Saved Queries & Lists

Manage Searches

No saved searches yet.

Add one above for quick-restoring filters!

Backdrop from a project of Sally Struthers
Poster for Sally Struthers

Sally Struthers

1947 (79) • Acting

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!

70%

Clara (voice)

2005

Gilmore Girls

79%

Babette Dell

2000

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

78%

Aunt Lorraine

1996

Dinosaurs

78%

Charlene Sinclair (voice)

1991

The Getaway

71%

Fran Clinton

1972

Tiny Toon Adventures

78%

Rhoda's Mom (voice) / Sandy Witch (voice)

1990

Cow and Chicken

71%

Unknown

1997

Murder, She Wrote

75%

Nancy La Rue

1984

Street Smart

Bunny

2026

All Is Merry & Bright

Viola 'Gram' Philips

2025

A Man on the Inside

74%

Virginia Foldau

2024

I Brake for Caterpillars

30%

Sister John Bosco

2024

eVil Sublet

35%

Reena

2023

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

Self

2023

Very Frightening Tales

20%

Lady Talia

2023

Friendly Neighborhood Coven

Edie

2019

Christmas Harmony

61%

Shirley

2018

Summer Camp Island

77%

Rose (voice) / Additional Voices (voice)

2018

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

10%

Lucy

2018

You & Me

60%

Tilly

2018

The Relationtrip

51%

Liam's Mom (voice)

2017

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

73%

Babette Dell

2016

The Last Laugh

70%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

50%

Sperm Bank Receptionist

2014

Celebrity Ghost Stories

73%

Self

2009

Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"

Self

2009

The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air

Self

2009

What I Did for Love

61%

Aunt Trudy

2006

American Dad!

70%

Clara (voice)

2005

Baadasssss!

65%

Roz

2004

Best Week Ever

59%

Unknown

2004

Reeseville

90%

Katie Oakman

2003

Still Standing

68%

Louise Miller

2002

A Month of Sundays

47%

Onida Roy

2001

Out of the Black

45%

Betty

2001

The Division

71%

Eve Warner

2001

Filters

Department

Genres