Sally Struthers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 28, 1947 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Credits
- 81
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
2026Movie
Bunny
All Is Merry & Bright
2025Movie
Viola 'Gram' Philips
A Man on the Inside
2024TV
Virginia Foldau
I Brake for Caterpillars
2024Movie
Sister John Bosco
eVil Sublet
2023Movie
Reena
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023Movie
Self
Very Frightening Tales
2023Movie
Lady Talia
Friendly Neighborhood Coven
2019Movie
Edie
Christmas Harmony
2018Movie
Shirley
Summer Camp Island
2018TV
Additional Voices (voice), Rose (voice)
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018Movie
Lucy
You & Me
2018Movie
Tilly
The Relationtrip
2017Movie
Liam's Mom (voice)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016TV
Babette Dell
The Last Laugh
2016Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
2014Movie
Sperm Bank Receptionist
Maron
2013TV
Shirley
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009TV
Self
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009Movie
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
2009Movie
Self
Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures
2008TV
Mrs. O'Connor (voice)
What I Did for Love
2006Movie
Aunt Trudy
American Dad!
2005TV
Clara (voice)
Baadasssss!
2004Movie
Roz
Best Week Ever
2004TV
Reeseville
2003Movie
Katie Oakman
Still Standing
2002TV
Louise Miller
A Month of Sundays
2001Movie
Onida Roy
Out of the Black
2001Movie
Betty
The Division
2001TV
Eve Warner
As Told by Ginger
2000TV
Mrs. Higsby (voice)
Gilmore Girls
2000TV
Babette Dell
The Wild Thornberrys
1998TV
Penguin / Iguanas (voice)
The Others
1997Movie
Mrs. Zelov
Cow and Chicken
1997TV
Girl Enzyme #1 (voice)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996TV
Aunt Lorraine
Duckman
1994TV
Fish Police
1992TV
Shelly (voice)
In the Best Interest of the Children
1992Movie
Patty Pepper
The Tin Soldier
1992Movie
Dinosaurs
1991TV
Charlene Sinclair (voice)
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991Movie
Tiny Toon Adventures
1990TV
Rhoda's Mom (voice), Sandy Witch (voice)
TaleSpin
1990TV
Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
1990TV
Jerry's Mother (voice)
Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
1990Movie
Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
A Deadly Silence
1989Movie
Aunt Marilyn
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
1985Movie
Blanche (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
1985TV
Tiger Lily
Charles in Charge
1984TV
Nora Bennington / Nancy Bowman
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Nancy La Rue
The Secret World of the Very Young
1984Movie
The Charmkins
1983Movie
Poison Ivy (voice)
This Is Your Life
1983TV
Self
The Fairest of Them All
1983Movie
Self
Gloria
1982TV
Gloria Stivic
9 to 5
1982TV
Marsha McMurray Shrimpton
A Gun in the House
1981Movie
Emily Cates
...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979Movie
Jenny Corelli
My Husband Is Missing
1978Movie
Katherine Eaton
A Different Approach
1978Movie
Intimate Strangers
1977Movie
Janis Halston
The Great Houdinis
1976Movie
Bess Houdini
Hey, I'm Alive
1975Movie
Helen Klaben
Dinah!
1974TV
Self
Aloha Means Goodbye
1974Movie
Sara Moore
The Getaway
1972Movie
Fran Clinton
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
1971TV
Pebbles Flinstone
All in the Family
1971TV
Gloria Stivic
Five Easy Pieces
1970Movie
Betty
The Phynx
1970Movie
World's #1 Fan (uncredited)
Love, American Style
1969TV
Barbara
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969TV
Katie O'Hara
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968TV
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967TV
Self - Guest / Various Characters
Ironside
1967TV
Sandy Fonda
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self - Co-Hostess, Self
Searching for Stars Hollow
Movie
Self