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 toplining Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw And then came All in the Family 1971 Also starring Carroll OConnor Jean Stapleton and Rob Reiner Struthers went on to win two supporting Emmy Awards as Kewpiedoll 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 Wallys Cafe in 1981 and returned four years later with a genderbending version of The Odd Couple as neatfreak Florence opposite Rita Morenos slovenly Olive In addition she found work in topical miniseries drama with Aloha Means Goodbye 1974 TV Hey Im 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 selftitled 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 Sallys babydoll voice worked extremely well for her in cartoons She remained active offcamera providing little girl voices for Saturday morning entertainment notably her teenage Pebbles Flintstone character Other voiceover work included TaleSpin 1990 as Rebecca Becky Cunningham and puppeteer Jim Hensons creative prehistoric sitcom Dinosaurs 1991 playing dinodaughter Charlene Sinclair IMDb Mini Biography By Gary Brumburgh grhomepacbellnet