In addition to playing matriarch Nora Holden on "Brothers & Sisters", she has played Abby's mom on "ER"
In the show's pilot, the role of matriarch Nora Walker was played by 
actress... [DOC] [TLE] I LOVE BROTHERS & SISTERS: Sally Field [PAR] Jul 29, 2009 ... More recently, Field stars as Nora Holden Walker on the ABC drama ... she said 
that she would have preferred to continue playing Gidget.