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Susan Olsen

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Biography

Susan Olsen is best known as Cindy Brady in the 1969 tv show The Brady Bunch. Her character was much like herself. They both…more

Born

8/14/1961, Santa Monica, California, USA

Birth Name

Susan Marie Olsen

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- "Gimme My Reality Show!"
  Self
- The Bradys
  Cynthia "Cindy" Martin Brady
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Party Girls
    3/9/90
  - S 1: Ep 5 Bottom's Up
    3/2/90
  - S 1: Ep 4 Hat in the Ring
    2/23/90
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Moving Experience
    2/16/90
  - S 1: Ep 2 Here We Grow Again (a.k.a.) The Brady 500 (2)
    2/9/90
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Brady Bunch Hour
  Cynthia "Cindy" Martin Brady
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode 8
    5/25/77
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 7
    4/24/77
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 6
    4/4/77
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 5
    3/28/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 4
    3/21/77
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Brady Kids
  Cindy Brady
  - S 2: Ep 5 Who Believes in Ghosts?
    10/6/73
  - S 2: Ep 4 Ceiling Zero
    9/29/73
  - S 2: Ep 3 Marcia's Lib
    9/22/73
  - S 2: Ep 2 Teacher's Pet
    9/15/73
  - S 2: Ep 1 Frankincense
    9/8/73
  - + 17 More Credits
- The Brady Bunch
  Cynthia "Cindy" Brady
  - S 1: Ep 13 Is There a Doctor in the House?
    12/26/69
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Voice of Christmas
    12/19/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 Vote for Brady
    12/12/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 Every Boy Does It Once
    12/5/69
  - S 1: Ep 9 Sorry, Right Number
    11/21/69
  - + 111 More Credits
Guest Star (23)

Role
- The Young and the Restless
  Liza Morton
  - S 38: Ep 153 Ep. #9515
    10/28/10
  - S 38: Ep 114 Ep. #9476
    9/1/10
- Reality Bites Back
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Hunting With the Stars
    8/21/08
- My Fair Brady
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 10 Here Comes the Bride?
    7/23/06
- TV Land Top 10
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 17 Top Ten Brady Bunch Episodes
    7/22/06
  - S 1: Ep 16 Top 10 TV Weddings
    6/14/06
- Lingo
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 55 #140 Sitcom Kids Episode
    9/6/04
- Living in TV Land
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Dick Van Patten
    8/18/04
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 30 10/10/03
    10/10/03
- One Hit Wonders
  Herself (as The Brady Bunch) (archive footage)
  - S 1: Ep 17 VH1's One Hit Wonders Presents: Star Tracks
    1/18/03
- That '70s Show
  Herself/Host
  - S 5: Ep 0 That '70s KISS Show
    8/30/02
- Beat the Geeks
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 10 Episode 75
    7/19/02
- The Weakest Link (US)
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 5 Brady Bunch Special Edition
    9/24/01
- Biography
  Herself
  - S 15: Ep 53 Florence Henderson: Here's the Story
    5/13/01
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Brady Bunch
    6/6/99
- Pacific Blue
  Cindy Russell
  - S 4: Ep 15 Stargazer
    1/24/99
- USA High
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 4 I Want My MTV!
    11/19/98
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 8 Switcheroo
    6/5/96
- The Brady Brides
  Cindy Brady
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Brady Girls Get Married (3)
    2/20/81
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Brady Girls Get Married (2)
    2/13/81
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Brady Girls Get Married (1)
    2/6/81
- Celebrity Bowling
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 1 September 8, 1973
    9/8/73
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 202 June 13, 1973
    6/13/73
- American Bandstand
  Herself
  - S 15: Ep 47 Sailcat / The Brady Bunch
    8/26/72
- American Bandstand
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 21 Donnie Elbert / The Brady Kids
    2/26/72
  - S 14: Ep 16 Jose Feliciano / The Brady Bunch Kids
    12/19/70
- Gunsmoke
  Marieanne
  - S 15: Ep 6 A Man Called Smith
    10/27/69
  - S 14: Ep 8 Abelia
    11/18/68
- Julia
  Pamela
  - S 1: Ep 10 Paint Your Waggedorn
    11/26/68

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- Although Susan enjoyed working on The Brady Bunch, she has said that she didn't like how Cindy was so underdeveloped as the show progressed. Even in the later seasons, she was still wearing pigtails and had the exaggerated lisp, and Susan wishes that the writers would have allowed her character to move past the cute little girl image.
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- Susan's Brady Bunch co-star Maureen McCormick wrote her own autobiography in 2008. In it, McCormick claimed that the first kids on the set to be linked romantically were young Susan and Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady) during the filming of the first season! According to McCormick, Susan and Mike--8 and 9 years old at the time, respectively--made out in the doghouse on the set and had a pretend wedding, officiated by McCormick herself.
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- In the late '70s, Susan did a commercial for England's answer to the Barbie doll, called Sindy.
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- Susan: (when asked if she ever wished she were Cindy Brady) Nope, never. I've always loved my family and my life far more. That's pretty lucky considering how many kids wished they had grown up in the Brady household. Not me, I liked my household way better. We were weirder. Besides, we had more pets, the Bradys got rid of Tiger without so much as an explanation!
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- Susan: (when asked if she prefers working on TV or the radio) Radio, I don't have to diet or brush my hair. Actually, radio because I'm not playing a character. I can be myself. After growing up with people assuming I was Cindy I guess this became a big deal to me. There are no scripts so nobody's putting words into my mouth. I can make it up as I go along. I like the freedom and the challenge. I also like eating like a pig and neglecting personal hygiene.
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- Susan: (when asked which child star she'd trade places with) As far as life goes, nobody. As far as finances go, I wanna be an Olsen twin!
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