Name
Sally Struthers
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-07-28 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Biography
Cute as a button and with a petite, porcelain prettiness and vulnerability that endeared her to the American public, Sally Struthers nabbed a series role in the early 1970s and became a solid part of TV history as a member of a dysfunctional family quartet in the milestone sitcom, "All in the Family" (1971). She was born Sally Ann Struthers on July 28, 1948, in Portland, Oregon and raised there, pursuing an acting career following high school. Relocating to Los Angeles, she trained at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts and earned a scholarship as its "most promising student". She performed briefly in regional stock plays until finding her break as both a commercial actress and dancer on TV. She appeared as a regular on such variety shows as "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1967) and "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour" (1970) and showed starlet promise in films, as well as offering ditsy support in the Jack Nicholson starrer, Five Easy Pieces (1970), and the chase film, The Getaway (1972), top-lining Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. And, then came "All in the Family" (1971). Also starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and Rob Reiner, Struthers went on to win two supporting Emmy Awards as Kewpie-doll "Gloria Bunker Stivic". She and Rob Reiner left the show after seven seasons, both eager to grow. While Rob Reiner became a noted director, Sally made her Broadway debut in "Wally's Cafe" in 1981, and returned, four years later, with a gender-bending version of "The Odd Couple" as neat-freak "Florence" opposite Rita Moreno's slovenly "Olive". In addition, she found work in topical mini-series drama with Aloha Means Goodbye (1974) (TV), Hey, I'm Alive (1975) (TV), My Husband Is Missing (1978) (TV), ...And Your Name Is Jonah (1979) (TV), A Gun in the House (1981) (TV), to name a few. But without a hit show as collateral, offers started drying up. Sally returned to the TV series fold in the early 1980s spinning off her "Gloria" character with the self-titled sitcom, "Gloria" (1982), but the ensemble formula that worked so well for her before was missing here and the show died in its freshman year. To compensate, however, Sally's baby-doll voice worked extremely well for her in cartoons. She remained active off-camera, providing little girl voices for Saturday morning entertainment, notably her teenage "Pebbles Flintstone" character. Other voice-over work included "TaleSpin" (1990), as "Rebecca 'Becky' Cunningham", and puppeteer Jim Henson's creative prehistoric sitcom, "Dinosaurs" (1991), playing dino-daughter "Charlene Sinclair". IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net
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- 1972 The Getaway as Fran Clinton
- 1970 Five Easy Pieces as Betty
- 2024 I Brake for Caterpillars as Sister John Bosco
- 1970 The Phynx as World's #1 Fan (uncredited)
- 2006 What I Did for Love as Aunt Trudy
- 2009 The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air as Self
- 2009 Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family" as Self
- 1983 The Charmkins as Poison Ivy (voice)
- 1979 ...And Your Name Is Jonah as Jenny Corelli
- 1985 The GLO Friends Save Christmas as Blanche (voice)
- 2016 The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976 The Great Houdinis as Bess Houdini
- 1978 A Different Approach
- 1977 Intimate Strangers as Janis Halston
- 1981 A Gun in the House as Emily Cates
- 1990 Talespin: Plunder & Lightning as Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
- 1978 My Husband Is Missing as Katherine Eaton
- 1992 In the Best Interest of the Children as Patty Pepper
- 2023 eVil Sublet as Reena
- 2023 Very Frightening Tales as Lady Talia
- 1992 The Tin Soldier
- 2019 Friendly Neighborhood Coven as Edie
- 1983 The Fairest of Them All as Self
- 2017 The Relationtrip as Liam's Mom (voice)
- 1975 Hey, I'm Alive as Helen Klaben
- 1989 A Deadly Silence as Aunt Marilyn
- 2001 Out of the Black as Betty
- 2018 Christmas Harmony as Shirley
- 2018 You & Me as Tilly
- 2003 Reeseville as Katie Oakman
- 2004 Baadasssss! as Roz
- 2001 A Month of Sundays as Onida Roy
- 2018 Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Lucy
- 1974 Aloha Means Goodbye as Sara Moore
- 1997 The Others as Mrs. Zelov
- 1991 All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
- 2023 Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life as Self
- 2026 Street Smart as Bunny
- Soon Searching for Stars Hollow as Self
- 2025 All Is Merry & Bright as Viola 'Gram' Philips
- 1984 The Secret World of the Very Young
- 2014 Waiting in the Wings: The Musical as Sperm Bank Receptionist
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Nancy La Rue
- 1994 Duckman ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Charles in Charge ( 1 episode ) as Nora Bennington / Nancy Bowman
- 2004 Best Week Ever ( 6 episodes )
- 2002 Still Standing ( 10 episodes ) as Louise Miller
- 2001 The Division ( 1 episode ) as Eve Warner
- 1971 All in the Family ( 185 episodes ) as Gloria Stivic
- 1971 The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show ( 20 episodes ) as Pebbles Flinstone
- 1990 TaleSpin ( 65 episodes ) as Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
- 1991 Dinosaurs ( 65 episodes ) as Charlene Sinclair (voice)
- 2016 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life ( 2 episodes ) as Babette Dell
- 2000 Gilmore Girls ( 52 episodes ) as Babette Dell
- 1982 Gloria ( 22 episodes ) as Gloria Stivic
- 1982 9 to 5 ( 52 episodes ) as Marsha McMurray Shrimpton
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1985 Alice in Wonderland ( 1 episode ) as Tiger Lily
- 1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ( 0 episode )
- 1998 The Wild Thornberrys ( 1 episode ) as Penguin / Iguanas (voice)
- 1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Lorraine
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Co-Hostess
- 2000 As Told by Ginger ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Higsby (voice)
- 1983 This Is Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 Dinah! ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1969 The Courtship of Eddie's Father ( 1 episode ) as Katie O'Hara
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2018 Summer Camp Island ( 1 episode ) as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2018 Summer Camp Island ( 2 episodes ) as Rose (voice)
- 2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest / Various Characters
- 1990 Tiny Toon Adventures ( 1 episode ) as Rhoda's Mom (voice)
- 1990 Tiny Toon Adventures ( 1 episode ) as Sandy Witch (voice)
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Clara (voice)
- 1990 Tom & Jerry Kids Show ( 1 episode ) as Jerry's Mother (voice)
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2024 A Man on the Inside ( 10 episodes ) as Virginia Foldau
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Barbara
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Sandy Fonda
- 1997 Cow and Chicken ( 1 episode ) as Girl Enzyme #1 (voice)
- 1992 Fish Police ( 1 episode ) as Shelly (voice)
- 2013 Maron ( 2 episodes ) as Shirley
- 2008 Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures ( 26 episodes ) as Mrs. O'Connor (voice)
