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Sally Field

Do we like her?

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by Anonymousreply 59March 1, 2020 1:39 PM

We like her, we really like her.

But some of us are still embarrassed by the cemetery scene in Steel Magnolias.

by Anonymousreply 1February 18, 2020 10:25 PM

Flying Nun!

by Anonymousreply 2February 18, 2020 10:27 PM

... No.

by Anonymousreply 3February 18, 2020 10:28 PM

She should have been nominated for Steel Magnolias. But then the movie should have also been nominated for Best Picture, Director, and another supporting nom for Shirley MacLaine, who also should have been nominated the following year for Postcards from the Edge.

Sally is perfection in Norma Rae, Soapdish, Not Without My Duaghter, and Places in the Heart.

by Anonymousreply 4February 18, 2020 10:40 PM

The people, the people

by Anonymousreply 5February 18, 2020 10:40 PM

Yeah, I like her. Sally is talented and plays a wide variety or roles.

by Anonymousreply 6February 18, 2020 10:44 PM

Very talented. Soapdish is an underrated favorite, but she’s wonderful in everything.

by Anonymousreply 7February 18, 2020 10:46 PM

She is 73 and looks tremendous.

by Anonymousreply 8February 18, 2020 11:03 PM

Is she the one with the tits or the glass eye?

by Anonymousreply 9February 18, 2020 11:07 PM

R1, I agree. Her cemetery breakdown scene makes me cringe whenever I watch it. And personally, I think she was a bit of a lightweight in Soapdish. The role needed someone with more bearing to pull off Grande Soap Opera Diva.

by Anonymousreply 10February 18, 2020 11:34 PM

I hate to think that she came down with amoebic dysentery, or piles.

by Anonymousreply 11February 18, 2020 11:38 PM

Kathleen Turner?

by Anonymousreply 12February 18, 2020 11:38 PM

You can’t not adore her.

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by Anonymousreply 13February 18, 2020 11:42 PM

She will always be Gidget to me.

by Anonymousreply 14February 19, 2020 1:09 AM

Love her -And would love to meet her cute gay son, Sam!

by Anonymousreply 15February 19, 2020 1:24 AM

She made a small film A Cooler Climate on YouTube that’s worth watching. Judy Davis costars, too. Field’s character is broke, divorced who takes a job as a housekeeper to rich insufferable Davis. It’s predictable but fun.

by Anonymousreply 16February 29, 2020 4:33 PM

I like her but her book was AWFUL.

by Anonymousreply 17February 29, 2020 4:35 PM

Can't understand why she thought her son, Sam, would want to have a relationship with that screaming queen .

by Anonymousreply 18February 29, 2020 4:43 PM

I saw those inexplicable “No” responses in the poll above and thought:

I-I just wanna *hit* somebody 'til they feel as bad as I do! I just wanna hit something! I wanna hit it hard!

by Anonymousreply 19February 29, 2020 5:25 PM

[quote] ‘Brothers and Sisters,’ forever and ever

It's the Sally Field Programme. *eyeroll*

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by Anonymousreply 20February 29, 2020 5:27 PM

Her book really turned me off to her.

by Anonymousreply 21February 29, 2020 6:30 PM

Whatever her skin care regime is - and it’s probably genetic anyway - we should follow it.

She has the most amazing skin for her age

by Anonymousreply 22February 29, 2020 6:34 PM

Not everyone wants to follow one of DL’s stupider affectations, r20. It was one overwrought DLer who came up with that, & he thought he was *so* clever he browbeat anyone who didn’t use it. Well, his reign of terror is OVER!

by Anonymousreply 23February 29, 2020 7:22 PM

[quote] would love to meet her cute gay son, Sam!

He’s pretty nasty & snarky. Check him out on Twitter - he’s unbelievably bitter about everything.

by Anonymousreply 24February 29, 2020 7:25 PM

R24 wouldn't you be? both his brothers have solid careers. He...goes to parties.

I remember finding a tumblr or something of his YEARS ago where he spilled family tea. What I remember was Sally's sister is a HOT MESS and Sally way overshared about her sex life with her gay son.

by Anonymousreply 25February 29, 2020 7:58 PM

I think the reason he has nothing to brag about is because he's such a bitter bitch. A change of attitude would do wonders for him.

by Anonymousreply 26February 29, 2020 8:14 PM

R23 You seem to be leading a one-cunt resistance to it. Get over it, Mary.

by Anonymousreply 27February 29, 2020 8:15 PM

I've been a fan since I was in my teens when I saw her in the thriller Home for the Holidays.

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by Anonymousreply 28February 29, 2020 8:29 PM

R21 Same here, I couldn't finish it.

by Anonymousreply 29February 29, 2020 8:32 PM

[quote] Do we like her?

No.

by Anonymousreply 30February 29, 2020 8:32 PM

You only see me for a second at 2:16.

I slapped Sally, of course. Dammit Sally!

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by Anonymousreply 31February 29, 2020 8:33 PM

I just can't believe there was an actual TV show with this concept.

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by Anonymousreply 32February 29, 2020 8:37 PM

Go Sally!

by Anonymousreply 33February 29, 2020 8:52 PM

MAD magazine had a great parody which was probably very accurate in describing how the Flying Nun came about. It began "Bring on to me the ultimate gimmick" and went on to describe crossing the adorable teenager (Gidget--a show that flopped in first run but found its audience in summer reruns) with nuns (The Singing Nun, The Sound of Music, The Trouble with Angels---nuns were big in show business), and adding something supernatural (Screen Gems which produced Gidget also had the successful Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie shows and it's parent Columbia had produced the Trouble with Angels).

What' even weirder is that US Catholic Church's tv office cooperated with the production of The Flying Nun. Ironically, R32's link mentions Spring "Big Old Dyke" as a guest star portraying Mother General.

Field hated the show but built friendships with her mostly older and wiser castmates, including Madeline Sherwood who pushed her toward going to acting school. So for all her griping, the show led to Field taking steps to become a real actress.

by Anonymousreply 34February 29, 2020 9:05 PM

when she became

an

artiste!

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by Anonymousreply 35February 29, 2020 9:13 PM

Madeleine Sherwood was a tough old broad. She'd seen it and done it all, worked with everyone, and didn't suffer fools gladly. In fact, she didn't suffer anyone gladly. She was a bitch, but if she believed in you and liked you, she was fiercely loyal.

by Anonymousreply 36February 29, 2020 9:57 PM

Where were the lyrics to the Flying Nun theme? Did they only use them on Season 1?

"Who needs wings to fly?

Certainly not I!

Long as there's a habit standing by,

Who needs things like wings to fly?"

by Anonymousreply 37February 29, 2020 10:01 PM

Love her. And she really does look unbelievable in person. I got to meet her after that awful Glass Menagerie she was in a few years ago (she was great, the production sucked) and I thought I was looking at someone 20 years younger than her true age.

by Anonymousreply 38February 29, 2020 10:21 PM

Still jealous as fuck if the rumors that she got to ride Dave Annable are true.

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by Anonymousreply 39February 29, 2020 10:37 PM

and hello, Dave, looking good

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by Anonymousreply 40February 29, 2020 10:39 PM

i mean

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by Anonymousreply 41February 29, 2020 10:42 PM

R36: I always wondered how Sherwood got along with Burl Ives when they made "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". She had been blacklisted and he had named names.

by Anonymousreply 42February 29, 2020 11:30 PM

Annable looks a bit old for 40.

by Anonymousreply 43February 29, 2020 11:41 PM

You're too used to dyed hair and botoxed faces, probably.

by Anonymousreply 44February 29, 2020 11:42 PM

I suspected he shaved a few years off his age in the earlier part of his career....betting he's more like 45 or so.

by Anonymousreply 45February 29, 2020 11:44 PM

I love Sally but agree about Steel Magnolias. Scenery-chewing at its worst.

But she usually delivers. I loved her in Punchline with Tom Hanks. And Muprhy's Romance.

by Anonymousreply 46February 29, 2020 11:47 PM

R4 Not Without My Oscar was terrible and Sally did not rise above the material.

by Anonymousreply 47March 1, 2020 12:04 AM

Some people have Oscars they don't deserve, while others are blocked from the podium by nominees better suited for the Best Actor category....

by Anonymousreply 48March 1, 2020 12:14 AM

She's a fucking awful actress!

by Anonymousreply 49March 1, 2020 1:01 AM

Used to be a fan.

by Anonymousreply 50March 1, 2020 1:30 AM

[quote]Whatever her skin care regime is

Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 51March 1, 2020 2:07 AM

Steel Magnolias: “SHELBY! SHELBBBBYYY!!!”

E.R.: “ABBY! ABBBYYY!!!”

Lincoln: “ABE! ABBBBBBE!!!”

by Anonymousreply 52March 1, 2020 2:24 AM

The Flying Nun - ABBESS!

by Anonymousreply 53March 1, 2020 2:34 AM

Well done, r53.

by Anonymousreply 54March 1, 2020 5:02 AM

Sally Field stole Patty Duke’s fame. Although Patty was queen of the TV mini-series in the 1970s winning two or three Emmys.

by Anonymousreply 55March 1, 2020 5:43 AM

She's got a power tool in the bedroom dear, I'm surprised she hasn't chipped her teeth.

by Anonymousreply 56March 1, 2020 8:46 AM

Who has her solo album....?

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by Anonymousreply 57March 1, 2020 9:16 AM

Any love for the movie "Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring"?

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by Anonymousreply 58March 1, 2020 1:29 PM

OP is forever shamed for not including "The Flying Nun" in his poll.

by Anonymousreply 59March 1, 2020 1:39 PM
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