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The show remained a pop culture touchstone - though mostly as the butt of jokes - for decades after it left the air. Despite a critical drubbing, the show became a hit with viewers unfortunately, it helped to typecast Field as a lightweight comic actress for several years.

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Sensing that young audiences liked the ever-perky Field, ABC brought her back into the TV fold with a new series, 'The Flying Nun' (1967-1970), which hinged on the absurd notion that Field's novice nun could become airborne due to her small frame and oversized headgear. That same year, she married Steven Craig, with whom she had two sons.

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She also tried her hand at a pop music career with the 1967 single 'Felicidad' and a full album in 1968.

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Field then moved on to the short-lived sitcom 'Hey Landlord' (NBC, 1966-67), before making her movie debut as a settler in 'The Way West' (1967), starring with such heavyweights as Kirk Douglas and Robert Mitchum. Surprisingly, the show's ratings and Field's popularity among young viewers soared during the summer rerun season, but ABC did not renew it. The show, which was one of the first regularly scheduled programs for ABC, was crushed in the ratings by CBS' rural juggernaut 'The Beverly Hillbillies' (1962-1971) and ceased production at the end of its debut season. The truth was that she had never been on a board, and needed lessons to simply stand on it in front of rear-projected waves. The show required its star to have some proficiency at surfing, which Field swore she had.

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In 1964, the 18-year-old Field caught the eye of ABC casting agents at an audition, and they offered her the lead role in a new series based on the popular 'Gidget' book and movies. Field was a member of her drama club at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, CA, and the veteran stunt performer encouraged his step-daughter to hone her talent at a summer acting workshop at Columbia Pictures.

Field and Mahoney frequently clashed throughout her teenage years, but they did find common ground in acting. In 1953, she married famed stunt man and actor Jock Mahoney, who proved a difficult stepfather to Field and her brother Richard. The Fields split in 1951, with Margaret Field relocating to her mother's house while trying to make ends meet. Army Captain Richard Dryden Field, and her mother was Margaret Field, a Paramount contract player best known for the 1951 cult sci-fi movie, 'The Man from Planet X' and countless episodic television appearances. Possessing a unique blend of likability and raw talent, Field's reputation as one of Hollywood's most accomplished leading ladies was well earned.īorn in Pasadena, CA on Nov. Continuing to work with the best and the brightest, the actress impressed in such acclaimed projects as Steven Spielberg's historical biopic 'Lincoln' (2012). At an age when many actresses' best days were considered behind them, Field lent an aura of dignity and refinement to her role as the matriarch of a dysfunctional family on the drama series 'Brothers & Sisters' (ABC, 2006-2011), picking up another Emmy in the process. She maintained her stature with a string of successful films that included 'Steel Magnolias' (1989), 'Mrs. Field's popularity rarely waned over the next two decades, helped in large part by a fabled romance with her 'Smokey and the Bandit' (1977) co-star Burt Reynolds and Oscar-winning turns as a labor organizer in 'Norma Rae' (1979) and as a Depression era single mother trying to save her farm in 'Places of the Heart' (1984).

Field broke out as the spunky surfer girl 'Gidget' (ABC, 1965-66) and as Sister Betrille in 'The Flying Nun' (ABC, 1967-1970) before reinventing herself as a serious actress with an Emmy-winning performance as the schizophrenic 'Sybil' (NBC, 1976). Blessed with boundless energy and charm, Sally Field was perfectly suited for the all-American girl characters that brought her early stardom, although it was her later roles, most often as strong independent women, that brought her lasting critical acclaim.

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