Jeremy Gelbwaks
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Jeremy Gelbwaks was a child actor
who starred in the television
series The Partridge Family
from 1970 to 1971.
in the summer of 1971. He and his family moved to Reston, Virginia
, a suburb of Washington, D.C.
, where they remained for a year and a half before moving again to Connecticut.
Gelbwaks worked in the computer
industry from 1982 to 1999, studied business at Columbia University
, and is now a management consultant. He has appeared in a couple of Partridge Family reunions with his television family, including "Chris #2."
Gelbwaks became a computer analyst
in 1983 while studying chemistry at UC Berkeley. He is married, lives in New Orleans, and works as a business and technology planner.
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
who starred in the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
series The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...
from 1970 to 1971.
Career
Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the role of Chris Partridge. He left the program (and the business) after the first season, and was replaced by Brian ForsterBrian Forster
Brian Forster was the second actor to play the role of Chris Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family.-Biography:...
in the summer of 1971. He and his family moved to Reston, Virginia
Reston, Virginia
Reston is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The population was 58,404, at the 2010 Census and 56,407 at the 2000 census...
, a suburb of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, where they remained for a year and a half before moving again to Connecticut.
Gelbwaks worked in the computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
industry from 1982 to 1999, studied business at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, and is now a management consultant. He has appeared in a couple of Partridge Family reunions with his television family, including "Chris #2."
Gelbwaks became a computer analyst
Computer analyst
Computer analyst may refer to:* Programmer* Programmer analyst* Business analyst* Systems analyst...
in 1983 while studying chemistry at UC Berkeley. He is married, lives in New Orleans, and works as a business and technology planner.