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Margaret O’Mahoney, a successful television actress and the mother of Sally Field, died of cancer on Sunday in Malibu, Calif. She was 89 years old. She appeared in approximately 90 films and...
Nov 7, 2011 · Margaret Field, the mother of two-time Oscar-winning actress Sally Field and the star of the 1951 sci-fi classic The Man From Planet X, died Sunday at her home in Malibu after a six-year battle...
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Mrs. Gump (played by Sally Field) is Forrest Gump’s mother, Jenny’s mother-in-law, Mister Gump’s wife and Forrest Jr.’s grandmother in the Forrest Gump novel and film. She makes every effort to ensure his success, and makes wise quotes, which Forrest repeats throughout his life. She later died of what is believed to be cancer.
In the film
Mrs. Gump always defends Forrest, including yelling at the old men when Forrest’s leg brace got stuck in the grate, and when Mr. Hancock, the principal said Forrest was “different.” However, to get her son into the public school system, she had sex with the principal. She is seen, with Forrest at his college graduation. She is also seen with Forrest right before he leaves for Vietnam, asking that he returns home safely. She goes to Washington DC, when Forrest receives the Medal of Honor, but is embarrassed when Forrest shows his wound to the President, and retreats to her hotel to lay down. When Forrest is discharged from the army, she tells him about the $25,000 ping-pong paddle check. She advises him to get the money. She also sees him on TV after the Hurricane Carmen on the one surviving boat. Her final appearance is when she lays in bed, talking to Forrest, as she is dying of cancer. She dies on a Tuesday, Forrest buys her a hat with little flowers on it.
In the novel
Mrs. Gump in the novel has a propensity to cry excessively. She does not die during the events of the novel, but has died by the time Gump & Co. takes place.
Forrest said of his mother, "Momma always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them." Here are some such quotations, often repeated by Forrest rather than directly heard from his mother: "My momma always used to say..."
This was ranked as #40 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.\tSpoken by Forrest as he admires the shoes of a woman sitting at a bus stop.\tRepeated by Forrest several times when asked if he is stupid, first by Jenny.\tSpoken by Forrest before he describes to the lady at the bus stop how his leg braces fell off.\tForrest explains that this is why Mrs. Gump named him "Forrest" after General Nathan Bedford Forrest, early leader of the KKK.\tForrest cites this as the reason he donated a large portion of his shrimping fortune to the Foursquare Gospel Church, Bayou La Batre Fishing Hospital, and Bubba's mother.\tSaid by Mrs. Gump on her deathbed, and reiterated by a tearful Forrest as he speaks to Jenny's grave. "I sure wish it wasn't.
"You Got To Put The Past Behind You Before You Can Move On".
Forrest describes this to the Elderly Woman on the Bench about him running across America for 3 years, 2 Months, 14 Days, and 16 Hours.
Field and Mahoney divorced in June 1968. Around 1968, when her elder daughter Sally turned 22, Field virtually ended her acting career to focus on her family. Death. Field, aged 89, died of cancer at her home in Malibu, California, on November 6, 2011, which was her daughter Sally Field's 65th birthday. Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes1946Lowell SchoolgirlUncredited1946ShowgirlUncredited1947Girl at Cocktail TableUncredited1947Chorus GirlUncreditedAug 19, 2012 · Margaret Field, a prolific film and television actress, and mother of Oscar-winning actress Sally Field, died November 6, 2011, in Malibu, California. She was 89. According to news reports, the cause was cancer. Field, a native of Houston, moved to California in the early 1940s with her then husband, Richard Dryden Field.
Apr 2, 2014 · Actress Sally Field's big break came when she began playing the lead role in the TV sitcom Gidget in 1965. ... After Field's parents divorced, her mother married actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney ...
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. Known for her extensive work on screen and stage, she has received many accolades throughout her career spanning five decades, including two Academy Awards , two Golden Globe Awards , and three Primetime Emmy Awards , in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two British ...
