Field, who was in her late teens when the series ran in ... as Durf the Dog. Gidget also embraced a technique where Sally Field, in character, would talk right to the TV audience.

Gidget (Sally Field) is at odds with her English teacher Mr. Donald Hardy (character actor and later director Noam Pitlik).

Gidget (Sally Field) and her friend Jack Collins (James Davidson) are arguing over whether she is still independent if she doesn ...

Perky brunette actress whose slightly bumbling cheerleader charm evokes a combination of Debbie Reynolds and Sally Field. Among Valentine's earliest TV credits was, in fact, "Gidget Grows Up ...

While the younger generation might know Sally Field ... fans know Field from her iconic roles in 'Steel Magnolias', 'Mrs. Doubtfire', 'Smokey and the Bandit', 'Forrest Gump', 'Gidget', 'Norma ...

At the same time, she played Larue Wilson on The New Gidget from 1986-87, a sequel to the Sally Field-led 1960s ABC sitcom ... where she received a B.S. in Radio, TV and Film Performance before ...