Acting
Sally Struthers
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
Filmography
Street Smart
Film · 2026
All Is Merry & Bright
Film · 2025
I Brake for Caterpillars
Film · 2024
A Man on the Inside
Series · 2024
eVil Sublet
Film · 2023
Very Frightening Tales
Film · 2023
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Film · 2023
Friendly Neighborhood Coven
Film · 2019
Christmas Harmony
Film · 2018
You & Me
Film · 2018
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Film · 2018
Summer Camp Island
Series · 2018
Summer Camp Island
Series · 2018
The Relationtrip
Film · 2017
The Last Laugh
Film · 2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Series · 2016
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Film · 2014
Maron
Series · 2013
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Film · 2009
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Film · 2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Series · 2009
Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures
Series · 2008
What I Did for Love
Film · 2006
American Dad!
Series · 2005
Baadasssss!
Film · 2004
Best Week Ever
Series · 2004
Reeseville
Film · 2003
Still Standing
Series · 2002
Out of the Black
Film · 2001
A Month of Sundays
Film · 2001
The Division
Series · 2001
Gilmore Girls
Series · 2000
As Told by Ginger
Series · 2000
The Wild Thornberrys
Series · 1998
The Others
Film · 1997
Cow and Chicken
Series · 1997
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Series · 1996
Duckman
Series · 1994
In the Best Interest of the Children
Film · 1992
The Tin Soldier
Film · 1992
Fish Police
Series · 1992
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
Film · 1991
Dinosaurs
Series · 1991
Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
Film · 1990
TaleSpin
Series · 1990
Tiny Toon Adventures
Series · 1990
Tiny Toon Adventures
Series · 1990
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Series · 1990
A Deadly Silence
Film · 1989
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Film · 1985
Alice in Wonderland
Series · 1985
The Secret World of the Very Young
Film · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Charles in Charge
Series · 1984
The Charmkins
Film · 1983
The Fairest of Them All
Film · 1983
This Is Your Life
Series · 1983
Gloria
Series · 1982
9 to 5
Series · 1982
A Gun in the House
Film · 1981
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Film · 1979
A Different Approach
Film · 1978
My Husband Is Missing
Film · 1978
Intimate Strangers
Film · 1977
The Great Houdinis
Film · 1976
Hey, I'm Alive
Film · 1975
Aloha Means Goodbye
Film · 1974
Dinah!
Series · 1974
The Getaway
Film · 1972
All in the Family
Series · 1971
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
Series · 1971
Five Easy Pieces
Film · 1970
The Phynx
Film · 1970
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Series · 1969
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Series · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Series · 1967
The Carol Burnett Show
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Searching for Stars Hollow
Film