{"id":4673,"date":"2024-09-25T00:54:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T00:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/?p=4673"},"modified":"2024-09-25T00:54:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T00:54:06","slug":"sally-field-76-fought-ageism-in-hollywood-throughout-her-career-and-never-got-plastic-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/sally-field-76-fought-ageism-in-hollywood-throughout-her-career-and-never-got-plastic-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Sally Field, 76, fought ageism in Hollywood throughout her career and never got plastic surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s rare to see a celebrity today who has not had work done, especially because of the amount of pressure often placed on famous women. It\u2019s hard to be a woman in Hollywood, but \u2013 even at 76 \u2013 Sally Field has defied most of the \u201crules\u201d put in place.\n\n\n\n

We love Sally Field\u2019s work in films like Forrest Gump and Steel Magnolias. Some of our favorite work from her, though, is not on the screen but instead in her personal approach to working against ageism in her career.\n\n\n\n

Born in 1946 in Pasadena, California, Sally Field rose to fame first in television series such as Gidget and The Flying Nun.\n\n\n\n

The now 76-year-old star developed into an impressive actress and activist, moving into film not long after her television career.\n\n\n\n

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She starred in a plethora of iconic films, including Smokey and the Bandit, Norma Rae, Mrs. Doubtfire and Forrest Gump.\n\n\n\n

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The actress recently received the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in February of 2023, where she gave a gracious acceptance speech that spoke to her impressive and storied career. \n\n\n\n

Field had already been awarded a list of awards in her career: two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Film Award nominations, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, two SAG Awards, including her most recent Life Achievement Award, and a Tony nomination. \n\n\n\n

A vocal activist, Field has often been described as ageless and talented. Her SAG Achievement Award speech was humble and helped to describe her complicated acting history.\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOffstage I felt shy and careful and hidden. But onstage I never knew what I would say or do. I would surprise myself. I wasn\u2019t looking for the applause, or attention, even though that\u2019s nice,\u201d she confessed. \u201cActing, to me, has always been about finding those few, precious moments when I feel totally, utterly, sometimes dangerously alive. The task has always been to find a way to get to that.\u201d \n\n\n\n

Styled in a beautiful black dress with her naturally gray hair, Field looked every inch a picture of beauty and grace. \n\n\n\n

\u201cThey opened and revealed parts of myself I would not have known otherwise. I\u2019ve worked my whole life. In all of these almost 60 years, there is not a day that I don\u2019t feel quietly thrilled to call myself an actor,\u201d she explained.  \n\n\n\n

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When Field played Doris Miller in 2016, she spoke to NPR about her character\u2013an aging, eccentric woman:\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m an old woman, 70 is old, and that\u2019s okay. I\u2019ve gathered strength behind my years, I owned them, I\u2019ve earned them, I\u2019ve deserved them, I have a right to have them. And I don\u2019t like my neck, I don\u2019t like a lot of things but it\u2019s okay.\u201d\n\n\n\n

This is not the first time Field has discussed the idea of aging naturally in an interview. Speaking with Good Housekeeping in 2009, she explained how she resisted the urge to get work done throughout her career:\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI see myself on TV and I say, \u2018Oh, I wish that weren\u2019t happening to my neck. And your face is falling down, and your eyes are so puffy.\u2019 But then I see some of the women (who have had plastic surgery) who I thought when they were younger were so beautiful. Now I think, Oh, dear, don\u2019t do that! And it seems to be terribly disrespectful to who they are now.\u201d\n\n\n\n

We think Sally Field is beautiful at any age, especially because she has stayed true to herself! What do you think about her choice to stay natural?\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"