Claim: In 1982, Sally Field performed in Kiss Me Goodbye

Sally Margaret Field -LRB- born November 6 , 1946 -RRB- is an American actress and director . Field began her career on television , starring on the sitcoms Gidget -LRB- 1965 -- 66 -RRB- , The Flying Nun -LRB- 1967 -- 70 -RRB- , and The Girl with Something Extra -LRB- 1973 -- 74 -RRB- . She ventured into movies with Smokey and the Bandit -LRB- 1977 -RRB- and later Norma Rae -LRB- 1979 -RRB- , for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress . She later received Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in Absence of Malice -LRB- 1981 -RRB- and Kiss Me Goodbye -LRB- 1982 -RRB- , before receiving her second Academy Award for Best Actress for Places in the Heart -LRB- 1984 -RRB- . Field received further nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Murphy 's Romance -LRB- 1985 -RRB- and Steel Magnolias -LRB- 1989 -RRB- .   In the 1990s , Field appeared in a wide range of films , including Not Without My Daughter -LRB- 1991 -RRB- and Mrs. Doubtfire -LRB- 1993 -RRB- , before being nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Forrest Gump -LRB- 1994 -RRB- . In the 2000s , she returned to television with a recurring role on the NBC medical drama ER , for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2001 . From 2006 to 2011 , she portrayed the lead role of Nora Walker on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters , for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2007 . Field later starred as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress , among other accolades . She also appeared as Aunt May in The Amazing Spider-Man -LRB- 2012 -RRB- and reprised the role in the 2014 sequel .   As a director , Field is known for the television film The Christmas Tree -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , an episode of the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon as well as the feature film Beautiful -LRB- 2000 -RRB- . In 2014 , she was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .