Sally Struthers

Sally Struthers represents something I genuinely admire: a performer who used fame as a platform for conscience. Her Gloria on All in the Family wasn't just sweet; she held her own inside one of television's sharpest social comedies, and two Emmys confirm it wasn't luck. The Portland-born, Grant High graduate could have settled into a comfortable sitcom legacy. Instead she became the recognizable face of hunger-relief campaigns, lending decades of credibility to causes most stars only touch for photo ops. To me, the through-line is sincerity. She made people laugh on screen and then went and took real-world suffering seriously. That combination is rare and worth honoring.

Name (English)

Sally Struthers

Name (Japanese)

サリー・ストラザース

Reading

さりー・すとらざーす

Born

July 28, 1947 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Boar

Origin

Portland, Oregon, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / activist / voice actor / actor

High school

Grant High School

Awards & achievements

• 1972 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• 1979 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Ovation Awards

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Oregon
• television actor
• film actor
• activist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.