Maureen McCormick
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Maureen Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress, best known for her role as Marcia Brady on the ABC television sitcom The Brady Bunch (1969–1974). She reprised the role in several of its various spin-offs and films, including The Brady Kids, The Brady Bunch Hour, The Brady Brides and A Very Brady Christmas (1988). In the 1980s and 1990s, McCormick ventured into film and stage acting, with supporting roles in the films The Idolmaker (1980), Texas Lightning (1981), and Return to Horror High (1987). On stage, she starred as Wendy Darling in a 1983 production of Peter Pan and as Betty Rizzo in a 1994 production of Grease. In the 2000s, McCormick was the first actress to portray Rebecca Crane on the television soap opera Passions, as well as appearing on various reality television series such as VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, CMT's Gone Country (which led to a short-lived spin-off series led by McCormick, Outsiders Inn) and the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. In music, McCormick recorded four studio albums with the Brady Bunch cast and toured with them. Her only release as a solo artist to date is a country music album, When You Get a Little Lonely (1995). McCormick's personal life was troubled following her initial period of success on The Brady Bunch, struggling with substance abuse, an eating disorder, and depression, which impeded her career. In 2008, McCormick published an autobiography, Here's the Story, which debuted at number four on The New York Times bestseller list.