Sally Struthers
Acting
Born: July 28, 1947 (age 79) · Portland, Oregon, USA
Highest Rated
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
Known for
American Dad!
2005
Gilmore Girls
2000
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Dinosaurs
1991
The Getaway
1972
Five Easy Pieces
1970
Tiny Toon Adventures
1990
Cow and Chicken
1997
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
A Man on the Inside
2024
Photos (1)
Movies (35)
The Getaway
Fran Clinton
Five Easy Pieces
Betty
Baadasssss!
Roz
Very Frightening Tales
Lady Talia
Reeseville
Katie Oakman
All Is Merry & Bright
Viola 'Gram' Philips
In the Best Interest of the Children
Patty Pepper
The Phynx
World's #1 Fan (uncredited)
Intimate Strangers
Janis Halston
Street Smart
Bunny
What I Did for Love
Aunt Trudy
You & Me
Tilly
Hey, I'm Alive
Helen Klaben
A Deadly Silence
Aunt Marilyn
Out of the Black
Betty
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Jenny Corelli
The Secret World of the Very Young
1984
Christmas Harmony
Shirley
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Lucy
A Month of Sundays
Onida Roy
A Gun in the House
Emily Cates
Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
A Different Approach
1978
I Brake for Caterpillars
Sister John Bosco
Aloha Means Goodbye
Sara Moore
The Great Houdinis
Bess Houdini
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Blanche (voice)
The Relationtrip
Liam's Mom (voice)
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Sperm Bank Receptionist
My Husband Is Missing
Katherine Eaton
The Charmkins
Poison Ivy (voice)
The Others
Mrs. Zelov
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991
eVil Sublet
Reena
The Tin Soldier
1992
TV Shows (32)
American Dad!
Clara (voice) · 1 eps
Gilmore Girls
Babette Dell · 52 eps
Ironside
Sandy Fonda · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Nancy La Rue · 1 eps
Cow and Chicken
Girl Enzyme #1 (voice) · 1 eps
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Aunt Lorraine · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Barbara · 1 eps
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Jerry's Mother (voice) · 1 eps
The Division
Eve Warner · 1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Penguin / Iguanas (voice) · 1 eps
Summer Camp Island
Additional Voices (voice) · 1 eps
Summer Camp Island
Rose (voice) · 2 eps
Dinosaurs
Charlene Sinclair (voice) · 65 eps
All in the Family
Gloria Stivic · 185 eps
Duckman
1 eps
As Told by Ginger
Mrs. Higsby (voice) · 1 eps
Charles in Charge
Nora Bennington / Nancy Bowman · 1 eps
TaleSpin
Rebecca Cunningham (voice) · 65 eps
Still Standing
Louise Miller · 10 eps
Tiny Toon Adventures
Rhoda's Mom (voice) · 1 eps
Tiny Toon Adventures
Sandy Witch (voice) · 1 eps
A Man on the Inside
Virginia Foldau · 10 eps
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Katie O'Hara · 1 eps
Best Week Ever
6 eps
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Babette Dell · 2 eps
Maron
Shirley · 2 eps
9 to 5
Marsha McMurray Shrimpton · 52 eps
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
Alice in Wonderland
Tiger Lily · 1 eps
Fish Police
Shelly (voice) · 1 eps
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
Pebbles Flinstone · 20 eps
Gloria
Gloria Stivic · 22 eps
Self / Appearances (13)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess · 5 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Dinah!
Self · 2 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 3 eps
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Self
The Fairest of Them All
Self
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Self