Susan Olsen Brady Bunch cast members Geri Reischl and Susan Olsen (right) (2007)
Born	August 14, 1961 (1961-08-14) (age 46) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Mitch Skelly (1995-2000) Steve Ventimiglia (1988-1990)

Susan Marie Olsen (born August 14, 1961) is an American actress, radio, television personality and talk show hostess. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 577 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (600 × 623 pixels, file size: 45 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Susan Olsen (right) and Geri Reischl, 2007 I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 577 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (600 × 623 pixels, file size: 45 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Susan Olsen (right) and Geri Reischl, 2007 I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ... 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 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Olsen was born in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children, with two older brothers Larry and Christopher (14 years older) and a sister Diane. She is best known for her role as the youngest daughter, Cindy Brady, in the 1970s television sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. Her brother Christopher is best known as the kidnapped son of Doris Day and James Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much. For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The following is a list of characters from the American television series The Brady Bunch. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... The Man Who Knew Too Much DVD cover The Man Who Knew Too Much is the name of two suspense films, one released in 1934 and the other in 1956, and both directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ...

Career

After landing a number of supporting roles, most notably, Ironside, and Julia, she landed her ultimate role of a lifetime that made her famous as a child actress, on The Brady Bunch, when she was only seven. In fact, she was the youngest actress ever to appear in the series. She stayed on the show until the very end. Ironside (originally broadcast under the name A Man Called Ironside in the United Kingdom) was a Universal television series which ran on NBC from March 28, 1967 to January 16, 1975. ... Diahann Carroll as Julia, Fred Williamson as Steve in Julia Julia was a groundbreaking television series which was the first to show an African American main character in a non-stereotypical role. ... 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. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ...

Because her television character was often getting into trouble, Olsen has expressed (as an adult) how difficult it was for her growing up. Olsen has said that the episode she dislikes the most is the "tattletale" episode in which she snitches on her brothers and sisters. Because of the episode, she was shunned by her real-life peers who did not understand the difference between actors and their characters.

As an adult, Olsen moved into the graphic design business and in 1998 briefly marketed a brand of shoes for Converse that could be drawn on and washed. She also worked as a talk show host at a Los Angeles radio station KLSX from 1995 to 1996. Graphics are often utilitarian and anonymous,[1] as these pictographs from the US National Park Service illustrate. ... For other uses, see Converse (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Talk Radio. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... KLSX 97. ...

After The Brady Bunch

Olsen has also been an advocate for migraine sufferers since 1998. She described her headaches on Larry King Live. A headache (cephalalgia in medical terminology) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. ... Larry King Live is a nightly CNN interview program hosted by broadcaster and writer Larry King. ...

An urban legend appeared that Susan had become an adult film star. The story may have resulted from a favor Susan did for a friend - she used her audio equipment and instruments to create science fiction-type sound effects ("it wasn't moaning and groaning") for an adult film set in outer space. There is speculation whether the effects were even used, or simply vanished to the porn cutting-room floor. Some also believe this legend was started in part, due to Olsen's resemblance to 1970s porn star Dorothy LeMay. An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. ... A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ... Dorothy LeMay is an American adult actress, who was active in porn from late 1970s until the early 1980s. ...

On a late 1990s television interview, Olsen herself stated on-camera that her "porn" connection was that she created the musical soundtrack for the video Crocodile Blondee as a favor for a friend who worked in the technical side of the business. She also went on to state that perhaps the legend got started because the girl on the box cover to that tape looked a bit like what people might expect a grown-up Olsen to look like.

On Sunday, April 22, 2007, Susan and her fellow cast members were honored with the TV Pop Culture Awards on the TV Land Awards. It was noted that this is the first award that the Brady Bunch has ever won. TV Land Awards logo The TV Land Awards are American television awards that generally commemorate shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with awards such as the Emmys. ...

Susan has appeared in all "Brady Bunch" reunion movies, with the exception of "A Very Brady Christmas" in 1988, due to fact that she was on her honeymoon with her first husband.

Personal life

Olsen married artist Steven Ventimiglia in August 1988 and was divorced two years later. She married Mitch Skelly on August 14, 1995 (her 34th birthday). In 2000, they filed for divorce.

Susan Olsen now resides in Los Angeles with her son Michael (born 1996) who was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in 2004. They have a dog Trevor and a cat Tabitha. Asperger syndrome (also Aspergers syndrome, Aspergers disorder, Aspergers, AS, or AD) is one of several autism spectrum disorders (ASD) characterized by difficulties in social interaction and by restricted and stereotyped interests and activities. ...

External links

• Susan Olsen at the Internet Movie Database