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Sally Struthers
Actor
Born July 28, 1947 (75 years)
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
| 2018 | Still Waiting in the Wings · as Lucy |
| 2018 | Christmas Harmony · as Shirley |
| 2018 | You & Me · as Tilly |
| 2018 | Summer Camp Island (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 2017 | The Relationtrip · as Liam's Mom (voice) |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (TV Series) · as Babette Dell |
| 2015 | Hollywood Musical! · as Sally |
| 2014 | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical · as Lucy |
| 2013 | Maron (TV Series) · as Shirley |
| 2006 | What I Did for Love · as Aunt Trudy |
| 2006 | Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures (TV Series) · as Mrs. O'Connor |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Clara (voice) |
| 2004 | Best Week Ever (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Baadasssss! · as Roz |
| 2003 | Reeseville · as Katie Oakman |
| 2002 | Still Standing (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | Out of the Black · as Betty |
| 2001 | A Month of Sundays · as Onida Roy |
| 2001 | The Division (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls (TV Series) · as Babette Dell |
| 2000 | As Told By Ginger (TV Series) · as Mrs. Higsby (voice) |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys (TV Series) · as Penguin / Iguanas (voice) |
| 1997 | The Others · as Mrs. Zelov |
| 1997 | Cow and Chicken (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (TV Series) · as Aunt Lorraine |
| 1994 | Duckman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1992 | Fish Police (TV Series) · as Shelly |
| 1991 | Dinosaurs (TV Series) · as Charlene Sinclair (voice) |
| 1991 | Yo Yogi! (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1990 | Talespin: Plunder & Lightning · as Rebecca Cunningham (voice) |
| 1990 | Tom and Jerry Kids Show (1990) (TV Series) · as Jerry's Mother |
| 1990 | Tiny Toon Adventures (TV Series) · as Rhoda's Mom |
| 1990 | TaleSpin (TV Series) · as Rebecca Cunningham (voice) |
| 1989 | A Deadly Silence · as Aunt Marilyn |
| 1985 | The GLO Friends Save Christmas · as Blanche (voice) |
| 1985 | Alice in Wonderland (TV Series) · as The Tiger Lily |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Nancy La Rue |
| 1984 | Charles in Charge (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Gloria (TV Series) · as Gloria Stivic |
| 1981 | A Gun in the House · as Emily Cates |
| 1979 | ...and Your Name Is Jonah · as Jenny Corelli |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place (TV Series) · as Gloria Bunker Stivic |
| 1977 | Intimate Strangers · as Janis Halston |
| 1977 | Fred Flintstone & Friends (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1972 | The Getaway · as Fran Clinton |
| 1971 | All in the Family (TV Series) · as Gloria Stivic |
| 1971 | The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (TV Series) · as Pebbles Flinstone |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces · as Betty |
| 1970 | The Phynx · as World's No. 1 Fan (uncredited) |
| 1970 | The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Barbara (segment "Love and the Triangle") |
| 1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV Series) · as Katie O'Hara |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Jennifer Smith |