Alright, alright, let’s talk about this Sally Field, the one you young folks keep askin’ about. Is she Jewish, you say? Well, hold your horses, I ain’t no fancy scholar or nothin’, but I can tell you what I know, the way I know how.
First off, this Sally gal, she’s an actress, a real big one, been in all sorts of movies and TV shows. I remember seein’ her on that there “Flying Nun” show, way back when. She was a cute little thing, always flappin’ around in that big ol’ hat. She made a good livin’, $4,500 a show, that’s what I heard. Can you imagine? More money than I ever seen in my life.
Now, about her bein’ Jewish, I ain’t never heard nothin’ about that. Folks mostly talk about her acting, you know, how good she is at pretendin’ to be other people. She was in this movie “Norma Rae”, played a tough woman fightin’ for her rights. And then there was that “Smokey and the Bandit” one, chasin’ after that Burt Reynolds fella. Good times, good times.
- She’s got a bunch of kids, three boys I think. Peter, Eli, somethin’ like that. Good boys, I reckon.
- She even wrote a book, called “In Pieces”. Sounds like she had a rough time growin’ up, lots of family troubles. Her mama and daddy split up when she was a young’un, and her mama got hitched again to some actor fella.
- This Sally, she says this new husband wasn’t a good man, hurt her when she was just a little girl. Lord have mercy. That’s somethin’ no child should ever go through.
Anyways, back to this Jewish question. See, her mama’s name was Margaret, and her daddy was Richard Dryden Field Jr., he was a smart fella, a physicist they called him. And her mama married again to a fella named Jock Mahoney. Now, none of them names sound particularly Jewish to me, but then again, I ain’t an expert on such things. People got all sorts of names, and it don’t always tell you where they come from or what they believe.
I read somewhere, or maybe I heard it on the TV, that she struggled with her head, you know, feelin’ sad and all. Happens to the best of us, I guess. But she kept on goin’, that Sally gal, she’s a tough one. She talked about her life in that book, said she didn’t even know she had a voice for a long time. But she found it, alright, and she used it to tell her story.
Now, if you really want to know if she’s Jewish, you probably gotta go ask her yourself, or maybe find someone who knows her real well. I’m just tellin’ you what I know from watchin’ her on the TV and readin’ a bit here and there. She seems like a good woman, a strong woman, and that’s what matters to me.
Sally Field, born in 1946, that makes her an old gal now, older than my own kids for sure. She’s done a lot in her life, acted in all them movies, raised them boys, wrote that book. She’s had her ups and downs, just like the rest of us. But she keeps on goin’, that’s what I admire about her. And whether she’s Jewish or not, well, that’s between her and the good Lord above, ain’t it?
So there you have it, that’s all I know about Sally Field. She’s an actress, a mama, a writer, and a survivor. As for her bein’ Jewish, well, I just can’t say for sure. But I reckon it don’t matter much, does it? She’s a human bein’, just like you and me, and that’s enough for me.
One thing I can tell ya for sure is this Sally gal is tough as nails. She had a hard life growing up, what with the abuse and all, but she came out strong on the other side. That’s the kind of person I admire, someone who can pick themselves up and keep on fightin’. And that’s what Sally Field did, she fought for her dreams, she fought for her happiness, and she fought for her voice. And that, my friends, is somethin’ worth more than any religion or label.
So, next time you see her on the TV, or read about her in the paper, remember what I told you. She’s a strong woman, a talented woman, and a woman who has overcome a lot of adversity. And that’s the real story of Sally Field, no matter what her religion might be.
