Sally Struthers
Acting • Born 1947-07-28
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
Filmography
81 credits
The Getaway
Movie • 1972
Fran Clinton
Five Easy Pieces
Movie • 1970
Betty
I Brake for Caterpillars
Movie • 2024
Sister John Bosco
The Phynx
Movie • 1970
World's #1 Fan (uncredited)
What I Did for Love
Movie • 2006
Aunt Trudy
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
Movie • 2009
Self
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
Movie • 2009
Self
The Charmkins
Movie • 1983
Poison Ivy (voice)
...And Your Name Is Jonah
Movie • 1979
Jenny Corelli
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
Movie • 1985
Blanche (voice)
The Last Laugh
Movie • 2016
Self
The Great Houdinis
Movie • 1976
Bess Houdini
A Different Approach
Movie • 1978
Intimate Strangers
Movie • 1977
Janis Halston
A Gun in the House
Movie • 1981
Emily Cates
Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
Movie • 1990
Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
My Husband Is Missing
Movie • 1978
Katherine Eaton
In the Best Interest of the Children
Movie • 1992
Patty Pepper
eVil Sublet
Movie • 2023
Reena
Very Frightening Tales
Movie • 2023
Lady Talia
The Tin Soldier
Movie • 1992
Friendly Neighborhood Coven
Movie • 2019
Edie
The Fairest of Them All
Movie • 1983
Self
The Relationtrip
Movie • 2017
Liam's Mom (voice)
Hey, I'm Alive
Movie • 1975
Helen Klaben
A Deadly Silence
Movie • 1989
Aunt Marilyn
Out of the Black
Movie • 2001
Betty
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Movie • 2014
Lucy
Christmas Harmony
Movie • 2018
Shirley
You & Me
Movie • 2018
Tilly
Reeseville
Movie • 2003
Katie Oakman
Baadasssss!
Movie • 2004
Roz
A Month of Sundays
Movie • 2001
Onida Roy
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Movie • 2018
Lucy
Aloha Means Goodbye
Movie • 1974
Sara Moore
The Others
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Zelov
All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
Movie • 1991
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Movie • 2023
Self
Street Smart
Movie
Bunny
Searching for Stars Hollow
Movie
Self
All Is Merry & Bright
Movie • 2025
Viola 'Gram' Philips
The Secret World of the Very Young
Movie • 1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Nancy La Rue
Duckman
TV • 1994
Charles in Charge
TV • 1984
Nora Bennington / Nancy Bowman
Best Week Ever
TV • 2004
Still Standing
TV • 2002
Louise Miller
The Division
TV • 2001
Eve Warner
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Gloria Stivic
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
TV • 1971
Pebbles Flinstone
TaleSpin
TV • 1990
Rebecca Cunningham (voice)
Dinosaurs
TV • 1991
Charlene Sinclair (voice)
Cow and Chicken
TV • 1997
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV • 2016
Babette Dell
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
Babette Dell
Gloria
TV • 1982
Gloria Stivic
9 to 5
TV • 1982
Marsha McMurray Shrimpton
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self
Alice in Wonderland
TV • 1985
Tiger Lily
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV • 1967
The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998
Penguin / Iguanas (voice)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Aunt Lorraine
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Hostess
As Told by Ginger
TV • 2000
Mrs. Higsby (voice)
This Is Your Life
TV • 1983
Self
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV • 1969
Katie O'Hara
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Additional Voices (voice)
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Rose (voice)
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
Tiny Toon Adventures
TV • 1990
Rhoda's Mom (voice)
Tiny Toon Adventures
TV • 1990
Sandy Witch (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Clara (voice)
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
TV • 1990
Jerry's Mother (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
A Man on the Inside
TV • 2024
Virginia Foldau
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Barbara
Ironside
TV • 1967
Sandy Fonda