Sally Field - in an Emmy Award winning performance - is Sybil, a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder in order to escape haunting memories of 1-16 of 41 results for "Sybil (1976)". RESULTS Sally Field portrays Sybil, a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder who develops over 16 distinct personalities in order to cope and escape Sybil is a 1976 two-part, 3+1⁄4-hour American television film starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. It is based on the book of the same name,The movie Sybil is about the life and lives of at least 16 different people all sharing the body of one person. The movie deals with a hard subject and has This tale of child abuse and and its deep psychological scars, based on a true story, follows Sybil (Sally Field), an introverted student living alone in Sybil is a 1976 two-part, 3+1⁄4-hour American television film starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. It is based on the book of the same name,