Gloria Stivic Gloria Stivic 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, 1982–83). She was the only child of Archie and Edith Bunker, and she was married to—and eventually divorced from -- Michael Stivic. She was born 11 months after Edith and Archie were married as stated in the episode "The Longest Kiss" (Season 5, Episode 10). Gloria was often caught in the middle of arguments between her liberal husband Michael and
Archie Bunker her father's marriage to someone not even three years older than she is (although in "Archie Bunker's Place", Billie begins dating someone 15 years her senior). Fred visits again for Christmas in 1982, finally revealing to everyone why he left his first wife and found love with Katherine. Archie is a World War II veteran who had been based in Foggia, Italy for 22 months. During a doctor's appointment it is stated that Archie had an undistinguished military record for his non-combat ground role in the Air Corps, later called the Army Air Forces, which at the time was a