In addition to playing matriarch Nora Holden on "Brothers & Sisters", she has played Abby's mom on "ER"
In 1979, she played a union organizer in Norma Rae, a 
successful film that ... Field was a late addition to the ABC drama Brothers & 
Sisters, which... [DOC] [TLE] Sally Field Biography - BuddyTV [PAR] She played the title character, a boy-crazed teenager living the surfer's life.