Updated: December 14, 2012 4:10 AM | By The Associated Press, thecanadianpress.com

Sally Struthers enters not guilty plea for DUI

FILE - This booking photo released by the Ogunquit, Maine, Police Department shows actress Sally Struthers, arrested early in this, Sept. 12, 2012 file photo for drunken driving after being pulled over on U.S. Route 1 in the southern Maine resort town. Struthers has entered a not guilty plea through her lawyer Thursday Dec. 13, 2012 on charges she drove drunk in Maine, where she was performing in a musical according to the Portland Press Herald. (AP Photo/Ogunquit Police Department, File)

YORK, Maine - Sally Struthers has entered a not guilty plea on charges she drove drunk in Maine, where she was performing in a musical.

The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/XleJBq) reports the 65-year-old Struthers did not appear in York District Court on Thursday, and entered the plea through her lawyer.

Police arrested Struthers on Sept. 12 on U.S. Route 1 in the resort town Ogunquit (oh-GUHNG'-kwit). She was charged with criminal operating under the influence.

Struthers is best known for her role as Gloria Stivic in the 1970s TV sitcom "All in the Family." She had been performing at the Ogunquit Playhouse in the musical "9 to 5."

Struthers is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 13 for a bench trial.

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Information from: Portland Press Herald, http://www.pressherald.com