Sally Field Explains the Downside of Being "Too Cute and Perky" as …

The Oscar winner has starred in dozens of movies and television series over the years, including Gidget, Smokey and the Bandit, Norma Rae, and Heroes.

GAB ArchiveSally, now a mother of three, started off her career in TV comedies throughout the 1960s, most notably starring in the sitcom The Flying Nun.

Apart from Norma Rae and Smokey the Bandit, the late ’70s was when Sally starred in (1977), The End (1977), and (1979).

But it was a struggle to land these parts, Sally reiterated to ABC News’s Diane Sawyer in 2018.

She recalled her first Golden Globes experience where she was forced to fly through the theater onto the stage as a nod to her Flying Nun character.