Can you believe it's been almost 50 years since then? The Brady Bunch Have you finished broadcasting?
This popular sitcom about a large family aired from 1969 to 1974 and was a huge hit, spawning new stars and giving us one of our most memorable theme songs.
Since then, the cast has reunited many times for specials, awards ceremonies, and even appeared on a remodeling show to renovate a home featured on the series (which just sold!). They've also weathered ups and downs, including the death of Alice, matriarch, family matriarch, and family housekeeper.
Here's what you need to know about the TV family, past and present.
Maureen McCormick
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha has made a start The Brady Bunchscorer Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Teen Angel and passion Since then, like her co-stars, she has also Brady He also appeared on class reunions and reality TV competition shows. Hollywood Square and Celebrity Fit ClubBut she also turned to drugs and, as she wrote in her 2008 memoir, “went down a path of self-destruction that cost her her career and nearly took her life.”
She married Michael Cummings in 1985 and, despite struggling with alcohol and depression, had a daughter in 1989. Now 67, she is Dancing with the stars, In season 23, he placed 8th.
In 2020, she began working on a retro home renovation show for Discovery+. Frozen in time.
Barry Williams
Before establishing himself as the eldest Brady son, Gregg Williams (now 68), made guest appearances on such series as: The Girl, Mission Impossible and Mod Squad. post-Brady the BunnyHe followed in the footsteps of many of his co-stars. Brady He has maintained a low profile, appearing in television specials and reunions, but has two children, a son born in 2003 and a daughter born in 2012.
In 2022, he formed a trio with his TV brothers The Masked Singer He described the experience as “amazing.”
He will join the cast of season 32 and take a spin in the ballroom. Dancing with the Stars September 2023.
Eve Plum
Plumb is Brady the Bunny She starred as the troubled middle daughter Jean and went on to appear in a number of productions. Brady Guest appearances on special programs, That '70s Show and Army wives and, Fudge.
She has some Brady She has attended many reunions over the years and has recently turned her attention to painting. She is now 65, married, and lives in Laguna Beach, California.
Christopher Knight
After starring as the second son Peter, The Brady BunchThe Knight Joe's Worldand appeared in numerous guest star spots, but became best known for her reality TV appearances. A surreal life From 2003 to 2005, America's Next Top Model He married the winner, Adrienne Curry, in 2006.
Their relationship was played out in front of more cameras on a reality TV show. My Fair BradyHowever, in 2011, they announced their separation. Celebrity Food FightI got married for the fourth time in October 2016.
Susan Olsen
Sweet Cindy was a relative newcomer when she joined the company. The Brady Bunch 1969. Like many of her co-stars, in the years that followed Brady She's played a variety of roles in specials, reunions and even appearances on reality TV shows. “I auditioned for tough street people and drug addict roles, and the response was always, 'We can't hire Cindy for that role,'” she told PEOPLE magazine in 1999.
The 62-year-old has been twice married, has one son and, like her on-screen sister, has pursued a career in the arts.
Mike Lookinland
Aside from his role as Bobby, the youngest Brady son, Lookinland didn't have much going for him in Hollywood. Brady “My problem is that I was a kid in my 20s,” Lookinland wrote in a 2013 post titled “My Problem.” Oprah: Where Are They Now?He eventually turned to drinking as a coping mechanism and realized he struggled with alcoholism at a young age.
But he eventually got dressed, married his high school sweetheart, and is now 62 with two sons. He gave up a career in filmmaking to make concrete countertops. “I learned from the age of 8 that nothing in the entertainment industry is real,” he told Oprah. “It's all fake. The face, the clothes, the words, it's all fake. I think I was drawn to something that I could do that was more real.”
Florence Henderson
After winning the public's love as Brady family matriarch Carol from 1969 to 1974, Henderson went on to star in dozens of films, including Brady the Bunny Spin-offs and TV series Handy Manny and The Cleveland Show To Hollywood Square She also made a big impact in reality TV shows. A surreal life And season 11 Dancing with the Stars — and three cooking shows. Country Kitchen (1985), Good food, good deeds (2011) and Florence Henderson and the Cook (2013).
The actress died on November 24, 2016, at the age of 82, after being hospitalized for heart failure.
Robert Reed
Henderson's husband rose to fame in the mid-'50s with a TV series Defenders 1961. Following on from his role as Mike The Brady BunchHe joined the cast of the TV miniseries rootswon an Emmy Award. He was nominated and won the full-time job in 1981. nurse.
He is famous Brady “As long as it serves its babysitting purpose, I'm glad we made it,” creator Sherwood Schwartz told People magazine shortly before his death in 1992. “But I don't want that on my tombstone.”
Reid died of colon cancer at age 59, but it was later revealed that he was HIV positive and secretly gay (he was married to a woman from 1954 to 1959 and had a daughter with her). The Brady Bunch “This couldn't have happened at a time when the public knew Robert Reid was gay,” Henderson told ABC after his death. “I just don't think the public believed it.”
Ann B. Davis
The Brady family's beloved maid was born in 1955. The Bob Cummings Show And in the 1965s John Forsythe Shaw Before donning the iconic blue dress and white apron to play Alice The Brady Bunch and its various spinoffs.
She never married, never took on any big roles, lived comfortably on a Screen Actors Guild pension, and pursued aerobics and theology. “I know I'm where the Lord wants me to be,” she told People magazine in 1992.
She died in 2014 at the age of 88.