Sally Struthers
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Sally Ann Struthers (born July 28, 1948) is an American actress and spokesperson.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Struthers was born in Portland, Oregon. Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants. Struthers married William Rader on December 18, 1977. Now divorced, they had one child together.
[edit] Career
Struthers first achieved fame for her portrayal of Archie Bunker's daughter, Gloria Bunker Stivic, on the popular and groundbreaking 1970s sitcom All in the Family. After a shaky start, word of mouth propelled the program to the top of the Nielsen Ratings heap, giving tens of millions of viewers the chance to see "Gloria" defending her liberal viewpoints about negative stereotypes and inequality. Struthers went on to win two Emmy Awards (in 1972 and 1979) for her work in All in the Family.
In Five Easy Pieces (1970), she had a memorable sex scene with Jack Nicholson.
She has acted in television series, including being a regular performer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and playing the titular role in the short-lived All in the Family spin-off Gloria (1982-1983), on stage, and in made-for-TV movies and feature films. She also had a recurring role as Bill Miller's manipulative mother, Louise, on the CBS sitcom Still Standing.
Since 2000, Struthers has regularly appeared on the dramedy Gilmore Girls as the girls' neighbor Babette Dell.
She has also provided voices for a number of animated series such as The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (as Pebbles Flintstone), TaleSpin (as Rebecca Cunningham) and Dinosaurs (as Charlene Sinclair).
[edit] Other work
Struthers is also widely known for her work with two organizations that advertised heavily on cable and late-night television. The first of these is the Christian Children's Fund, advocating on behalf of impoverished children in developing countries, mainly in Africa.
A satire of Struthers' work with this organization was composed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone in the South Park episode "Starvin' Marvin", a stab at the supposed self-importance of Hollywood stars. [neutrality disputed] The commercials portraying her visiting villages full of starving children have become a pop culture cliché. The second organization she worked with is the International Correspondence School, which offers degrees by sending lessons directly to individual's homes.
Struthers was a semi-regular panelist on the 1990 revival of Match Game.
[edit] Television work
- The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970) (canceled after 4 months)
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (regular performer in 1970)
- The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–1972) (voice)
- All in the Family (cast member from 1971–1978)
- Aloha Means Goodbye (1974)
- Hey, I'm Alive! (1975)
- The Great Houdini (1976)
- Intimate Strangers (1977)
- My Husband Is Missing (1978)
- And Your Name Is Jonah (1979)
- A Gun in the House (1981)
- Gloria (1982–1983)
- Alice in Wonderland (1985)
- 9 to 5 (1986–1988)
- A Deadly Silence (1989)
- TaleSpin: Plunder & Lightning (1990)
- TaleSpin (1990–1994) (voice)
- Dinosaurs (1991–1994) (voice)
- In the Best Interest of Our Children (1992)
- The New Adventures of Mother Goose (1995)
- The Awful Truth with Michael Moore (1999)
- General Hospital (cast member in 2002)
- Gilmore Girls (2000–present) (recurring character)
- Still Standing (2003–2006) (recurring character)
[edit] Filmography
- The Phynx (1970)
- Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- The Getaway (1972)
- A Different Approach (1978) (short subject)
- The Others (1997)
- The Awful Truth (1998)
- Out of the Black (2001)
- A Month of Sundays (2001)
- Reeseville (2003)
- Baadasssss! (2003)
- Hoodwinked (2005) (voice)
[edit] Stage
- "Annie" (1997) as Miss Hannigan
