Age: 79
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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.
Sally Field
Martha Kent
for Martha Kent in Superman: Man of Steel (1992)
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The movie opens on Krypton, where Jor-El and Lara are sending their infant son, Kal-El, to Earth to escape the planet's impending doom. Kal-El's ship lands in Smallville, Kansas, where he's found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, who name him Clark and raise him as their own. As Clark grows, he begins to develop extraordinary abilities. Jonathan helps him understand the importance of using his powers responsibly, instilling in him a strong moral compass. After Jonathan's death, Clark feels a calling to use his powers for good. He leaves Smallville and travels the world, helping people in secret. Clark eventually arrives in Metropolis, where he gets a job as a reporter at the Daily Planet and meets Lois Lane. When a major crisis threatens Metropolis, Clark decides to reveal himself as Superman, using his powers to save the city. Lex Luthor, a brilliant but ruthless businessman, sees Superman as a threat to humanity and begins plotting to destroy him. Meanwhile, General Zod and his Kryptonian followers arrive on Earth, seeking to terraform the planet into a new Krypton. Superman must battle both Lex Luthor and General Zod, protecting Earth and its people while also grappling with his own identity and place in the world. Lois Lane becomes an important ally to Superman, investigating Lex Luthor's schemes and helping Superman connect with humanity. Their relationship deepens as they work together.
