Gloria Stivic (née Bunker), is a fictional character played by Sally
Struthers on the American situation comedy All in the Family (which
aired on the CBS television network from 1971 until 1979) and the
spin-off series Gloria (CBS, 1982â€"83). She was the only child of
Archie and Edith Bunker, and she was married toâ€"and eventually
divorced from -- Michael Stivic. She was born 11 months after Edith
and Archie were married, according to the fifth season episode “The
Longest Kiss†.Gloria was often caught in the middle of arguments
between her liberal husband Michael and her conservative father,
Archie. As her relationship with Michael progressed, Gloria concluded
that her parents, especially her more conservative father, were wrong
about a lot of things and sided with her husband's liberal beliefs.
Despite his affections for her, Michael was also using his marriage to
get the long-sheltered Gloria to share his own beliefs as
well.Gloria's mother mentioned (in the pilot) that Gloria was anemic
and was therefore overprotected as a child. Archie often referred to
Gloria as his "little goil" [girl].In season 7's "Mike and Gloria
Meet", it is explained that Mike and Gloria met in 1969, the evening
of President Nixon's inauguration (Mike had been planning to protest
the event, but opted to go on a blind date with Gloria instead). They
did not initially like one-another, until they discovered that they
shared a mutual love of ballroom dancing. They married in 1970 in
Archie and Edith's home in a civil ceremony (as a means of compromise
between Archie's wish that they be married by a Protestant minister
and Mike's Uncle Cass' preference of a Catholic priest).
Struthers on the American situation comedy All in the Family (which
aired on the CBS television network from 1971 until 1979) and the
spin-off series Gloria (CBS, 1982â€"83). She was the only child of
Archie and Edith Bunker, and she was married toâ€"and eventually
divorced from -- Michael Stivic. She was born 11 months after Edith
and Archie were married, according to the fifth season episode “The
Longest Kiss†.Gloria was often caught in the middle of arguments
between her liberal husband Michael and her conservative father,
Archie. As her relationship with Michael progressed, Gloria concluded
that her parents, especially her more conservative father, were wrong
about a lot of things and sided with her husband's liberal beliefs.
Despite his affections for her, Michael was also using his marriage to
get the long-sheltered Gloria to share his own beliefs as
well.Gloria's mother mentioned (in the pilot) that Gloria was anemic
and was therefore overprotected as a child. Archie often referred to
Gloria as his "little goil" [girl].In season 7's "Mike and Gloria
Meet", it is explained that Mike and Gloria met in 1969, the evening
of President Nixon's inauguration (Mike had been planning to protest
the event, but opted to go on a blind date with Gloria instead). They
did not initially like one-another, until they discovered that they
shared a mutual love of ballroom dancing. They married in 1970 in
Archie and Edith's home in a civil ceremony (as a means of compromise
between Archie's wish that they be married by a Protestant minister
and Mike's Uncle Cass' preference of a Catholic priest).
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