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 |
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Most Rating | 17.151 |
Birthday | 1947-07-28 |
Place of Birth | Portland, Oregon, USA |
Also Known As | Sally Ann Struthers, Sally Anne Struthers, |
1972
The Getaway
7.077/548
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
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1970
Five Easy Pieces
7.119/513
A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and oth...
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I Brake for Caterpillars
0/0
Misdiagnosed with a terminal illness, a computer nerd dates his hospice worker, while suspecting someone is out to get him.
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1970
The Phynx
3.5/8
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
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The Phynx
2006
What I Did for Love
6.1/14
Call him a city slicker. Call him a tenderfoot. But don't call him a member of the family--yet. Rising L.A. lawyer James White is going home for the h...
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What I Did for Love
2009
The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
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DVD featurette documenting the success of "All in the Family".
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2009
Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
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DVD featurette documenting the beginnings of "All in the Family"
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1983
The Charmkins
0/0
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1979
...And Your Name Is Jonah
6.654/13
A couple whose son had been institutionalized for three years are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is, in fact, de...
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...And Your Name Is Jonah
1985
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
3.5/2
Blanche, the Wicked Witch of the North Pole, is jealous of Santa Claus. She imprisons him and his reindeer in an icy cage on a raging river, so they c...
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2016
The Last Laugh
6.9/20
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, an...
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The Last Laugh
1976
The Great Houdinis
6/10
A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he...
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The Great Houdinis
1978
A Different Approach
6.3/3
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1977
Intimate Strangers
5/1
The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged husband, and he begins to take it out on his wife.
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Intimate Strangers
1981
A Gun in the House
6.3/3
A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home is doggedly prosecuted by the district attorney, bent...
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A Gun in the House
1990
Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
6.2/21
In the series premiere, Baloo, an air cargo pilot, meets Kit Cloudkicker, a 12-year-old orphan, and takes him on as his navigator. He also loses his b...
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1978
My Husband Is Missing
6/1
A young wife journeys to North Vietnam in an effort to find her husband, an American flier reported missing in action, and is joined by a cynical Cana...
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My Husband Is Missing
1992
In the Best Interest of the Children
5/8
Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
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In the Best Interest of the Children
2023
eVil Sublet
0/0
A New York couple knowingly moves into a haunted apartment because the rent is cheap. But when having murderous ghosts as roommates becomes too much f...
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Very Frightening Tales
0/0
An anthology of seven frightening tales involving a ballerina, a retiring hitman, a mysterious package, immigrants escaping to a better life, a deadly...
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Very Frightening Tales
1992
The Tin Soldier
8/1
The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Andersen's tale of heroic love and perseverance, comes to life in this adaptation set to music and dance. Th...
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The Tin Soldier
2019
Friendly Neighborhood Coven
0/0
When a struggling single mother finds out her 15-year-old daughter is pregnant, she turns to help from an unlikely source-her long-estranged friend's...
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1983
The Fairest of Them All
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A celebration of the art of animation as seen through the eyes of Walt Disney. Dick Van Patten hosts and introduces many of the artists who worked on...
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The Fairest of Them All
2017
The Relationtrip
5.333/12
After bonding over their mutual disinterest in relationships, self-proclaimed loners, Beck and Liam, decide to go away together on a ‘friend’ trip whe...
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The Relationtrip
1975
Hey, I'm Alive
5/1
After their plane crashes, an older man and a young woman survive 49 days lost in the Yukon.
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Hey, I'm Alive
1989
A Deadly Silence
6.2/4
The father of three children was killed when he left his house. This provokes a lot of sentimental emotions in the neighbourhood because the people kn...
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A Deadly Silence
2001
Out of the Black
0/0
Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.
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Out of the Black
2014
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
5.3/9
Two entertainers destined for the big time are mismatched in a casting office from two very different online contests. Tony, a stripper from New York,...
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Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
2018
Christmas Harmony
6.5/22
A young woman returns to her small hometown to rediscover music, family bonds, and the magic of the Christmas season.
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Christmas Harmony
2018
You & Me
7/5
A young deaf woman meets a recently blinded man. What follows is a funny and moving love story about life’s universal challenges and joys.
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2003
Reeseville
0/0
Reeseville is a character driven murder mystery, set in the rural midwest. David Meyers returns to the small town in an attempt to silence the demons...
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2004
Baadasssss!
6.4/47
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playin...
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Baadasssss!
2001
A Month of Sundays
3.5/2
The story of a teenage girl who kidnaps her grandfather to keep him from being placed in a nursing home. The getaway turns into a quest to locate a so...
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A Month of Sundays
2018
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
1/1
The stripper Tony and the naive enthusiast Anthony, two entertainers, destined for the big time, who are mismatched in a casting office from two very...
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1974
Aloha Means Goodbye
0/0
A young woman who is battling a rare blood disease must also fight against a greedy doctor who needs a heart-transplant donor, and has her in mind.
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Aloha Means Goodbye
1997
The Others
4/1
Would-be rock star in band has serious crush on most popular girl in school and is shy about making a move. Changes also take place when an eccentric...
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