Sally Struthers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 28, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- 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
Known For
Filmography
Street Smart
Movie · as Bunny
Drink Coffee, Talk Fast
Movie · as Self
All Is Merry & Bright
Movie · as Viola 'Gram' Philips
I Brake for Caterpillars
Movie · as Sister John Bosco
A Man on the Inside
TV · as Virginia Foldau · 10 eps
eVil Sublet
Movie · as Reena
Very Frightening Tales
Movie · as Lady Talia
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Movie · as Self
Friendly Neighborhood Coven
Movie · as Edie
Christmas Harmony
Movie · as Shirley
You & Me
Movie · as Tilly
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Movie · as Lucy
Summer Camp Island
TV · as Additional Voices (voice), Rose (voice) · 1 ep
The Relationtrip
Movie · as Liam's Mom (voice)
The Last Laugh
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV · as Babette Dell · 2 eps
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Movie · as Sperm Bank Receptionist
Maron
TV · as Shirley · 2 eps
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Movie · as Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures
TV · as Mrs. O'Connor (voice) · 26 eps
What I Did for Love
Movie · as Aunt Trudy
American Dad!
TV · as Clara (voice) · 1 ep
Baadasssss!
Movie · as Roz
Best Week Ever
TV · 6 eps
Reeseville
Movie · as Katie Oakman
Still Standing
TV · as Louise Miller · 10 eps
Out of the Black
Movie · as Betty
A Month of Sundays
Movie · as Onida Roy
The Division
TV · as Eve Warner · 1 ep
Gilmore Girls
TV · as Babette Dell · 52 eps
As Told by Ginger
TV · as Mrs. Higsby (voice) · 1 ep
The Wild Thornberrys
TV · as Penguin / Iguanas (voice) · 1 ep
The Others
Movie · as Mrs. Zelov
Cow and Chicken
TV · as Girl Enzyme #1 (voice) · 1 ep
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV · as Aunt Lorraine · 1 ep
Duckman
TV · 1 ep
In the Best Interest of the Children
Movie · as Patty Pepper
The Tin Soldier
Movie
Fish Police
TV · as Shelly (voice) · 1 ep
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
Movie
Dinosaurs
TV · as Charlene Sinclair (voice) · 65 eps
Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
Movie · as Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
TaleSpin
TV · as Rebecca Cunningham (voice) · 65 eps
Tiny Toon Adventures
TV · as Rhoda's Mom (voice), Sandy Witch (voice) · 1 ep
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
TV · as Jerry's Mother (voice) · 1 ep
A Deadly Silence
Movie · as Aunt Marilyn
Marie Osmond's Merry Christmas
Movie · as Self
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Movie · as Blanche (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
TV · as Tiger Lily · 1 ep
The Secret World of the Very Young
Movie
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Nancy La Rue · 1 ep
Charles in Charge
TV · as Nora Bennington / Nancy Bowman · 1 ep
The Charmkins
Movie · as Poison Ivy (voice)
The Fairest of Them All
Movie · as Self
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gloria
TV · as Gloria Stivic · 22 eps
9 to 5
TV · as Marsha McMurray Shrimpton · 52 eps
A Gun in the House
Movie · as Emily Cates
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Movie · as Jenny Corelli
A Different Approach
Movie
My Husband Is Missing
Movie · as Katherine Eaton
Intimate Strangers
Movie · as Janis Halston
The Great Houdinis
Movie · as Bess Houdini
Hey, I'm Alive
Movie · as Helen Klaben
Aloha Means Goodbye
Movie · as Sara Moore
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Getaway
Movie · as Fran Clinton
All in the Family
TV · as Gloria Stivic · 185 eps
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
TV · as Pebbles Flinstone · 20 eps
Five Easy Pieces
Movie · as Betty
The Phynx
Movie · as World's #1 Fan (uncredited)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV · as Katie O'Hara · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Barbara · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Sandy Fonda · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Hostess · 5 eps