I'd been kind of a hiccup in my parents' lives. They lost track of me and I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. And then fate reached in and took me in its hands. I was discovered right out of high school and started getting work.

After her critically acclaimed stint on the show Sally Field returned to the role in 2003 and 2006. She went on to star as Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun (1967–70). She also starred in the very short-lived 2002 series The Court.

Field is a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for Norma Rae (1979) and Places in the Heart (1984). She has also won two Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Sally Margaret Field (born November 6 1946) is an American actress singer producer director and screenwriter.