Known for 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
Born
July 28, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Portland, Oregon, USA
Filmography
41 films, 39 shows


Street Smart
2026 · 1h 41m
country: United States
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.


All Is Merry & Bright
2025 · 1h 50m
country: United States
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.


I Brake for Caterpillars
2024 · 1h 35m
country: Unknown
Misdiagnosed with a terminal illness, a computer nerd dates his hospice worker, while suspecting someone is out to get him.


eVil Sublet
2023 · 1h 45m
country: United States
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 for them, their lives soon depend on escaping the evil of their sublet.


Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023 · 1h 28m
country: United States
"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.


Very Frightening Tales
2023 · 57m
country: Unknown
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.
Friendly Neighborhood Coven
Friendly Neighborhood Coven
2019 · 15m
country: Unknown
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 thoroughly modern coven.


Christmas Harmony
2018 · 1h 25m
country: Unknown
A young woman returns to her small hometown to rediscover music, family bonds, and the magic of the Christmas season.


Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018 · 1h 49m
country: United States
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 different online contests.


You & Me
2018 · 1h 26m
country: Unknown
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.


The Relationtrip
2017 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
After bonding over their mutual disinterest in relationships, self-proclaimed loners, Beck and Liam, decide to go away together on a ‘friend’ trip where things get weird. Really, really weird.


The Last Laugh
2016 · 1h 29m
country: United States
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.


Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
2014 · 1h 47m
country: United States
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.


The Television Revolution Begins: "All in the Family" Is On the Air
2009 · 31m
country: Unknown
DVD featurette documenting the success of "All in the Family".


Those Were the Days: The Birth of "All in the Family"
2009 · 27m
country: Unknown
DVD featurette documenting the beginnings of "All in the Family"


What I Did for Love
2006 · 1h 28m
country: United States
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.


Baadasssss!
2004 · 1h 48m
country: United States
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.


Reeseville
2003 · 1h 39m
country: Unknown
A policeman investigates the apparent suicide of a man whose son has just returned to the town.


A Month of Sundays
2001 · 1h 32m
country: United States
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.


Out of the Black
2001 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.


The Others
1997 · 1h 30m
country: Unknown
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 artist is pursued by a seemingly normal guy with artistic tastes very similar to hers. And then there are also the guys who just have no clue what they want to do.


In the Best Interest of the Children
1992 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.


The Tin Soldier
1992 · 1h 3m
country: Unknown
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. The tin soldier, separated from his beloved paper ballerina and thrust into a dangerous world filled with goblins and rats, must fight for his freedom against overwhelming odds.


All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special
1991 · 1h 10m
country: United States


Talespin: Plunder & Lightning
1990 · 1h 31m
country: United States
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.


A Deadly Silence
1989 · 1h 31m
country: Unknown
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.


The GLO Friends Save Christmas
1985 · 24m
country: United States
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 can't deliver their presents on Christmas Eve. Her timid sidekick, Moose the unimaginatively-named moose, tries to stop her, but she zaps him far away with her magic. The Glo Friends find out what she's done, and they set out to try and save Santa. They rescue Moose from a tree along the way, and Blanche tries to imprison them in ice flowers. But her schemes fail, as they reach Santa anyway, and face her in a final showdown to rescue him.


The Secret World of the Very Young
1984 · 1h
country: United States
The world of pre-school youngsters is explored through songs and skits.


The Charmkins
1983 · 24m
country: United States
The Charmkins is a television film based on an early 1980s toyline by Hasbro, which was broadcast on October 25, 1983.


The Fairest of Them All
1983 · 30m
country: United States
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 the film, and Adriana Caselotti and Harry Stockwell, the voices of Snow White and the Prince, are reunited.


A Gun in the House
1981 · 1h 40m
country: United States
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.


...And Your Name Is Jonah
1979 · 1h 40m
country: United States
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.


My Husband Is Missing
1978 · 1h 39m
country: United States
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 Canadian correspondent on the trail of a human interest story.


A Different Approach
1978 · 21m
country: United States
An all-star educational film about the positive side of hiring people with disabilities. A board sit and watch the film Michael Keaton's character's assembled to sell companies on hiring the handicapped, which takes "a different approach" by combining several approaches--most of them suggested by Hollywood personalities.


Intimate Strangers
1977 · 1h 37m
country: United States
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.


The Great Houdinis
1976 · 1h 36m
country: United States
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 would speak from the beyond.


Hey, I'm Alive
1975 · 1h 14m
country: United States
After their plane crashes, an older man and a young woman survive 49 days lost in the Yukon.


Aloha Means Goodbye
1974 · 1h 36m
country: United States
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.


The Getaway
1972 · 2h 3m
country: United States
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.


Five Easy Pieces
1970 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Robert Dupea spends his days doing various odd jobs, drinking and womanizing until an encounter with his sister makes him revisit his past.


The Phynx
1970 · 1h 21m
country: United States
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.