Sally Field – Gidget
Before becoming one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and adored actresses, Sally Field got her start playing a boy-crazy surfer girl on Gidget from 1965 to 1966. While the series was cancelled after one season, the network wasn’t about to let her charm go to waste. She landed a role in The Flying Nun in 1967, and was quickly typecast as a perky, wholesome and unserious young star, something Sally longed to break free from.
That chance came with her role in the 1976 TV movie Sybil, which was so impactful that she won an Emmy Award for her performance, proving that she wasn’t just a has-been child star.
Throughout her career…
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