Sally Struthers

Sally Anne Struthers (born July 28, 1947) is an American actress and spokeswoman, best known in the United States for her roles as Gloria Stivic on All in the Family, for which she won two Emmy awards, and as Babette on Gilmore Girls, and elsewhere for her portrayal in South Park. She was the voice of Charlene Sinclair on the ABC sitcom Dinosaurs and Rebecca Cunningham on the Disney animated series TaleSpin.

Personal life

Sally Anne Struthers was born on July 28, 1947 in Portland, Oregon and attended Grant High School. She is one of two siblings. She has a sister, Sue. Their parents are Margaret Caroline (née Jernes) and Robert Alden Struthers, a surgeon, who left the family when Sally was 9 or 10 years old. Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants. Struthers married William C. Rader, a psychiatrist on December 18, 1977; they divorced on January 19, 1983. They have one child, Samantha Struthers Rader.

Career

Struthers moved quickly into stardom between the late 1960s and early 1970s. In Five Easy Pieces (1970) she was in a nude sex scene with Jack Nicholson, but achieved fame as Gloria Stivic on the 1970s sitcom, All in the Family. Producer Norman Lear found the actress dancing on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, a counterculture variety show whose writing staff included Rob Reiner.