Sally Field: movies and TV shows
Sally Field has 143 credits in the archive: 81 films and 62 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Remarkably Bright Creatures (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 1996 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Remarkably Bright Creatures | Tova Sullivan | Film | 8.5 | 79 |
| 2026 | Marty, Life Is Short | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.1 | 79 |
| 2026 | Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast | Self | TV | — | 79 |
| 2025 | Variety & CNN Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 5.5 | 78 |
| 2023 | 80 for Brady | Betty | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2022 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | Jessie Buss | TV | 7.7 | 75 |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2022 | Spoiler Alert | Marilyn | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2020 | Dispatches from Elsewhere | Janice | TV | 6.7 | 73 |
| 2020 | Love Letters | Melissa Gardner | Film | — | 73 |
| 2020 | I Am Burt Reynolds | Self (archive) | Film | 7.1 | 73 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: All My Sons | Kate Keller | Film | 8.5 | 72 |
| 2018 | Maniac | Dr. Greta Mantleray | TV | 7.4 | 71 |
| 2017 | Little Evil | Miss Shaylock | Film | 5.6 | 70 |
| 2017 | Spielberg | Self | Film | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2016 | Chelsea | Self | TV | 5.1 | 69 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | TV | 6.1 | 68 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 68 |
| 2015 | Hello, My Name Is Doris | Doris Miller | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2015 | Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire | Self (Archive) | Film | — | 68 |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Aunt May | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 67 |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Aunt May | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self | TV | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Mary Todd Lincoln | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 2012 | Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn | Self | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2011 | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Voice | Film | 4.7 | 64 |
| 2010 | Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 62 |
| 2008 | Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Self | TV | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2008 | The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning | Marina Del Ray (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2007 | Brothers & Sisters: Family Album | Self/Nora Walker | Film | — | 60 |
| 2007 | The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo | Self | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Nora Walker | TV | 7.1 | 59 |
| 2006 | Two Weeks | Anita Bergman | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 57 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 56 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 56 |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Victoria Rudd | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 2002 | The Court | Justice Kate Nolan | TV | 10.0 | 55 |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So | Valdine Wingfield | Film | 4.7 | 54 |
| 2001 | David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 2001 | The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" | Self | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2000 | David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | TV | — | 53 |
| 2000 | Where the Heart Is | Mama Lil | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 2000 | Beautiful | Film | 5.8 | 53 | |
| 1999 | The Directors | Self | TV | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1999 | A Cooler Climate | Iris | Film | 4.8 | 52 |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Trudy Cooper | TV | 8.1 | 51 |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | TV | 8.1 | 51 | |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Self - Host | TV | 8.4 | 51 |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies | Self / Host | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Junie Harper (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 50 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 50 |
| 1997 | Merry Christmas, George Bailey | Mrs. Bailey / Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Film | 5.8 | 50 | |
| 1997 | Lee Strasberg: The Method Man | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye | Karen McCann | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1996 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Sassy (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1996 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1996 | The Christmas Tree | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 1996 | The Christmas Tree | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 1996 | The Christmas Tree | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 1996 | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means | Bess Alcott Steed Garner | TV | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means | TV | 10.0 | 48 | |
| 1994 | ER | Maggie Wyczenski | TV | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Mrs. Gump | Film | 8.5 | 47 |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Self | Film | 8.3 | 47 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 47 |
| 1994 | Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump | Self | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1994 | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self (archive footage) | TV | 4.5 | 46 |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Miranda Hillard | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1993 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Sassy (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 45 | |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Sally Field | TV | 7.7 | 45 |
| 1991 | Not Without My Daughter | Betty Mahmoody | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1991 | Soapdish | Celeste Talbert | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1991 | Dying Young | Film | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 1991 | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self - Hostess | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | M'Lynn Eatenton | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self (voice) | Film | — | 42 |
| 1988 | Punchline | Lilah Krytsick | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1987 | Surrender | Daisy Morgan | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1986 | Barbra Streisand: One Voice | Self - Audience Member (Uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1985 | Murphy's Romance | Emma Moriarty | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart | Edna Spalding | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Kay | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1982 | Lily for President? | Beth Barber | Film | — | 35 |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice | Megan Carter | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1981 | All the Way Home | Mary Follet | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1981 | Back Roads | Amy Post | Film | 5.4 | 34 |
| 1980 | Smokey and the Bandit II | Carrie | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Celeste Whitman | Film | 5.1 | 32 |
| 1979 | Norma Rae | Norma Rae | Film | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1978 | Ciné regards | Self | TV | — | 31 |
| 1978 | Hooper | Gwen Doyle | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1978 | The End | Mary Ellen | Film | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1978 | Mickey's 50 | Self | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1978 | The Greatest Stuntman Alive | Herself | Film | — | 31 |
| 1977 | Smokey and the Bandit | Carrie 'Frog' | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1977 | Heroes | Carol Bell | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1976 | Sybil | Sybil | TV | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1976 | Stay Hungry | Mary Tate Farnsworth | Film | 5.7 | 29 |
| 1976 | Bridger | Jennifer Melford | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1974 | Home for the Holidays | Christine Morgan | Film | 5.6 | 27 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1973 | The Girl with Something Extra | Sally Burton | TV | 8.3 | 26 |
| 1973 | Hitched | Roselle Bridgeman | Film | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 24 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 24 |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1971 | Marriage: Year One | Jane Duden | Film | 6.0 | 24 |
| 1971 | Mongo's Back in Town | Vikki | Film | 6.1 | 24 |
| 1971 | Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring | Denise "Dennie" Miller | Film | 5.7 | 24 |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Irene Evans | TV | 7.8 | 23 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 21 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | TV | 6.8 | 21 |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun | Sister Bertrille | TV | 6.3 | 20 |
| 1967 | The Way West | Mercy McBee | Film | 6.1 | 20 |
| 1966 | Hollywood Squares | Self | TV | 7.7 | 19 |
| 1966 | Occasional Wife | TV | 8.0 | 19 | |
| 1965 | The Dating Game | Sally Field | TV | 4.6 | 18 |
| 1965 | Gidget | Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence | TV | 6.8 | 18 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 15 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 15 |
| 1962 | Moon Pilot | Beatnik Girl in Lineup (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 15 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 14 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 9 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 9 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Self | TV | 7.9 | 7 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 6 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.9 | 2 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 2 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Self - Winner | TV | 7.1 | 2 |