Maureen McCormick
Encyclopedia
Maureen Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress, celebrity
and recording artist. She is most widely known as a child actress
who played Marcia Brady in the television series The Brady Bunch
from 1969 to 1974.
Beckman) and William McCormick, a teacher. At the age of six she won the Baby Miss San Fernando Valley
beauty pageant. McCormick first appeared on national U.S. television in 1964 for Mattel toys on Barbie
and Chatty Cathy
doll commercials. She lent her voice to a redesigned Chatty Cathy
doll in 1970. Through the later 1960s McCormick appeared in two episodes of Bewitched
and played guest roles on I Dream of Jeannie
, Honey West
, The Farmer's Daughter
and My Three Sons
.
that aired from late 1969 to early 1974 on ABC
, Friday nights at 8pm. After its cancellation Brady Bunch episodes were rebroadcast in syndication
for decades as children's programming, gathering a long lasting, cross-generational popularity that led to spinoffs and movies.
, Donny & Marie
, Love Boat
, Vega$
, Streets of San Francisco and Fantasy Island
, along with supporting roles in a few B-movies such as 1979's A Vacation In Hell
, Skatetown, U.S.A.
and 1987's Return to Horror High
. However, perhaps owing to the ongoing broadcast of Brady Bunch reruns in syndication, she may have become typecast
. McCormick later claimed she failed to get a part as a prostitute or heroin dealer for the movie Midnight Express
because of this. McCormick was the first actress to play Rebecca Crane
on the soap opera
Passions
but she was not put on contract.
In 2007, McCormick was a cast member on the fifth season of VH1
's reality show Celebrity Fit Club
, hoping to lose 30 pounds she had gained since her mother died of cancer and needing to move her disabled brother into an assisted living facility. McCormick lost 34 pounds and, in June of that year, was the individual winner of the series. In 2008, she became a spokesperson for Children International
. Later that year, she became a cast member on the CMT
reality show Gone Country
. This led to a spin-off reality series called Outsiders Inn in which she opened a bed and breakfast
inn in Newport, Tennessee
. On March 15, 2009, McCormick appeared on Comedy Central
's roast of Larry the Cable Guy
.
She also appeared in an episode of Scrubs
as J.D.'s dream wife; however, she is married to him as Marcia Brady.
had a sporadic romance during the original series run, with their first romantic kiss happening in the summer of 1972, while filming the Hawaii
an episodes.
In her autobiography, McCormick wrote that her grandmother died from syphilis
in a mental institution, having gotten the disease from her husband who had caught it in Europe
at the time of World War I
(and who committed suicide a week after his wife's death). McCormick's mother had contracted syphilis in utero
and McCormick dealt with a life-long, but unfounded, fear she would also get the disease. Hence, McCormick later said her favorite scenes in The Brady Bunch were those that called for her to cry, since this allowed her to release feelings she drew from those fears.
Following the cancellation of The Brady Bunch, McCormick went through years of addiction to cocaine
and Quaaludes that harmed her career. McCormick later claimed she sometimes traded sex for cocaine. She flubbed an audition with Steven Spielberg
for a part in Raiders of the Lost Ark
, showing up high on cocaine and sleepless for three days. She lost her reputation for reliability in Hollywood, and one producer threatened that she would never work as an actress again. She had two unwanted pregnancies
, both of which ended in abortion
. She also dealt with bouts of depression
and bulimia.
On March 16, 1985 she married Michael Cummings, who had never seen or heard of The Brady Bunch. They fell in love upon meeting in a church. McCormick and Cummings have one child, daughter Natalie Michelle, born May 19, 1989. The family lives in Westlake Village, northwest of Los Angeles
.
After her marriage, McCormick went through a series of interventions
, stints in rehab and experimental therapies. She says treatment with psychologist
Eugene Landy
, who had also treated Brian Wilson
, set her back. Although she began to get sober
after marrying her husband, McCormick still suffered from depression and paranoia
. McCormick once threatened to jump from a balcony in front of her husband. She and her husband were at first wary of medication, but McCormick has been treated with antidepressant
medication such as Prozac since the 1990s. McCormick also said she was helped by her friendships with former Brady Bunch cast members.
In April 2007, on the TV series Dr. Phil
, McCormick talked about a family dispute, accusing her brother of both elder abuse
and alienating their father from his other children to gain control of his finances.
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, which debuted at number four on The New York Times Best Seller List and stayed on the list for three weeks. The book was published by HarperCollins
and was acquired by the Director of Creative Development, Lisa Sharkey
. While promoting the book she was a guest on many news and talk shows such as Access Hollywood
, The Howard Stern Show, Good Day L.A.
and Paula's Party
. The Today Show reportedly aired an interview with McCormick about the book rather than switch to a story about the 2008 recession. McCormick said a movie would likely be made about her autobiography.
and the show's host Dick Clark encouraged her to follow a singing career. McCormick released another single in 1973, "Love's in the Roses", backed with "Harmonize."
More than twenty years later McCormick released her first solo album, a country CD called When You Get a Little Lonely
(1995). Although not a commercial success, it gathered mostly positive reviews. In 1997, she played country singer Barbara Mandrell
in the television biography Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story and in 2008 competed for a record contract on the CMT
reality show Gone Country.
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
and recording artist. She is most widely known as a child actress
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 played Marcia Brady in the television series The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis. The series revolved around a large blended family...
from 1969 to 1974.
Early life and career
McCormick was born in Encino, California, the daughter of Irene (néeMarried and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Beckman) and William McCormick, a teacher. At the age of six she won the Baby Miss San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
beauty pageant. McCormick first appeared on national U.S. television in 1964 for Mattel toys on Barbie
Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....
and Chatty Cathy
Chatty Cathy
Chatty Cathy is a doll manufactured by the Mattel toy company from 1959 to 1965. The doll was first released in stores and appeared in television commercials beginning in 1960. Chatty Cathy celebrated her 50th birthday in 2010....
doll commercials. She lent her voice to a redesigned Chatty Cathy
Chatty Cathy
Chatty Cathy is a doll manufactured by the Mattel toy company from 1959 to 1965. The doll was first released in stores and appeared in television commercials beginning in 1960. Chatty Cathy celebrated her 50th birthday in 2010....
doll in 1970. Through the later 1960s McCormick appeared in two episodes of Bewitched
Bewitched
Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Dick Sargent , Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban...
and played guest roles on I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries...
, Honey West
Honey West (TV series)
Honey West is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series stars Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West and John Ericson as her partner Sam Bolt....
, The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
The Farmer's Daughter is an American situation comedy series that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on ABC from September 20, 1963 to April 22, 1966. It was sponsored by Lark cigarettes and Clairol for whom the two leading stars often appeared at show's end promoting the products...
and My Three Sons
My Three Sons
My Three Sons is an American situation comedy. The series ran from 1960 to 1965 on ABC, and moved to CBS until its end on August 24, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of a widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas , raising his three sons.The series was a cornerstone of the CBS...
.
Marcia Brady
McCormick played the eldest daughter, Marcia, who had five other siblings. She had a perky and popular personality in The Brady Bunch, an American television sitcom about a blended familyStepfamily
A stepfamily, also known as a blended family or reconstituted family, is a family in which one or both members of the couple have children from a previous relationship...
that aired from late 1969 to early 1974 on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, Friday nights at 8pm. After its cancellation Brady Bunch episodes were rebroadcast in syndication
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
for decades as children's programming, gathering a long lasting, cross-generational popularity that led to spinoffs and movies.
Later career
After The Brady Bunch, McCormick made guest appearances on many television series such as Happy DaysHappy Days
Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America....
, Donny & Marie
Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)
Donny & Marie was an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond...
, Love Boat
Love Boat
The Overseas Compatriot Youth Formosa Study Tour to Taiwan, informally known as the Love Boat, is currently a four-week summer program for about 400–600 college-aged Overseas Chinese. In Chinese, it is also colloquially referred to as mei-jia-ying - America and Canada Camp, a reference to where...
, Vega$
Vega$
Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series, was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas...
, Streets of San Francisco and Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:...
, along with supporting roles in a few B-movies such as 1979's A Vacation In Hell
A Vacation in Hell
A Vacation in Hell is a 1979 made-for-television film starring Priscilla Barnes and Maureen McCormick as part of a group of lost vacationers being stalked through the Hawaiian jungle...
, Skatetown, U.S.A.
Skatetown, U.S.A.
Skatetown, U.S.A. is a 1979 American comedic feature film produced to capitalize on the short-lived fad of roller disco.The film features many TV stars from the 1960s and 1970s, among them Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Ruth Buzzi. Patrick Swayze's leading role as the...
and 1987's Return to Horror High
Return to Horror High
Return to Horror High is a 1987 American comedy/horror film starring George Clooney, Vince Edwards and Scott Jacoby, it was directed by Bill Froehlich and written by Mark Lisson, Dana Escalante, Greg H. Sims and Bill Froehlich...
. However, perhaps owing to the ongoing broadcast of Brady Bunch reruns in syndication, she may have become typecast
Typecasting (acting)
In TV, film, and theatre, typecasting is the process by which a particular actor becomes strongly identified with a specific character; one or more particular roles; or, characters having the same traits or coming from the same social or ethnic groups...
. McCormick later claimed she failed to get a part as a prostitute or heroin dealer for the movie Midnight Express
Midnight Express (film)
Released on October 6, 1978, the soundtrack to Midnight Express was composed by Italian synth-pioneer Giorgio Moroder. The score won the Academy Award for Best Original Score of 1978.Side A:#Chase – Giorgio Moroder...
because of this. McCormick was the first actress to play Rebecca Crane
Rebecca Hotchkiss
Rebecca Hotchkiss is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama Passions. Rebecca has been played by both Maureen McCormick and Andrea Evans , neither of whom was ever on contract...
on the soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Passions
Passions
Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
but she was not put on contract.
In 2007, McCormick was a cast member on the fifth season of VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
's reality show Celebrity Fit Club
Celebrity Fit Club (U.S. TV series)
Celebrity Fit Club is a reality television series which follows eight overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight.This show is based on the British version, which aired on the ITV Network from 2002 until 2006...
, hoping to lose 30 pounds she had gained since her mother died of cancer and needing to move her disabled brother into an assisted living facility. McCormick lost 34 pounds and, in June of that year, was the individual winner of the series. In 2008, she became a spokesperson for Children International
Children International
Children International is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to bettering the lives of impoverished children, their families and communities....
. Later that year, she became a cast member on the CMT
Country Music Television
Country Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
reality show Gone Country
Gone Country (TV series)
Gone Country is an American celebrity reality television show in which contestants compete to become a country music singer. The winner gets a country single produced by John Rich. It aired on CMT, with reruns on TV Land, and VH1. On the first season finale, Julio Iglesias Jr...
. This led to a spin-off reality series called Outsiders Inn in which she opened a bed and breakfast
Bed and breakfast
A bed and breakfast is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast, but usually does not offer other meals. Since the 1980s, the meaning of the term has also extended to include accommodations that are also known as "self-catering" establishments...
inn in Newport, Tennessee
Newport, Tennessee
Newport is a city in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 7,242 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cocke County.-Geography:...
. On March 15, 2009, McCormick appeared on Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
's roast of Larry the Cable Guy
Larry the Cable Guy
Daniel Lawrence Whitney , better known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy, is an American comedian, actor, and former radio personality....
.
She also appeared in an episode of Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
as J.D.'s dream wife; however, she is married to him as Marcia Brady.
Personal life
McCormick and fellow Brady Bunch cast member Barry WilliamsBarry Williams
Barry William Blenkhorn , known professionally as Barry Williams, is an American actor best known for his role as Greg Brady in the ABC television series The Brady Bunch.-Early life and career:...
had a sporadic romance during the original series run, with their first romantic kiss happening in the summer of 1972, while filming the Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
an episodes.
In her autobiography, McCormick wrote that her grandmother died from syphilis
Syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The primary route of transmission is through sexual contact; however, it may also be transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy or at birth, resulting in congenital syphilis...
in a mental institution, having gotten the disease from her husband who had caught it in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
at the time of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
(and who committed suicide a week after his wife's death). McCormick's mother had contracted syphilis in utero
In utero
In utero is a Latin term literally meaning "in the womb". In biology, the phrase describes the state of an embryo or fetus. In legal contexts, the phrase is used to refer to unborn children. Under common law, unborn children are still considered to exist for property transfer purposes.-See also:*...
and McCormick dealt with a life-long, but unfounded, fear she would also get the disease. Hence, McCormick later said her favorite scenes in The Brady Bunch were those that called for her to cry, since this allowed her to release feelings she drew from those fears.
Following the cancellation of The Brady Bunch, McCormick went through years of addiction to cocaine
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
and Quaaludes that harmed her career. McCormick later claimed she sometimes traded sex for cocaine. She flubbed an audition with Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
for a part in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise...
, showing up high on cocaine and sleepless for three days. She lost her reputation for reliability in Hollywood, and one producer threatened that she would never work as an actress again. She had two unwanted pregnancies
Pregnancy
Pregnancy refers to the fertilization and development of one or more offspring, known as a fetus or embryo, in a woman's uterus. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations, as in the case of twins or triplets...
, both of which ended in abortion
Abortion
Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
. She also dealt with bouts of depression
Clinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
and bulimia.
On March 16, 1985 she married Michael Cummings, who had never seen or heard of The Brady Bunch. They fell in love upon meeting in a church. McCormick and Cummings have one child, daughter Natalie Michelle, born May 19, 1989. The family lives in Westlake Village, northwest of Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
After her marriage, McCormick went through a series of interventions
Intervention (counseling)
An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one, or often many, people to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem. The term intervention is most often used when the traumatic event involves addiction to drugs...
, stints in rehab and experimental therapies. She says treatment with psychologist
Psychologist
Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
Eugene Landy
Eugene Landy
Eugene Ellsworth Landy, Ph.D. was a controversial American psychologist and therapist known for his unconventional treatment and eventual exploitation of composer/musician Brian Wilson...
, who had also treated Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
, set her back. Although she began to get sober
Sobriety
Sobriety is the condition of not having any measurable levels, or effects from, alcohol or other drugs that alter ones mood or behaviors. According to WHO "Lexicon of alcohol and drug terms..." sobriety is continued abstinence from alcohol and psychoactive drug use...
after marrying her husband, McCormick still suffered from depression and paranoia
Paranoia
Paranoia [] is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself...
. McCormick once threatened to jump from a balcony in front of her husband. She and her husband were at first wary of medication, but McCormick has been treated with antidepressant
Antidepressant
An antidepressant is a psychiatric medication used to alleviate mood disorders, such as major depression and dysthymia and anxiety disorders such as social anxiety disorder. According to Gelder, Mayou &*Geddes people with a depressive illness will experience a therapeutic effect to their mood;...
medication such as Prozac since the 1990s. McCormick also said she was helped by her friendships with former Brady Bunch cast members.
In April 2007, on the TV series Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil (TV series)
Dr. Phil is a reality/talk television show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil debuted on September 16, 2002...
, McCormick talked about a family dispute, accusing her brother of both elder abuse
Elder abuse
Elder abuse is a general term used to describe certain types of harm to older adults. Other terms commonly used include: "elder mistreatment," "senior abuse," "abuse in later life," "abuse of older adults," "abuse of older women," and "abuse of older men."...
and alienating their father from his other children to gain control of his finances.
Autobiography
On October 14, 2008, with wide and sometimes controversial publicity, she released her autobiographyAutobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, which debuted at number four on The New York Times Best Seller List and stayed on the list for three weeks. The book was published by HarperCollins
HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
and was acquired by the Director of Creative Development, Lisa Sharkey
Lisa Sharkey
Lisa Sharkey is the Senior Vice President and Director of Creative Development for HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, one of the world's leading English-language publishers and a subsidiary of News Corporation...
. While promoting the book she was a guest on many news and talk shows such as Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
, The Howard Stern Show, Good Day L.A.
Good Day L.A.
Good Day L.A. is a television talk show aired on KTTV , the Fox Broadcasting Company-owned and operated station in Los Angeles, California. The show airs Monday through Friday mornings from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and is simulcast live on myfoxla.com...
and Paula's Party
Paula's Party
Paula's Party is a show on the Food Network hosted by Paula Deen. Unlike her other show on the Food Network, Paula's Home Cooking, Paula's Party was originally taped in front of a small audience at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House in Savannah, Georgia, and Deen herself frequently interacts with members...
. The Today Show reportedly aired an interview with McCormick about the book rather than switch to a story about the 2008 recession. McCormick said a movie would likely be made about her autobiography.
Other TV, film and stage work
- In 1976, she played a teenage prostitute on the TV series The Streets of San FranciscoThe Streets of San FranciscoThe Streets of San Francisco is a 1970s television police drama filmed on location in San Francisco, California, and produced by Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros...
. - On February 5, 19891989 in televisionFor the American TV schedule, see: 1989–90 United States network television schedule.The year 1989 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1989.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:...
, she reprised her role as Marcia Brady in a dream sequence episode of the short-lived sitcom Day by DayDay by Day (TV series)Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith , and Thora Birch...
. The episode brought together the Brady family in a dream to slackerSlackerThe term "slacker" is used to refer to a person who habitually avoids work. Slackers may be regarded as belonging to an antimaterialistic counterculture, though in some cases their behavior may be due to other causes ....
son Ross who neglects schoolwork to watch a Brady Bunch marathon. McCormick scored big laughs in the satiricSatireSatire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
segment playing a visibly pregnant Marcia. - In 1993, she played herself on an episode of Herman's HeadHerman's HeadHerman's Head is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from 1991 to 1994. The series stars William Ragsdale as the titular character, Herman Brooks.-Synopsis:...
. - In 1994, McCormick played the role of Rizzo in the BroadwayBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
production of GreaseGrease (musical)Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
. - In 1997, she played the title role in Get to the Heart: The Barbara MandrellBarbara MandrellBarbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...
Story. - In 2000, she played Rebecca HotchkissRebecca HotchkissRebecca Hotchkiss is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama Passions. Rebecca has been played by both Maureen McCormick and Andrea Evans , neither of whom was ever on contract...
on PassionsPassionsPassions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
for 10 episodes; after her stint ended, she was replaced by Andrea EvansAndrea EvansAndrea Lynn Evans is an American Emmy-nominated actress. Evans is most recognized for her portrayal of Tina Lord on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, a role she played from 1978 to 1981 and 1985 to 1990, returning from June 11, 2008 to November 25, 2008., and finally on September 27, 2011 to...
. - In 2001, she played Mrs. Strawther on Son of the BeachSon of the BeachSon of the Beach is an American sitcom that aired from 2000 to 2002 on the FX network. The series was a spoof of Baywatch, with much of the comedy based on sexual jokes, innuendo and the like. The studly David Hasselhoff character is instead an average, pot-bellied, out-of-shape bald man but...
. - In 2003, she appeared in ScrubsScrubs (TV series)Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
in a dream sequence where protagonist J.D.John DorianJohn Michael "J.D." Dorian, M.D. is a fictional character on the American comedy-drama Scrubs, played by Zach Braff. He is the narrator and main character of the series. He provides voice-over to the series which fills the roles of his internal thoughts and an overall narration in the show, often...
imagines Marcia Brady as his ideal bride (he shushes her when she points out that her name is actually Maureen McCormick). - In 2003, she appeared as herself in a "bonus feature" entitled "Child Stars on Your Television" in the DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
release of Dickie Roberts: Former Child StarDickie Roberts: Former Child StarDickie Roberts: Former Child Star is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring David Spade and Mary McCormack.- Plot :...
. - In 2007, she played a shy, clumsy woman who was the eventual object of Jason AlexanderJason AlexanderJay Scott Greenspan , better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, writer, comedian, television director, producer, and singer. He is best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld, appearing in the sitcom from 1989 to 1998...
's desires in the Brad PaisleyBrad PaisleyBrad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
country music video, "Online". - In 2009, she participated in the Comedy Central RoastComedy Central RoastThe Comedy Central Roasts are a series of celebrity roast specials which air on the Comedy Central cable network.-History:Between 1998 and 2001, Comedy Central produced and televised the annual roasts of the New York Friars' Club. After the original five-year agreement expired, the network began...
of Larry the Cable GuyLarry the Cable GuyDaniel Lawrence Whitney , better known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy, is an American comedian, actor, and former radio personality....
, which aired on March 14.
Recording career
McCormick recorded four albums with the Brady Bunch cast and toured with them. In 1972, she released her first solo single with the songs "Truckin' Back to You" and "Teeny Weeny Bit (Too Long)." A year later McCormick recorded an album with Brady co-star Christopher Knight. The pop LP, called Chris Knight and Maureen McCormick, carried both duets and solo tracks by the two young television stars. McCormick's second solo single was "Little Bird", backed with "Just a Singin' Alone", had mild chart success in the western US. McCormick performed "Little Bird" on American BandstandAmerican Bandstand
American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
and the show's host Dick Clark encouraged her to follow a singing career. McCormick released another single in 1973, "Love's in the Roses", backed with "Harmonize."
More than twenty years later McCormick released her first solo album, a country CD called When You Get a Little Lonely
When You Get a Little Lonely
When You Get a Little Lonely is the debut album from The Brady Brunch star Maureen McCormick. The album was released nationally on April 4, 1995 on the independent Phantom Hill Records. The album was a failure, as Nashville pushed McCormick away...
(1995). Although not a commercial success, it gathered mostly positive reviews. In 1997, she played country singer Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...
in the television biography Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story and in 2008 competed for a record contract on the CMT
Country Music Television
Country Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
reality show Gone Country.
Biographical portrayals
- Kaley CuocoKaley CuocoKaley Christine Cuoco is an American film and television actress. She first came to attention for her role as Bridget Hennessy on the Emmy Award-winning sitcom 8 Simple Rules. She later starred as Billie Jenkins on the final season of the supernatural drama series Charmed...
portrayed McCormick in Growing Up Brady. McCormick's character Marcia Brady has been portrayed by Christine TaylorChristine TaylorChristine Taylor-Stiller is an American actress.- Early life :Taylor was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joan, a homemaker, and Skip Taylor, an owner of a security company. She grew up in neighboring Wescosville, Pennsylvania...
in The Brady Bunch MovieThe Brady Bunch MovieThe Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 American comedy film based on the 1969–1974 television series The Brady Bunch.The film features all the original regular characters, all played by new actors...
and A Very Brady SequelA Very Brady SequelA Very Brady Sequel is a 1996 comedy film and sequel to 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie. Both films are parodies-homages of the classic 1969–1974 television sitcom The Brady Bunch. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and stars Shelley Long and Gary Cole as Carol and Mike Brady. The film was a box...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Christine | TV Series; Season 2, Episode 25: Why Don't They Ever Pick Me? | |
| 1965 | Bewitched Bewitched Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Dick Sargent , Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban... |
Young Endora — Girl | TV Series; Season 2, Episode 7: Trick or Treat |
| 1965 | Honey West Honey West (TV series) Honey West is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series stars Anne Francis as female private detective Honey West and John Ericson as her partner Sam Bolt.... |
Margaret Mary Driscoll | TV Series; Season 1, Episode 8: In The Bag |
| 1965– 1966 |
Camp Runamuck Camp Runamuck Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David Swift, and aired for 26 episodes.-Synopsis:... |
Maureen Sullivan | TV Series; Two Episodes; Season 1, Episode 1: Who Stole My Bathtub; Season 1, Episode 16: Tomboy |
| 1966 | I Dream of Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries... |
Susan | TV Series; Season 1, Episode 20: My Master, The Doctor |
| 1967 | My Three Sons My Three Sons My Three Sons is an American situation comedy. The series ran from 1960 to 1965 on ABC, and moved to CBS until its end on August 24, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of a widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas , raising his three sons.The series was a cornerstone of the CBS... |
Sylvia Walters | TV Series; Season 8, Episode 10: Ernie, The Bluebird |
| 1969 | Uncredited | Zephyr Commercial | |
| 1969– 1974 |
Marcia Brady | TV Series; 116 Episodes; Series Regular | |
| 1971 | Cold Turkey Cold Turkey (film) Cold Turkey is a 1971 satirical comedy film. It stars Dick Van Dyke plus a long list of comedic actors, several of whom are well known to North American television audiences... |
Talking Doll | Voice |
| 1972 | Marcia Brady | The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island; Television Movie; Voice | |
| 1972– 1973 |
Marcia Brady | TV Series; Voice | |
| 1973 | Marcus Welby, M.D. Marcus Welby, M.D. Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell... |
Sharon Boyd | TV Series; Season 4, Episode 23: The Day After Forever |
| 1975 | Happy Days Happy Days Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America.... |
Hildie | TV Series; Season 2, Episode 16: Crusin |
| 1975 | Harry O | Nancy Wayne | TV Series; Season 1, Episode 22: Street Games |
| 1975 | Uncredited | Television Movie | |
| 1975 | Joe Forrester | Irene Kellogg | TV Series; Season 1, Episode 3: Bus Station |
| 1976 | Cindy Lawson | TV Series; Season 5, Episode 5: No Minor Vices | |
| 1976 | Pony Express Rider | Rose of Sharon | Theatrical Release |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | Uncredited | TV Series; Season 1, Episode 4: All The Young Girls |
| 1976– 1977 |
Marcia Brady | TV Series; 9 Episodes; Series Regular | |
| 1977 | Delvecchio | Lynette Youndfellow | TV Series; Season 1, Episode 14: One Little Indian |
| 1977 | Moonshine County Express | Sissy Hammer | Theatrical Release |
| 1977 | Karen Phillips | TV Series; Season 2, Episode 10: Nancy Drew's Love Match | |
| 1977– 1982 |
Barbara Holmes | TV Series; 5 Episodes | |
| 1978 | Vega$ Vega$ Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series, was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas... |
Jenny Logan | TV Series; Season 1, Episode 8: The Pageant |
| 1978– 1983 |
Fantasy Island Fantasy Island Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:... |
Angela Brennan | TV Series; 6 Episodes |
| 1979 | Take Down | Brooke Cooper | Theatrical Release |
| 1979 | Insight Insight (TV series) Insight was an Emmy-winning syndicated television series produced by Paulist Productions that aired 250 episodes from 1960 to 1983. The series presented half-hour dramas illuminating the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love... |
Jenny | TV Series; One Episode: When, Jenny? When? |
| 1979 | Lou Grant Lou Grant (TV series) Lou Grant is an American television drama series starring Ed Asner in the titular role as a newspaper editor. Unusual in American television, this drama series was a spinoff from a sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Aired from 1977 to 1982, Lou Grant won 13 Emmy Awards, including "Outstanding Drama... |
Tiffany | TV Series; Season 2, Episode 16: Sweep |
| 1979 | Margret | Television Movie | |
| 1979 | Janet | TV Series; Season 2, Episode 2: Throwaway Child | |
| 1979 | Skatetown, U.S.A. Skatetown, U.S.A. Skatetown, U.S.A. is a 1979 American comedic feature film produced to capitalize on the short-lived fad of roller disco.The film features many TV stars from the 1960s and 1970s, among them Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Ruth Buzzi. Patrick Swayze's leading role as the... |
Susan | Theatrical Release |
| 1980 | Ellen Fields | Theatrical Release | |
| 1981 | Marcia Brady | TV Special | |
| 1981 | Marcia Brady | TV Series; 6 Episodes; Series Regular | |
| 1981 | Texas Lightning Texas Lightning (film) Texas Lightning is a 1981 film written and directed by Gary Graver. The film stars Maureen McCormick, who is most well known for her role as Marcia Brady in the hit television series The Brady Bunch... |
Fay | Theatrical Release |
| 1983 | Shout for Joy | Uncredited | Co-Stars: Michael Cummings; Robert Pierce Robert Pierce Robert Pierce is best known as the founder of the international charity organization World Vision in 1950... |
| 1986 | New Love, American Style | Uncredited | TV Series; Episode: Love and the F.M. Doctor |
| 1987 | Return to Horror High Return to Horror High Return to Horror High is a 1987 American comedy/horror film starring George Clooney, Vince Edwards and Scott Jacoby, it was directed by Bill Froehlich and written by Mark Lisson, Dana Escalante, Greg H. Sims and Bill Froehlich... |
Officer Tyler | Theatrical Release |
| 1988 | Marcia Brady Logan | Television Movie | |
| 1989 | That's Adequate That's Adequate That's Adequate is a 1989 mockumentary documenting a fictional Hollywood studio, Adequate Film Studios. Narrated and hosted by Tony Randall, the film features an all-star cast including James Coco, Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller, and Bruce Willis.... |
Space Princess | Theatrical Release |
| 1989 | Day by Day Day by Day (TV series) Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith , and Thora Birch... |
Marcia Brady | TV Series; Season 2, Episode 11: A Very Brady Episode |
| 1990 | The Bradys The Bradys The Bradys is a six-episode American drama series that aired on CBS in 1990. It was a revival of the early 1970s sitcom, The Brady Bunch , and was about the trials and tribulations of the extended Brady family some 15 years after the end of the earlier series... |
Marcia Brady-Logan | |
| 1993 | Bradymania: A Very Brady Special | Marcia Martin Brady-Logan | TV Special |
| 1996 | Valerie | TV Series; Season 2, Episode 4: Kept Man | |
| 1996 | Panic in the Skies! | Turkey, Walker's Assistant | Television Movie |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della... |
Jodi | TV Series; Season 3, Episode 19: Clipped Wings |
| 1997 | Dogtown Dogtown (film) Dogtown is a 1997 drama film by George Hickenlooper about life in the small Missouri town of Cuba, Missouri starring Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Harold Russell, and Natasha Gregson Wagner. The film is 93-minute long and was shot entirely in Torrance, California... |
Didi Schmidt | Theatrical Release |
| 1997 | Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story | Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s... |
Television Movie |
| 1997 | ABC TGIF | Judy Beauchamp | TV Series; Episode: Halloween Frightful Bash |
| 1997– 1998 |
Teen Angel | Judy Beauchamp | TV Series; 11 Episodes; Series Regular |
| 1997– 2003 |
Johnny Bravo Johnny Bravo Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality... |
Franny Amberly Pizza Girl |
TV Series; Voice; 3 Episodes |
| 1999 | Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure is a 1998 live-action direct-to-video film directed by Stephen Furst based on the Harvey Entertainment Company animated character, Baby Huey... |
Nick's Mom | Direct-to-Video |
| 1999 | Moesha Moesha Moesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles.-Overview:The show... |
Saleslady | TV Series; Season 5, Episode 8: Isn't She Lovely? |
| 2000 | Betsy Hunter | Theatrical Release | |
| 2000 | Passions Passions Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008.... |
Rebecca Hotchkiss Rebecca Hotchkiss Rebecca Hotchkiss is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama Passions. Rebecca has been played by both Maureen McCormick and Andrea Evans , neither of whom was ever on contract... (#1) |
TV Series; Season Regular |
| 2000– 2002 |
Son of the Beach Son of the Beach Son of the Beach is an American sitcom that aired from 2000 to 2002 on the FX network. The series was a spoof of Baywatch, with much of the comedy based on sexual jokes, innuendo and the like. The studly David Hasselhoff character is instead an average, pot-bellied, out-of-shape bald man but... |
Mrs. Strawther | TV Series; 3 Episodes |
| 2001 | Uncredited | Short Film | |
| 2001 | Title to Murder Title to Murder Title to Murder is a 2001 independent film directed by Stephen Furst, starring Maureen McCormick and Christopher Atkins. It had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.-Plot summary:... |
Leah Farrell | Theatrical Release |
| 2001 | Shock Video 2002: America Undercover | Narrator | Television Special |
| 2002 | Rita Carter | TV Series; Season 1, Episode 14: Shallow Gal | |
| 2002 | Jane White Is Sick & Twisted Jane White Is Sick & Twisted Jane White Is Sick & Twisted is a 2002 comedy film produced by The Asylum, starring Kim Little. It is one of few films by the studio not to be made to capitalize on another film, and is also one of few Asylum films to have a theatrical release.- Plot :... |
Nancy | Theatrical Release |
| 2003 | Mrs. Bauer | TV Series; Season 4, Episode 11: Moving on Up | |
| 2004 | Receptionist | TV Series; Season 3, Episode 12: Beautiful Blue Mystic | |
| 2008 | Stone & Ed | Dream Mother | Theatrical Release |
| 2008 | Outsider's Inn Outsider's Inn Outsiders Inn is an American half hour reality television show which is a spin-off from Gone Country, but created through the process known as retroscripting. The series debuted on CMT August 15, 2008, where it ran for eight weeks... |
The Innkeeper | TV Series; Series Regular; 7 Episodes |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Presenter | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005– 2006 |
TV Land Awards | Choice Dream Sequence | Nominated |
| 2005 | TV Land Awards | Choice Singing Siblings (shared with the kids of The Brady Bunch The Brady Bunch The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis. The series revolved around a large blended family... ) |
Nominated |
| 2006 | TV Land Awards | Most Beautiful Braces | Nominated |
| 2007 | TV Land Award | Pop Culture Award | Won |
External links
- The Official Maureen McCormick Web site/Fan Club
- McCormick, Maureen. Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice. William MorrowWilliam Morrow and CompanyWilliam Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, and sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981. It was sold along to the News Corporation in 1999...
, October 14, 2008. ISBN 978-0061490149 - Book review of Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice