Sally Struthers

Acting

Sally Struthers

Born 1947-07-28 · Portland, Oregon, USA

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

Acting credits

The Getaway poster
7.1

A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

The Getaway

1972

Five Easy Pieces poster
7.1

Robert Dupea spends his days doing various odd jobs, drinking and womanizing until an encounter with his sister makes him revisit his past.

Five Easy Pieces

1970

Baadasssss! poster
6.5

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.

Baadasssss!

2004

The Last Laugh poster
7.0

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.

The Last Laugh

2016

Street Smart poster
NR

A look into the lives of a lively group of unhoused young adults in the iconic beach town, who come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and redefining what it means to be a family.

Street Smart

2026

All Is Merry & Bright poster
NR

A teen's dreams are shattered by a car crash. Years later, she's a determined supermom with a cane, orchestrating elaborate Christmas shows. Personal issues force her to confront change and rediscover the true spirit of the season.

All Is Merry & Bright

2025

Christmas Harmony poster
6.1

A young woman returns to her small hometown to rediscover music, family bonds, and the magic of the Christmas season.

Christmas Harmony

2018

A Deadly Silence poster
6.2

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 know nothing about his dark past.

A Deadly Silence

1989

You & Me poster
6.0

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.

You & Me

2018

Very Frightening Tales poster
2.0

An anthology of seven frightening tales involving a ballerina, a retiring hitman, a mysterious package, immigrants escaping to a better life, a deadly nightmare, an insightful fortune teller and an actor who would kill to get the part.

Very Frightening Tales

2023

Reeseville poster
9.0

A policeman investigates the apparent suicide of a man whose son has just returned to the town.

Reeseville

2003

Intimate Strangers poster
5.0

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.

Intimate Strangers

1977

Hey, I'm Alive poster
6.7

After their plane crashes, an older man and a young woman survive 49 days lost in the Yukon.

Hey, I'm Alive

1975

The Phynx poster
3.6

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.

The Phynx

1970

In the Best Interest of the Children poster
5.3

Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.

In the Best Interest of the Children

1992

The Secret World of the Very Young poster
NR

The world of pre-school youngsters is explored through songs and skits.

The Secret World of the Very Young

1984

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical poster
5.0

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, is cast in an Off-Broadway musical and needs to trade in his tear-away trunks for tap shoes and tights. Anthony, a naive musical theatre enthusiast from Montana, needs to decide if he can strip all the way down just to stay in town. Hilarity ensues as they realize that "to make it" they're gonna have to learn some new tricks.

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

2014

What I Did for Love poster
6.1

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 holidays with his fiancée, Sadie Ryder, to finally meet her family in rural Pine Gap. After blundering through a bad first impression, James attempts to win over Sadie's lawyer-loathing father Karl by pretending to be a horse-riding, hay-baling, game-hunting, seasoned square dancer. But a pair of worn jeans and a ten-gallon hat don't make a cowboy, and it's going to take more than mere posturing to charm Mr. Ryder... in fact, it just might take a miracle.

What I Did for Love

2006

A Month of Sundays poster
4.7

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 son who vanished many years before.

A Month of Sundays

2001

A Gun in the House poster
6.8

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 on making an example of her case.

A Gun in the House

1981

Out of the Black poster
4.5

Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.

Out of the Black

2001

...And Your Name Is Jonah poster
6.6

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, deaf.

...And Your Name Is Jonah

1979

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life poster
NR

"Bewitched" remains beloved nearly 60 years after its debut. The series lead, Elizabeth Montgomery, was a complex, strong-willed woman whose life and career became an ongoing quest for love and recognition she never received from her movie star father. "Bewitched" became one of television's biggest hits during the turbulent 1960s, a time that was symbolic of the series' behind-the-scenes turmoil.

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life

2023

Talespin: Plunder & Lightning poster
6.3

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 business to Rebecca Cunningham, a business major who becomes his boss. Meanwhile, Don Karnage, a notorious air pirate, uses a special gem stolen from Shere Khan's company, Khan Industries, to power a lightning gun and threaten Cape Suzette.

Talespin: Plunder & Lightning

1990