Article continues below advertisementSally Field opened up about using the trauma she sustained during childhood.In an interview published on Thursday, May 7, the legendary actress, 79, reflected on harnessing her anger - which stemmed from being sexually abused by her stepfather - on the set of Norma Rae, the film that won her an Oscar in 1980. "Being a little girl raised in the '50s and having a very complicated childhood with my stepfather and even my mother at times, I was filled with rage. Really filled with rage," she explained.
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Sally Field, 79, Painfully Recalls Being Sexually Abused by Her Stepfather as a Child: 'I Was Filled With Rage'
May 7, 2026
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