莎莉·菲尔德1946年11月6日生于美国加利福尼亚州的幅萨德纳。母亲是女演员玛格丽特·菲尔德，继父也是一名演员。1967年以电视喜剧集《快乐的修女》建立知名度。同年踏入影坛，出演银幕处女作《西部新天地》。1976年以电视电影《西碧儿》荣获艾美奖最佳女主角。1979年以《诺玛·蕾...
美国著名影视演员。其所主演的电影、电视剧不计其数，曾多次获得艾美奖、金球等诸多奖项的提名。
生于丹佛，曾就读于得克萨斯大学。毕业后，曾当过侍者和建筑工人；后来在翼剧团、伯格霍夫戏剧研究所和纽约演员表演研修所学习戏剧。1950年，首次在舞台上作职业演出，1953年来到百老汇献艺，此后轮流在舞台、电影、电视中出现，以性格演员赢得声誉。
Gail Strickland attended acting courses at Florida State University, then studied with Sanford Meisner. She made her debut on television in the series 'As the World Turns' and she landed her first theatrical role (as the schoolteacher who has all the answers) in Donald Driver's 'Status Quo Vadis' (1971-1972). Going out to California, she appeared as guest star in the series "Barnaby Jones", 'Hawaii Five-O', 'Police Story' and in other productions, before signing as Maureen Stapleton's partner in the television picture, 'The Gathering', and playing opposite Beau Bridges in 'The President's Mistress' Her first theatrical movie was 'The Drowning Pool', starring Paul Newman.
"Amazing Grace" Zabriskie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She wrote her own original poetry, then performed at coffee shops and various artist hangouts in Atlanta. She was also a wonderful silk-screen printmaker. She moved to Hollywood and made her acting debut in Norma Rae (1979). She went on to appear in over 80 movies. She gave an acclaimed performance as Mrs. Ames in East of Eden (1981), the adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel. Grace appeared in the highly acclaimed and Oscar-nominated An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and The Big Easy (1986), set in her beloved New Orleans. She worked with producer and director David Lynch, and was a series regular in the cult favorite Twin Peaks (1990) as Sarah Palmer, the part with which she is most often identified. She also appeared in Lynch's Wild at Heart (1990) the same year. She has played a wide variety of roles, and gave a terrific performance in the Oscar-nominated Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and showed great character depth as the lonely and despondent widow in The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995).
