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Sally Field honored at her high school alma mater

LOS ANGELES

Sally Field’s high school still likes — really likes — the actress.

The 64-year-old Oscar and Emmy winning star of ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters” was honored Friday at the Birmingham Community Charter High School in the San Fernando Valley community of Lake Balboa. Students and faculty gathered at the school’s performing arts center, originally built in 1976, to dedicate the auditorium in Field’s name.

Field graduated from the school in 1964 before starring in “Gidget” on television and later winning Academy Awards for her roles in the films “Norma Rae” and “Places in the Heart.” She said that the school’s drama department “quite simply saved my life.”

Associated Press