Maureen McCormick
Birth name	Maureen Denise McCormick
Born	August 5, 1956 (1956-08-05) (age 51) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Michael Cummings

Maureen Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress, reality show participant and recording artist. The naturally blonde-headed McCormick is widely known as a child actor for her role as Florence Henderson's oldest girl, Marcia Brady, in the 1970s television series The Brady Bunch, (1969 to 1974). She also had many recurring roles, from playing, Rebecca Hotchkiss on Passions to Mrs. Strawther on Son of the Beach. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_California. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term child actor 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. ... Florence Agnes Henderson (b. ... The following is a list of characters from the American television series The Brady Bunch. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... For other uses, see Passion. ... DVD cover Son of the Beach was a television series (2000-2002) that was a spoof of Baywatch, the chief joke being that the studly David Hasselhoff character is instead a normal, big-bellied and out of shape bald man, but treated exactly the same. ...

Biography

Early life and career

McCormick was born in Los Angeles, California to Irene (née Beckman) and William McCormick, a teacher.^[1] She went to Charles Evans Hughes Jr. High and then Taft High School. McCormick made her television debut in 1964 doing Barbie doll commercials for Mattel, then an episode of Bewitched, and played guest roles in other programs such as I Dream of Jeannie, Honey West, The Farmer's Daughter and My Three Sons before winning the role of Marcia. She played that role for the duration of the program's production from 1969 until 1974 and in later Brady Bunch movies and spin-off series'. Also during this time, she was asked to lend her voice to the then new Chatty Cathy doll. Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Taft High School William Howard Taft High School is a public school located on Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. ... Information Occupation See: Barbies careers Family See: List of Barbies friends and family Created by Ruth Handler Barbie is a best-selling fashion doll launched in 1959. ... Mattel Inc. ... This article is about an American television sitcom. ... For the episode of The Twilight Zone, see I Dream of Genie (The Twilight Zone). ... Honey West is a fictional character created by Gloria and Forest Fickling under the pseudonym G.G. Fickling and appearing in numerous mystery novels by the duo. ... Sixteen years after the RKO movie was released, ABC introduced The Farmers Daughter to the television screen on September 20, 1963. ... My Three Sons was a situation comedy that ran from September 29, 1960 to August 24, 1972. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Chatty Cathy was a doll, produced by the Mattel corporation starting in 1959 and first advertised on television in 1960. ...

McCormick admitted to suffering from the eating disorder bulimia in her late teens and early 20s, after The Brady Bunch ended. "Back on the show, I could eat whatever I wanted," she told Entertainment Tonight in November 2006. "Things changed. I am 5-foot 3-inches. At some point I stopped growing, and it is harder when you are small. We never dealt with [eating disorders] on the show." In May of 2007 on an episode of Access Hollywood, Maureen admitted to battling a five year addiction to cocaine starting at the age of 18. Bulimia nervosa, more commonly known as bulimia, is a psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by intentionally doing one or more of the following in order to compensate for the intake of the food and prevent weight gain: vomiting inappropriate use of laxatives, enemas... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is syndicated by CBS Paramount Domestic Television throughout the United States, Canada, on the Nine Network in Australia and on UBC Inside in Thailand. ... Access Hollywood logo used 2001-2005 Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. ... For other uses, see addicted. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...

Later career

McCormick attempted to further her career after the demise of The Brady Bunch. Although she made guest appearances in numerous television series, and played supporting roles in a few B-movies (including 1987's Return to Horror High), she was never able to repeat her earlier success. In 1994, McCormick played the role of Rizzo in the Broadway production of Grease. The following year she released a country and western album, "When You Get a Little Lonely". Though not a great commercial success, it earned her generally positive reviews. ^{[weasel words]} In 2000, she played Rebecca Hotchkiss on Passions for ten episodes; after her stint ended, she was replaced by Andrea Evans. The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Return to Horror High is a 1987 American comedy/horror film starring Richard Brestoff, George Clooney and Vince Edwards. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. ... Country music, once known as Country and Western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Information Rebecca Hotchkiss Crane is a fictional character on NBCs daytime drama Passions. ... For other uses, see Passion. ... Andrea Evans Andrea Evans (born June 18, 1957) is an American actress. ...

McCormick's other TV appearances include an episode of Happy Days ("Crusin") as well as an appearance as Amanda Bynes' mother in the Moody's Point skits on The Amanda Show. She also had a cameo appearance on Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. Her line on the Former Child Star was "But if one more person calls me Marcia, I'll bust his fucking head". In 2003, she appeared in Scrubs in a dream sequence where JD imagines Marcia Brady as his ideal bride (he shushes her when she points out that her name is actually Maureen McCormick). Happy Days is a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American actress and former show host on Nickelodeon. ... The Amanda Show is a live-action comedy and variety show aired on Nickelodeon in the United States, Australia, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom and Family in Canada. ... Peter Jackson in The Fellowship of the Ring (top), The Two Towers (middle) and The Return of the King (bottom). ... This article is about the US sitcom. ... John Dorian (portrayed by Zach Braff) Dr. Jonathan Michael Dorian (most commonly referred to as J.D.) is a fictional character played by Zach Braff in the American sitcom Scrubs. ...

In 1997, Maureen played the title role in Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story. As of June 30, 2007, it is rated at 5.0 out of 10 stars on IMDB and continues to be shown on Lifetime and WE. Barbara Mandrell (b. ...

McCormick returned to television in 2007 as a cast member on the fifth season of VH1's ' Celebrity Fit Club. She said that she hoped to lose 30 pounds she gained since her mother died, as well as having to move her brother into an assisted living facility. McCormick actually lost 34 pounds and was declared the individual winner of Celebrity Fit Club in June 2007. Celebrity Fit Club is a reality television series which follows eight overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight. ... Assisted Living usually refers to a facility that is used by people who are not able to live on their own, but do not need the level of care that a nursing home offers. ...

McCormick can also been seen in Brad Paisley's video "Online" as the next door neighbor & crush for Jason Alexander's geek character. Brad Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer, and songwriter from Glen Dale, West Virginia. ... Online is a single by American country music artist Brad Paisley. ... Jason Alexander (born Jason Scott Greenspan on September 23, 1959) is a Jewish American television, cinema and musical theatre actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the hit television series Seinfeld. ...

Friendship with Florence Henderson

At aged 13, McCormick became best friends with legendary stage/theater actress Florence Henderson beginning in 1969, when the two, along with the rest of the cast, were filming The Brady Bunch, and like many co-stars, McCormick had a wonderful tenure with her, throughout the remainder of the show. She also had appeared in the many Brady Bunch reunion TV specials, with the exception of The Bradys in 1990, due to her pregnancy at the time. When not shooting, she also spent time with Florence's real-life family, and even got the chance to enjoy cooking with her. As an adolescent, Maureen's world was fallen apart when her co-star was beginning to suffer a series of losses: In 1984, Florence's real-life mother, Agnes, died, and McCormick was very saddened to hear about her co-star's mother's death. Eight years later in 1992, her beloved TV dad and Brady Bunch star, Robert Reed, died and she along with the cast attended Reed's funeral, and it was at this period McCormick was devastated, a second time. She along with Henderson, and the rest of the cast appeared on a special Weakest Link episode, in 2001, to raise money for charity. Though McCormick didn't win, she donated it, while Henderson won. Another tragic moment that occurred in McCormick's life, when in 2002, Florence's real-life husband, Dr. Kappas, passed away, and the relationship between Henderson & McCormick, strengthened, a third time. She also appeared in a 2005 Brady Bunch special. Florence Agnes Henderson (b. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... The Bradys was a 1990 television drama that was supposed to be a grown-up version of 1970s sitcom The Brady Bunch. ... Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American stage and television actor. ... The American version of the game show Weakest Link aired on NBC from April 16, 2001 to July 14, 2002 (with several episodes left unaired until some appeared on PAX in 2002, with the remainder eventually airing on GSN). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Personal life

McCormick married Michael Cummings on 16 March 1985. They have one child, a daughter, Natalie Michelle Cummings (born May 19, 1989). The Cummings family have their home in the Conejo Valley in Southern California. Maureen is a smoker. In April 2007, McCormick revealed that she was writing her autobiography, in which she will discuss her battles with bulimia and drug addiction. March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwestern Los Angeles County in Southern California. ... For the urban complex straddling the United States-Mexico border, see Bajalta California. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... Bulimia nervosa, more commonly known as bulimia, is a psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by intentionally doing one or more of the following in order to compensate for the intake of the food and prevent weight gain: vomiting inappropriate use of laxatives, enemas...

Dramatic portrayals

• Kaley Cuoco portrayed McCormick in Growing Up Brady. McCormick's character Marcia Brady has been portrayed by Christine Taylor and Autumn Reeser in The Brady Bunch Movies.

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References

External links

• ETOnline.com: Marcia Brady's Bulimia
• Maureen McCormick at the Internet Movie Database
• The Official Maureen McCormick Fan Club Home Page

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