Editing Sally Struthers (section)

==Career==
She appeared as a restless wife of a veterinarian in ''[[The Getaway (1972 film)|The Getaway]]'' starring [[Steve McQueen]] (1972). Around that time, Struthers debuted as Gloria Stivic on the 1970s sitcom ''[[All in the Family]]''; producer [[Norman Lear]] had found the actress dancing on ''[[The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour]]''.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}}

According to a [[WGBN|WPTT]] radio interview with Doug Hoerth in 2003,{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} Struthers thought that [[Rob Reiner]]'s then-fiancée and later wife, [[Penny Marshall]], would get the role of Gloria, as Marshall more resembled [[Jean Stapleton]], who played [[Edith Bunker]]. Actress [[Candice Azzara]] had played the role of Gloria in a pilot episode, but was soon dropped. After a shaky start, the series became a hit beginning with its summer reruns, giving tens of millions of viewers the chance to see Gloria defending her viewpoints about negative stereotypes and inequality. Struthers won two [[Emmy Awards]] (in 1972 and 1979) for her work on the show. In 2012, Struthers recalled the serendipity that helped her land the role: {{quote|I had just gotten let go from ''[[The Tim Conway Comedy Hour]]'' because the suits in New York said that I made the show look cheap. And the producer said, "That's the whole point, we're trying to make it look like the Conway show doesn't have a budget, has no money, and so that's why there's only one Tim Conway dancer instead of a line of them like the [[June Taylor Dancers]] on ''[[The Jackie Gleason Show]]'', and there's only one musician, and they can't even afford an instrument for him, so he's standing at a music stand, humming the opening theme song." That's funny! And the suits said, "No, it makes the show look cheap." So they let me, the Tim Conway dancer, go. And if they hadn't done that, I wouldn't have been free to read for ''All in the Family''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sally Struthers on '9 to 5,' Life and Topless Scene with Jack Nicholson|url=http://www.newsday.com/search/sally-struthers-on-9-to-5-life-and-topless-scene-with-jack-nicholson-1.3858275|date=July 24, 2012|access-date=September 13, 2012|first=Alan H.|last=Fallick|work=Newsday.com}}</ref>}}

In 1977 she portrayed a housewife who was physically abused by her husband (portrayed by [[Dennis Weaver]]) in the made-for-TV movie ''[[Intimate Strangers (1977 film)|Intimate Strangers]]'', one of the first network features to depict domestic violence.{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}}

[[File:All in the Family cast 1976.JPG|right|thumb|Struthers (''upper-left'') in the 1976 cast promotional photo of ''All in the Family'']]
On the short-lived ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'' [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] ''[[Gloria (American TV series)|Gloria]]'' (1982–1983), Struthers reprised Gloria as a new divorcée (she became an "exchange student," when husband Mike exchanged her for one of his students). The series co-starred [[Burgess Meredith]] as the doctor of an animal clinic with Gloria as his assistant.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}} From 1985 to 1986 Struthers starred as Florence Ungar in the female version of ''[[The Female Odd Couple|The Odd Couple]].'' Struthers later stated in an interview on ''[[Gilbert Gottfried]]'s Amazing Colossal Podcast,'' that it was an unpleasant experience until [[Rita Moreno]], who was mean-spirited towards Struthers, left the play and was replaced by [[Brenda Vaccaro]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/sally-struthers-part-2|title=Sally Struthers Part 2|via=soundcloud.com}}</ref>

She was a semi-regular panelist on the 1990 revival of ''[[Match Game]]'' and an occasional guest on ''[[Win, Lose or Draw]]'' (even filling in for [[Vicki Lawrence]] as host for a week). She also had a recurring role as Bill Miller's manipulative mother, Louise, on ''[[Still Standing (American TV series)|Still Standing]]'' and regularly appeared on ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' as Babette Dell. She also provided voices for a number of animated series such as ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' (as a teenage Pebbles Flintstone), ''[[TaleSpin]]'' (as Rebecca Cunningham) and was one of the voice stars on ABC's ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]'' produced by Walt Disney and Henson Productions (as Charlene Sinclair).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegateway.org/online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=8836E2E4-840F-4BD8-8407-A0F0D50E7943|title=Sally Struthers returns to Gateway|publisher=The Gateway|date=2015|accessdate=May 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/TaleSpin/Rebecca-Cunningham/|title=Rebecca Cunningham|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors|accessdate=May 21, 2025}}</ref>

Struthers starred in the stage production of ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' at the [[Fox Theatre (Atlanta)|Fabulous Fox Theatre]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Janich|first1=Kathy|title=Annie at the Fox Theatre|url=https://issuu.com/encoreatlanta/docs/jan12_fox|access-date=15 May 2018|work=Encore Atlanta|publisher=Atlanta Metropolitan Publishing Inc.|date=14 January 2012|pages=10–12}}</ref> and in the national tour of the production in the late 1990s. She has been a regular since the early 2000s at the [[Ogunquit Playhouse]], in [[Ogunquit, Maine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressherald.com/life/audience/waiting-in-the-wings-summer_2012-04-01.html?searchterm=sally+struthers|date=April 1, 2012|access-date=September 13, 2012|title=Waiting in the wings: Summer|first=Bob|last=Keyes|work=[[The Portland Press Herald]]|location=[[Portland, Maine]]}}</ref>

In 2014, Struthers toured in the 50th-anniversary production of ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'', playing Dolly Levi.

In 2024, Struthers began playing Virgina Foldau in the Netflix series ''[[A Man on the Inside]]'', starring Ted Danson.
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In January 2025, ''The Life and Times of Norman Lear'' author Tripp Whetsell revealed that Struthers had a tense relationship with Norman Lear and tried to leave ''All In The Family'' after the fifth season, spending $40,000 in legal fees in an unsuccessful effort to get out of her contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sally-struthers-spent-40k-trying-to-leave-all-in-the-family-wasnt-a-huge-fan-of-norman-lear/|title=Sally Struthers Spent $40K Trying to Leave 'All in the Family': 'Wasn't a Huge Fan' of Norman Lear|first=Russell|last=Steinberg|publisher=Us Weekly|date=January 16, 2025|accessdate=February 9, 2025}}</ref>