Emmy Award for ‘Sybil’

Press, 7 February 1985, Page 19

Emmy Award for ‘Sybil’

The American actress, Sally Field, won an Emmy Award for her performance in the two-part psychological thriller, “Sybil,” which will begin on Two at 8.35 tonight. The second instalment, screening tomorrow night, will have the earlier start time of 8.25 p.m. “Sybil,” the bizarre story of a young woman tormented by her 16 different personalities, is based on the experience of a real woman who was the subject of a best-seller by Flora

Rheta Schreiber. Joanne Woodward appears as the psychiatrist, Dr Cornelia B. Wilbur, who treats Sybil (Sally Field), who has taken refuge in the various personalities as a result of unspeakable treatment in her childhood at the hands of her unstable mother. Also starring in the mini series are Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett and Jane Hoffman. First released in 1976, “Sybil” won rave reviews from the American press,

who hailed it as one of the “very best television movies ever made!”

Sally Field is no stranger to the small screen. She was the cute, wholesome, buttonnosed star of such television series of the late 19605' as “Gidget” and “The Flying Nun.”

A decade later, she had developed into a competent dramatic actress on television and in films. She won the Cannes 1979 best actress award for her role in “Norma Rae.” She is tipped to win an Oscar this year

for her performance as Edna in the soon-to-be-re-leased “Places of the Heart.” Her other film credits include ‘Smokey and the Bandit,” “Heroes” and “Beyond the Poseidon Adventure.”

Sally Field, who married the producer, Alan Greisman, in Hollywood recently, has two children, Peter, aged 15, and Eli, aged 12, from her first marriage. She was the constant companion of Burt Reynolds for more than five years.