{"id":4774,"date":"2026-08-02T18:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4774"},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:37:38","slug":"sally-field-won-her-first-emmy-for-1976s-sybil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4774","title":{"rendered":"Sally Field Won Her First Emmy for 1976\u2019s \u2018Sybil\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nSally Field boasts a trio of Emmys. With her nominated performance as Tova Sullivan in the Netflix adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt\u2019s <em>Remarkably Bright Creatures<\/em> \u2014 you know, \u201cthe octopus book\u201d \u2014 she could easily snag a fourth. But statuettes are a lot like being smitten: You never forget your first time. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4772\">Nancy Guthrie Case Haunted by Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Possible Mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor Field, that came courtesy of 1976\u2019s <em>Sybil<\/em>. Not yet 30, the actress transformed herself from goofy TV sweetheart (<em>Gidget, The Flying Nun<\/em>) into a serious and layered performer by playing a woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder \u2014 and the 16 multiple personalities that came with her diagnosis. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tReviewing the telepic at the time, <em>THR<\/em>\u2018s Richard Hack wrote that Field \u201cdominates the screen, switching from personality to personality like a sparrow hopping from branch to branch in a maple.\u201d In the end, the two-night NBC special received a total of four Emmys and a nomination for Joanne Woodward, who played the title character\u2019s psychiatrist.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4770\">\u2018Gabby Dollhouse\u2019 Casts Gabby\u2019s Little Sister for Netflix Series (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe impact on Field\u2019s career was immediate. She\u2019d be seen on the big screen, riding shotgun with Burt Reynolds in <em>Smokey and the Bandit<\/em> within a year of <em>Sybil<\/em> premiering. (Field has since won two Oscars, for <em>Norma Rae <\/em>and<em>Places in the Heart<\/em>.) But<em>Sybil<\/em>\u2018s true legacy may be in how it shifted the face of a misunderstood diagnosis from Norman Bates doing mommy cosplay in <em>Psycho<\/em> to a young actress who was and remains one of the most likable (really!) women in Hollywood. <\/p>\n<p>\n<em>This story first appeared in a July stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=4768\">\u2018Hadestown\u2019 Parts Ways With Actor Geno Segers After Online Outrage<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sally Field is back on the awards circuit for her role in Netflix\u2019s \u2018Remarkably Bright Creatures.\u2019 THR looks back at when she won her first Emmy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[245,826,891,3173],"class_list":["post-4774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-awards","tag-emmy-awards","tag-hollywood-flashback","tag-sally-field"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sally Field Won Her First Emmy for 1976\u2019s \u2018Sybil\u2019 - 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