Sally Field Doesn't Have a Star Yet on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

Sally Field will receive the 2,524th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday, honoring an almost 50-year career that has brought her two Oscars and three Emmys.

Field will be joined in speaking at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony in front of the Hollywood Wax Museum by speakers that aren't being disclosed to keep it "a surprise for her," according to Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The ceremony comes three days after the release of Field's latest movie, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," where she reprises her role as Peter Parker's (Andrew Garfield) Aunt May.

Field began her career shortly after graduating from Birmingham High School in the San Fernando Valley in 1964, starring in the ABC comedy "Gidget," which aired during the 1965-66 season. Her next series was the ABC comedy "The Flying Nun," which aired in 1967-70.

Field won her first best actress Oscar in 1980 for her portrayal of a union organizer in "Norma Rae."

Field won her second five years later for "Places in the Heart," playing a Depression-era Texas widow who tries to save her family farm with the help of a blind white man (John Malkovich) and a black man (Danny Glover.)

Field also received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination in 2013 for her portrayal of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln in "Lincoln."

Field's other films include "Forrest Gump," where she played the mother of the title character played by Tom Hanks; "Punchline," where a fellow stand-up comic played by Hanks falls in love with her; four with her then-boyfriend Burt Reynolds, "Smokey and the Bandit," "The End," "Hooper" and "Smokey and the Bandit II"; "Absence of Malice"; "Steel Magnolias"; "Mrs. Doubtfire"; "Soapdish"; "Not Without My Daughter"; and "Stay Hungry."

Field won an outstanding lead actress in a drama or comedy special Emmy in 1976 for her portrayal of a woman with what then was known as multiple personality disorder in the NBC miniseries "Sybil."

Field's second Emmy came in 2001 for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for portraying the bipolar mother of Dr. Abby Lockhart (Maura Tierney) on NBC's "ER." She also received an Emmy nomination for the role in 2003.

Field received a best actress in a drama series Emmy in 2007 for playing family matriarch Nora Walker on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" and nominations for the role each of the next two years.

Field also received Emmy nominations for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a special in 1995 for the NBC miniseries  "A Woman of Independent Means," for which she was also was the executive producer, and in 2000 for Showtime's "A Cooler Climate."

--City News Service