Editing Sally Field (section)

==Early life==
Sally Field was born on November 6, 1946, in [[Pasadena, California]], to actress [[Margaret Field]] (née Morlan) (1922–2011) and pharmacist Richard Dryden Field (1914–1993), who served in the Army during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|title=Priscilla Presley & Sally Field: Daughters of Titusville|first=Jessica|last=Hilburn|date=December 18, 2019|work=NWPA Stories|url=https://nwpastories.com/2019/12/18/priscilla-presley-sally-field-daughters-of-titusville/}}</ref> Her brother is [[Richard D. Field|Richard Dryden Field Jr.]], a physicist and academic. Her parents were divorced in 1950; on January 21, 1952, in Tijuana, Mexico, her mother married [[Jock Mahoney]], an actor and stuntman.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sally Field Biography and Interview|website=Achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/sally-field/#interview|access-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115053709/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/sally-field#interview|archive-date=January 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Her ancestry includes English, Irish and on her father’s side Italian from the island of Sicily. Field said in her 2018 memoir that she was sexually abused by Mahoney during her childhood.<ref>{{cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=September 11, 2018|title=Sally Field Talks About Her Life 'In Pieces'|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/books/sally-field-burt-reynolds-in-pieces-memoir.html|url-status=live|access-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015152519/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/books/sally-field-burt-reynolds-in-pieces-memoir.html|archive-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|date=November 7, 2011|title=Sally Field's mother died|url=http://news-briefs.ew.com/2011/11/07/sally-field-mother-died/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112051421/http://news-briefs.ew.com/2011/11/07/sally-field-mother-died/|archive-date=November 12, 2014|access-date=August 28, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>

As a teen, Field attended [[Portola Middle School (Tarzana)|Portola Middle School]] and [[Birmingham High School]] in [[Van Nuys]], where she was a [[cheerleader]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gilmore |first=Ethel |date=December 15, 1965 |title=She's A Star: Encino Teen-Ager Remains Typical |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-times-star/146942238/ |work=San Fernando Valley Times |location=North Hollywood, CA |page=11 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=August 28, 2017 |orig-date=November 12, 2010 |title=Sally Field honored at high school alma mater |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2010/11/12/sally-field-honored-at-high-school-alma-mater/ |work=Los Angeles Daily News |location=Los Angeles, CA}}</ref> Her class of 1964 classmates included financier [[Michael Milken]] and talent agent [[Michael Ovitz]], while actress [[Cindy Williams]] was a year behind Field.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Collins |editor-first1=Bob |editor-last2=Collins |editor-first2=Sandy |date=August 2016 |title=Alumni History and Hall of Fame Project |url=https://www.lausd.org/cms/lib/CA01000043/Centricity/Domain/599/LAUSD%20Alumni%20History%20and%20Hall%20of%20Fame.pdf |location=Los Angeles, CA |publisher=Los Angeles Unified School District |pages=xx, 17}}</ref>

Field has stated that when she was seventeen she had an illegal abortion in Mexico, and was molested during it.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4920216-sally-field-abortion-experience-trump-harris-roe-v-wade/|title=Sally Field shares 'horrific' teenage abortion experience: 'These are the things that women are going through now'|first=Judy|last=Kurtz|date=October 7, 2024}}</ref>