Sally Struthers

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
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    Birthday
    7/28/1947
The Getaway
The Getaway
7.1
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces
7.1
What I Did for Love
What I Did for Love
6.1
...And Your Name Is Jonah
...And Your Name Is Jonah
6.7
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
3.5
The Great Houdinis
The Great Houdinis
6
A Different Approach
A Different Approach
6.3
Intimate Strangers
Intimate Strangers
5
A Gun in the House
A Gun in the House
6.3
Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
6.2
My Husband Is Missing
My Husband Is Missing
6
In the Best Interest of the Children
In the Best Interest of the Children
5.6
The Tin Soldier
The Tin Soldier
8
The Relationtrip
The Relationtrip
5.6
Hey, I'm Alive
Hey, I'm Alive
5
A Deadly Silence
A Deadly Silence
6.2
Out of the Black
Out of the Black
0
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
5.3
Christmas Harmony
Christmas Harmony
6.5
You & Me
You & Me
7
Reeseville
Reeseville
0
Baadasssss!
Baadasssss!
6.6
A Month of Sundays
A Month of Sundays
3.5
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
1
Aloha Means Goodbye
Aloha Means Goodbye
0
The Others
The Others
4
The Phynx
The Phynx
3.5
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
0
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
0
The Charmkins
The Charmkins
0
The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh
7
eVil Sublet
eVil Sublet
0
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