Sally Spectra

Sally Spectra
The Bold and the Beautiful character
Portrayed by
  • Darlene Conley (1989–2006)
  • Uncredited actress (2012)
  • Ruth Williamson (2017)
Duration
  • 1989–2006
  • 2012
  • 2017
First appearanceEpisode 452
January 17, 1989
Last appearanceEpisode 7515
February 1, 2017
ClassificationFormer; regular
Created byWilliam J. Bell
In-universe information
Other namesSally Alexander
Sally Garrison
Occupation
  • Assistant
  • Businesswoman
SistersShirley Spectra
HusbandAdam Alexander (backstory)
Clarke Garrison (1992–93)
SonsC. J. Garrison
DaughtersMacy Alexander Darla Forrester
GranddaughtersAlexandria Forrester
Other relativesSally Spectra
Coco Spectra

Sally Spectra is a fictional character from the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Sally was played by actress Darlene Conley for almost eighteen years, from January 17, 1989, to November 29, 2006.

Introduced in the show's early years, Sally owned and operated Spectra Creations, competing with (and copying from) the show's core family, the Forresters. She was known for her large figure, open and jovial personality, and her trademark red coiffure. Like many dramatic, fashionable and larger-than-life female figures, she was appreciated by fans as a gay icon.[1] She was also celebrated as a fuller-figured woman; Conley described Sally as "unabashedly sexy and completely comfortable not being a size 8. She knows men get a kick out of her."[2]

  1. ^ Coleridge, Daniel R. (2006). The Q Guide to Soap Operas: Stuff You Didn't Even Know You Wanted to Know... about Divas, Hunks, and the Best-Kept Closets in Daytime. Alyson. pp. 62, 100. ISBN 9781555839864.
  2. ^ "Darlene Conley interview". Big Beautiful Woman. 16 (7): 44. 1995. Retrieved 13 April 2020.