Age: 79
female
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She has received many awards and nominations, including two Academy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and nominations for a Tony Award and for two British Academy Film Awards. Field began her career on television, starring in the comedies Gidget (1965–1966), The Flying Nun (1967–1970), and The Girl with Something Extra (1973–1974). In 1967, she was also in the western The Way West. In 1976, she attracted critical acclaim for her performance in the television film Sybil, for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Her film debut was as an extra in Moon Pilot (1962). Her film career escalated during the 1970s with starring roles in films including Stay Hungry (1976), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Heroes (1977), The End (1978), and Hooper (1978). During the 1980s she won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984), and she appeared in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Absence of Malice (1981), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), Murphy's Romance (1985), Steel Magnolias (1989), Soapdish (1991), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), and Forrest Gump (1994). In the 2000s, Field returned to television with a recurring role on the NBC medical drama ER, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2001 and the following year made her stage debut with Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?. For her portrayal of Nora Walker in the ABC television family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011), Field won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She starred as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she portrayed Aunt May in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, with the first being her highest-grossing release. In 2015, she portrayed the title 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, she returned to the stage after an absence of 15 years with the revival of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, for which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. In 2014, she was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2019, she received the Kennedy Center Honor.
In September 2014, Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro, a vibrant mother-to-be, entered Boca Raton Regional Hospital for what was expected to be a routine C-section. However, the joyous occasion turned into a nightmare when Ruby suffered a sudden and massive amniotic fluid embolism, a rare and often fatal complication during childbirth. This triggered a cardiac arrest, leaving her heart lifeless and unresponsive. For 3 excruciating hours, the medical team fought desperately to revive Ruby. Despite their exhaustive resuscitation, she had no pulse for 45 minutes. Her family, overwhelmed with grief, said their final goodbyes. It was unbelievably, horribly emotional. Her mother, sister, husband and her son came in all at the same time. They were screaming prayers and not ready for her to go. The grandmother was saying 'Take me instead. The doctors were ready to declare her deceased, something extraordinary happened, Ruby's heart started beating again, defying all medical expectations. After 45 minutes with no pulse, this miraculous revival left everyone in awe. Ruby emerged not only alive but also without any brain damage or long-term health issues. Her survival was a miracle, captivating people around the world. Everybody was left in awe of this remarkable event, which they attribute to the power of faith, determination, and something beyond human understanding. Ruby's story is a testament to connection of life and death. It serves as a hope, illustrating that miracles can and do happen.
