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Upon accepting her Best Actress award for her role as a 1930s southern widow trying to save her family farm, Field said: “I can’t deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me.” That’s what she actually said.
While playing Norma Rae, Field fought so hard in one scene not to be loaded into the police car that she actually broke the rib of an actor playing one of the policemen.
Field won widespread praise from critics for her portrayal of the feisty mill worker in North Carolina who seeks to unionize the mill.
The role turned down by Marsha Mason, Jane Fonda, Faye Dunaway and Jill Clayburgh won Field an Academy Award for best actress.
Although she’s landed many meaty roles throughout her career, Field still laments the lack of substantial parts for older women.
Field told AARP The Magazine earlier this year that most of the roles she’s offered these days are far from challenging.