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In Pieces
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Sally Field
Academy Award-winning American actress Sally Field is best known for her roles in Hollywood films such as Steel Magnolias, Forrest Gump, and Not Without My Daughter. Born in 1946 to Margaret Morlan and Richard Field, Sally Field was raised in California. She attended Portola Middle School and Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, where she excelled in the school’s drama department. After her initial TV success starring in sitcoms Gidget, The Flying Nun, and The Girl With Something Extra, Field earned critical acclaim for her role as a young woman with a mental illness in the 1976 TV movie Sybil. She earned Academy Awards for her performances in the films Norma Rae and Places in the Heart, firmly establishing her reputation as one of the most talented actors of her generation.
Field’s memoir In Pieces, her first book, does not focus on her experiences in Hollywood or her most famous achievements. (In fact, she sums up what might be considered the pinnacle of any actor’s career—winning an Academy Award for Best Actress—in a couple of understated sentences.
