Since then she has appeared in TV movies and miniseries such as A Woman of Independent Means (1995), Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997), From the Earth to the Moon (1998) …

In north Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.

Murphy's Romance: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim. After her divorce, Emma Moriarty moves to a ranch with her teenage son and soon …

Places in the Heart: Directed by Robert Benton. With Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan. In north Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small …

Smokey and the Bandit: Directed by Hal Needham. With Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry. The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot …

Field suffers from osteoporosis and has become a vocal advocate for women's health issues, encouraging early diagnosis of such conditions through technology, such as bone density scans.

Not Without My Daughter: Directed by Brian Gilbert. With Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal, Roshan Seth. An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband …

The film was a huge commercial success and won six Academy awards. Since then she has appeared in TV movies and miniseries such as A Woman of Independent Means (1995), …

Steel Magnolias: Directed by Herbert Ross. With Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Dolly Parton. A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the …

The Flying Nun: Created by Bernard Slade, Harry Ackerman, Max Wylie. With Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood, Alejandro Rey. The misadventures of a nun who can fly and …