]], and [[Robert Downey Jr.]] In 1996, Field reprised her role as Sassy in ''[[Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco]]'' and later that year, she received the [[Berlinale Camera]] award at the [[46th Berlin International Film Festival]] for her role as a grieving vigilante mother in director [[John Schlesinger]]'s film ''[[Eye for an Eye (1996 film)|Eye for an Eye]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1996/03_preistr_ger_1996/03_Preistraeger_1996.html |title=Berlinale: 1996 Prize Winners |access-date=2012-01-01 |website=Berlinale.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830090700/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1996/03_preistr_ger_1996/03_Preistraeger_1996.html |archive-date=August 30, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1997, Field guest starred on the ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode "Hilloween", in which she voiced religious woman Junie Harper, who contends with [[Hank Hill]] ([[Mike Judge]]) to ban Halloween. She co-starred with [[Natalie Portman]] in ''[[Where the Heart Is (2000 film)|Where the Heart Is]]'' (2000), and appeared opposite [[Reese Witherspoon]] in ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde]]''.
Field had a recurring role on ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' in the 2000–2001 season as Dr. [[Abby Lockhart]]'s mother, Maggie, who suffers from [[bipolar disorder]], a role for which she won an [[Emmy Award]] in 2001. After her critically acclaimed stint on the show, she returned to the role in 2003 and 2006. She also starred in the 2002 series ''[[The Court (TV series)|The Court]]''.
Field's directorial career began with the television film [[The Christmas Tree (1996 film)|''The Christmas Tree'']] (1996).<ref>King, Susan. [https://
Field was a late addition to the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] drama ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'', which debuted in September 2006. In the show's pilot, the role of matriarch Nora Walker was played by [[Betty Buckley]].<ref name=futon>Sullivan, Brian Ford. [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/reviews/2006/07/12/the-futons-first-look-brothers-and-sisters-abc-21732/20060712_brothersandsisters/ "The Futon's First Look: 'Brothers & Sisters'"] {{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} thefutoncritic.com, July 12, 2006.</ref> However, the show's producers decided to take the character in another direction, and offered the part to Field, who won the [[59th Primetime Emmy Awards#Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]] for her performance.<ref name=emmy>[http://www.emmys.com/bios/sally-field "Sally Field Emmy Awards and Nominations"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130235/http://www.emmys.com/bios/sally-field |date=September 24, 2015 }}, Emmys.com, accessed October 3, 2016.</ref> The drama also starred [[Calista Flockhart]] and [[Rachel Griffiths]] as Nora's adult daughters.<ref name=futon/> In November 2009, Field appeared on an episode of ''[[The Doctors (2008 TV series)|The Doctors]]'' to talk about [[osteoporosis]] and her Rally With Sally Foundation.
She portrayed [[Aunt May]] in the [[Marvel Comics]] films ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (film)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (2012) as well as [[The Amazing Spider-Man 2|the 2014 sequel]]. Field's widely praised portrayal of [[Mary Todd Lincoln]] in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s film ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'', also in 2012, brought her Best Supporting Actress Award nominations at the [[Academy Award|Oscars]], [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globes]], [[BAFTA]],
On May 5, 2014, Field received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for her contributions to motion pictures. Her star is located in front of the [[Hollywood Wax Museum]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sally Field's Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiled|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Sally-Fields-Hollywood-Walk-of-Fame-star-unveiled/tabid/418/articleID/343174/Default.aspx|access-date=May 7, 2014|newspaper=[[3 News]]|date=May 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025812/http://www.3news.co.nz/Sally-Fields-Hollywood-Walk-of-Fame-star-unveiled/tabid/418/articleID/343174/Default.aspx|archive-date=May 8, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In January 2015, it was announced that she would co-host [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/01/20/sally-field-tcm-essentials-robert-osborne/22041027/ |work=USA Today |title=Sally Field Has new role on TCM |date=January 20, 2015 |access-date=January 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809161956/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/01/20/sally-field-tcm-essentials-robert-osborne/22041027/ |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, Field portrayed the titular character in ''[[Hello, My Name Is Doris]]'', for which she was nominated for the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy]].
In 2017, Field reprised her role as Amanda Wingfield in ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[Belasco Theatre]]. Performances began on February 7, 2017, in previews, and officially opened on March 9. The production closed on May 21, 2017, after 85 performance and 31 previews. Field had previously played the role in the [[Kennedy Center]] production in 2004.<ref>Viagas, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/article/sally-fields-glass-menagerie-switches-broadway-theatres# "Sally Field's 'Glass Menagerie' Switches Broadway Theatres"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006051816/http://www.playbill.com/article/sally-fields-glass-menagerie-switches-broadway-theatres |date=October 6, 2016 }} Playbill, October 5, 2016.</ref> She was nominated for a [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]] for her performance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/theater/tony-awards-nominations.html|title=2017 Tony Awards: 'Great Comet' Leads With 12 Nominations|last=Paulson|first=Michael|date=May 2, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}|access-date=May 30, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Her memoir, ''In Pieces'', was published by [[Grand Central Publishing]] in September 2018.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sally-field/in-pieces/9781538763049/?lens=grand-central-publishing|title=In Pieces|date=February 6, 2018|publisher=[[Grand Central Publishing]]|isbn=9781538763049 |access-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622004842/https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sally-field/in-pieces/9781538763049/?lens=grand-central-publishing|archive-date=June 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
Field returned to episodic television in 2018, starring in the [[Netflix]] miniseries ''[[Maniac (miniseries)|Maniac]]''.<ref>{{cite news | last=Holub | first=Christian | date=April 18, 2018 | title=Emma Stone, Jonah Hill star in first-look photos from Netflix's ''Maniac'' | publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/04/18/netflix-maniac-photos-emma-stone-jonah-hill/ | access-date=July 22, 2021 | archive-date=July 22, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722233418/https://ew.com/tv/2018/04/18/netflix-maniac-photos-emma-stone-jonah-hill/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, in 2020, Field starred in the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] series ''[[Dispatches from Elsewhere]]''.<ref>{{cite news | last=Lawrence | first=Derek | date=February 28, 2020 | title=''Dispatches From Elsewhere'' is so mysterious that star Sally Field can't even describe it | publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | url=https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/28/dispatches-from-elsewhere-sally-field/ | access-date=July 22, 2021 | archive-date=May 15, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515140609/https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/28/dispatches-from-elsewhere-sally-field/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Personal life==
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Field married her second husband, Alan Greisman, in 1984.<ref name="apnews"/> Together, they had one son, Sam (born in 1987). Field and Greisman divorced in 1994.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard E. Burgheim|title=People Weekly Yearbook: The Year in Review, 1994|year=1995|publisher=Time Inc.|isbn=9781883013042|page=77}}</ref>
On October 29, 1988, at [[Aspen/Pitkin County Airport]] in [[Colorado]], Field and three members of her family were in a private plane owned by media mogul [[Merv Griffin]] when it lost power and [[rejected takeoff]],
==Philanthropy and activism==
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In 2005, Field received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] presented in recognition of her lifetime of contributions to the arts as well as her dedication as a social activist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608012051/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2008 |title=2008 Summit Highlights Photo |url=https://achievement.org/summit/2008/ |quote=Legendary songwriter Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys receives the Golden Plate Award from actress Sally Field. |access-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919181929/https://achievement.org/summit/2008/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
During her acceptance speech at the 2007 [[Emmy Award]]s, when she won for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Field said: "If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place."<ref name=ABC>{{Cite news |title=On TV, 'Extreme Caution' vs. Free Speech |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |last=Marikar |first=Shelia |date=September 18, 2007 |url=https://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=3618536 |access-date=November 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920233606/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=3618536 |archive-date=September 20, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], which aired the show, cut the sound and picture after the word "god" and did not return camera/sound to the stage until after Field finished talking.<ref name=ABC /> An e-mail statement from the company the day after the incident explained that the censorship of Field's speech (among two other censorship incidents during the award ceremony) occurred because "some language during the live broadcast may have been considered inappropriate by some viewers. As a result, Fox's broadcast standards executives determined it appropriate to drop sound and picture during those portions of the show."<ref name=ABC />
Field is an advocate for [[women's rights]]. She has served on the board of directors of [[Vital Voices|Vital Voices Global Partnership]], an international women's NGO, and has co-hosted the [[Global Leadership Awards]] six times.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vitalvoices.org/about-us/board-directors |title=Board of Directors |publisher=Vital Voices |access-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006122554/http://www.vitalvoices.org/about-us/board-directors |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> A Democrat, Field supported [[Hillary Clinton]]'s bid for the Democratic Party nomination in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71gMZnZHCRo|title=California for Hillary Clinton Rally|publisher=Digital Jami (YouTube)|date=March 8, 2008|access-date=November 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422135151/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71gMZnZHCRo|archive-date=April 22, 2014|url-status=live}} Video of Cal State Los Angeles rally of February 2, 2008, with Field and actor [[Bradley Whitford]].</ref>
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