Brady Bunch cast, in character.Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Can you believe it’s been almost 50 years sinceThe Brady Bunchsigned off the air?
The beloved sitcom about a big blended family was a hit during its run from 1969 to 1974, turning out new stars and putting an eternally catchy theme song in your head forever.
In the years since, the cast has reunited multiple times for specials, awards shows and more, evenstarring in a home renovation showabout the house featured on the series (it just sold, too!). They’ve also weathered some highs and lows, including the loss of their matriarch, patriarch and family housekeeper, Alice.
01of 09Maureen McCormickMaureen McCormick then and now.Marcia, Marcia, Marciagot her start onThe Brady Bunch, scoring roles onThe Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Teen AngelandPassionsin the years following. Like her costars, she also came back for many of theBradyreunions, and dabbled in reality competition shows likeHollywood SquaresandCelebrity Fit Club. However, she also dabbled in drugs,recounting in her 2008 memoirthat she “spiraled downward on a path of self-destruction that cost me my career and very nearly my life.“She married Michael Cummings in 1985, and though she still struggled with sobriety and depression, welcomed a daughter with him in 1989. Now 67, she most recentlyhit the ballroom onDancing with the Stars,coming in eighth place in season 23.In 2020, she began work on a retro Discovery+ home renovation show,Frozen in Time.
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Maureen McCormick
Maureen McCormick then and now.
Marcia, Marcia, Marciagot her start onThe Brady Bunch, scoring roles onThe Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Teen AngelandPassionsin the years following. Like her costars, she also came back for many of theBradyreunions, and dabbled in reality competition shows likeHollywood SquaresandCelebrity Fit Club. However, she also dabbled in drugs,recounting in her 2008 memoirthat she “spiraled downward on a path of self-destruction that cost me my career and very nearly my life.”
She married Michael Cummings in 1985, and though she still struggled with sobriety and depression, welcomed a daughter with him in 1989. Now 67, she most recentlyhit the ballroom onDancing with the Stars,coming in eighth place in season 23.
In 2020, she began work on a retro Discovery+ home renovation show,Frozen in Time.
02of 09Barry WilliamsBarry Williams then and now.Before finding his footing as the eldest Brady son, Greg,Williams, now 68, had guest roles on series likeThat Girl,Mission: ImpossibleandThe Mod Squad. Post-Brady Bunch, he followed in the footsteps of many of his costars, joining many of theBradyspecials and reunions and otherwise maintaining a fairly low profile. He has two children: a son born in 2003 and a daughter born in 2012.In 2022, he joined his television brothers as a trio onThe Masked Singer,calling the experience"wonderful.“He will be taking a spin in the ballroom, as he’sjoining the season 32 castofDancing with the Starsin September 2023.
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Barry Williams
Barry Williams then and now.
Before finding his footing as the eldest Brady son, Greg,Williams, now 68, had guest roles on series likeThat Girl,Mission: ImpossibleandThe Mod Squad. Post-Brady Bunch, he followed in the footsteps of many of his costars, joining many of theBradyspecials and reunions and otherwise maintaining a fairly low profile. He has two children: a son born in 2003 and a daughter born in 2012.
In 2022, he joined his television brothers as a trio onThe Masked Singer,calling the experience"wonderful.”
He will be taking a spin in the ballroom, as he’sjoining the season 32 castofDancing with the Starsin September 2023.
03of 09Eve PlumbEve Plumb then and now.Plumbjoined theBrady Bunchcast as beleaguered middle daughter Jan, later returning for many of theBradyspecials, making guest appearances on programs likeThat ’70s ShowandArmy Wivesand taking a recurring role onFudge.She declined some of theBradyreunions through the years, and lately, has turned her focus to painting. She’s now 65 and married, living in Laguna Beach, California.
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Eve Plumb
Eve Plumb then and now.
Plumbjoined theBrady Bunchcast as beleaguered middle daughter Jan, later returning for many of theBradyspecials, making guest appearances on programs likeThat ’70s ShowandArmy Wivesand taking a recurring role onFudge.
She declined some of theBradyreunions through the years, and lately, has turned her focus to painting. She’s now 65 and married, living in Laguna Beach, California.
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Christopher Knight
Christopher Knight then and now.
Their relationship played out in front of more cameras on their reality seriesMy Fair Brady; in 2011, however,they announced their separation. The 65-year-old, who most recently appeared onCelebrity Food Fight,wed for the fourth timein October 2016.
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Susan Olsen
Susan Olsen then and now.Everett; Marc Flores/Getty
Twice married, the 62-year-oldhas one son, and like her on-screen sis, has also found an outlet in art.
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Mike Lookinland
Mike Lookinland then and now.
But he eventually cleaned up, married his high school sweetheart and now, at 62, has two sons. He even left a career in film production to make concrete countertops. “From the age of 8, I learned that nothing in the entertainment industry is real,” he told Oprah. “It’s all fake. Your face, your clothes, what you say — it’s all a fake. I think I was drawn to something more real that I could do myself.”
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Florence Henderson
Florence Henderson.Everett; Eric McCandless/Getty
The actress diedat the age of 82 on Nov. 24, 2016, after being hospitalized for heart failure.
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Robert Reed
Robert Reed.CBS; Kevin Winter/Getty
At 59, Reed lost his life to colon cancer, though it was later revealed he was also HIV-positive and had kept his homosexuality a secret (he’d been married to a woman, with whom he’d had a daughter, from 1954 to 1959). “I don’t thinkThe Brady Bunchcould have existed at that time with the public knowing that Robert Reed was gay,“Henderson told ABC after his passing. “I just don’t think they would have bought it.”
09of 09Ann B. DavisAnn B. Davis.Everett; Barry King/WireImageThe Bradys' beloved maidstarred on 1955’sThe Bob Cummings Showand 1965’sThe John Forsythe Showbefore donning her iconic blue dress and white apron for her role as Alice onThe Brady Bunchand its various spin-offs.She never married and never took on another big gig, living comfortably on her Screen Actors Guild pension and taking on aerobics and theology. “It is obvious,” she told PEOPLE in 1992, “I am where the Lord wants me to be.“She died in 2014 at the age of 88.
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Ann B. Davis
Ann B. Davis.Everett; Barry King/WireImage
The Bradys' beloved maidstarred on 1955’sThe Bob Cummings Showand 1965’sThe John Forsythe Showbefore donning her iconic blue dress and white apron for her role as Alice onThe Brady Bunchand its various spin-offs.
She never married and never took on another big gig, living comfortably on her Screen Actors Guild pension and taking on aerobics and theology. “It is obvious,” she told PEOPLE in 1992, “I am where the Lord wants me to be.”
She died in 2014 at the age of 88.
source: people.com
