All in the family

Jean Stapleton, who parlayed a cantankerous husband, a spacey demeanor, a nail-scraping Queens accent and a good heart into the beloved TV character Edith Bunker, […]

Sally Struthers may have gotten her big break when she starred alongside Jack Nicholson in “Five Easy Pieces,” but she is best known for her role as Gloria […]

Sally Struthers is an actress whose blonde curls and sparkling blue eyes became her signature look after she rose to fame for playing Gloria Stivic, […]

In 1968, the CBS network debuted one of the most iconic sitcoms in TV history, All in the Family. Carroll O’Connor played the show’s lead character, the bigoted “meathead,” […]

The classic situation comedy, as well as other Norman Lear productions Good Times, Maude, One Day at a Time, 227, Diff’rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, Sanford, and Sanford & Son are […]

Shortly after leaving her career-defining role as sweet but naïve Edith Bunker on All in the Family, actor Jean Stapleton was offered another role of a lifetime. She […]

Carroll O’Connor, best known for playing the character Archie Bunker on All in the Family, died on June 21, 2001. How did O’Connor die? Here’s what […]

Archie Bunker was a coarse, bigoted, yet somewhat charming portrait of the All-American white man who pushed the boundaries of network television. However, the show’s true […]

Save for early TV show pioneers like I Love Lucy, it’s hard to pinpoint a more important sitcom than All in the Family. The fictional Archie Bunker may have changed […]

The following is the introduction from LIFE’s new special issue celebrating All in the Family on its 50th anniversary. WHEN ABC BROADCAST A REMAKE OF AN episode of All […]