Maureen McCormick

At 68 years old, Maureen McCormick has this physical status:

Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress, singer, and author.

Marcia Brady appeared on ABC television sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974, and she appeared in several of Brady Bunch spin-offs and films, including The Brady Bunch Hour, The Brady Bunch Hour, The Brady Brides, and A Very Brady Christmas (1988).

McCormick appeared in The Idolmaker (1980) as well as a number of other supporting film roles.

She ventured into stage acting in the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in a variety of roles and productions, including Wendy Darling in Peter Pan and Betty Rizzo in Grease.

McCormick went on to be a recording artist for a short time, as well as touring with them.

When You Get a Little Lonely (1995), her only release as a solo artist to date. Despite professional success on The Brady Bunch and its spin-offs, McCormick suffered mainly in her personal life in the years after the original series's cancellation.

McCormick's fame as an actress has been tarnished by heroin use and quaaludes, as well as bouts of depression and bulimia.

She has appeared on many reality television shows since the 2000s, including VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, CMT's Gone Country (which culminated in McCormick's Inn) and the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

McCormick's autobiography, Survivor Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in 2008 and attracted a lot of attention and mild controversy.

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Life and career

McCormick was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 5, 1956, to Irene (née Beckman) and Richard McCormick, a teacher. Michael, Dennis, and Kevin are three older brothers. She is of Irish and German descent and was raised in a Catholic family.

She received the Baby Miss San Fernando Valley beauty pageant at age six. Barbie and Chatty Cathy dolls were the first female figures on national television in 1964. McCormick appeared in two episodes of Bewitched —-in a Season One dream of Darrin's as one of his witch children named Little Endora — and then in a Season Two Halloween episode as Endora herself turned into a little girl. She has appeared on I Dream of Jeannie, Honey West, The Farmer's Daughter, and My Three Sons. She lent her voice to a redesigned Chatty Cathy doll in 1970. McCormick attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills.

On Friday nights, McCormick played Marcia, the eldest daughter of a blended family on ABC. She had five siblings in The Brady Bunch, an American television sitcom about a blended family, from late 1969 to early 1974. She had a vivacious and popular person. The series was later rebroadcast in syndication for decades as children's entertainment, boosting long-lasting, cross-generational success that resulted in spinoffs and movies following its cancellation. During the original series's run, McCormick had a sporadic relationship with her Brady Bunch co-star Barry Williams.

McCormick performed four albums with the Brady Bunch cast and also toured with them. "Reality Is Back to You" and "Teeny Weeny Bit" were two of her first solo singles released in 1972. McCormick's following year, she and her Brady Bunch co-star Christopher Knight, a pop extended play with names including Chris Knight and Maureen McCormick, received both duets and solo tracks. McCormick's second solo single "Little Bird," backed by "Just a Singin' Alone," achieved modest chart success in the western United States (reaching Top 5 at KCPX in Salt Lake City). On American Bandstand, McCormick performed "Little Bird," where host Dick Clark encouraged her to pursue a singing career. "Love's in the Roses," McCormick's 1973 album "Harmonize" was released alongside "Harmonize."

A video of McCormick as Marcia was used in an American television commercial advertising Snickers chocolate bars in 2015. Danny Trejo, an action film star who appeared in the context of being hungry, does not appear to be behaving like herself in the commercial, which premiered during Super Bowl XLIX. Marcia appears as McCormick once more after consuming a Snickers.

McCormick was coerced to cocaine and quaaludes after the Brady Bunch's demise, which hindered her progress. During her early 20s, McCormick later reported that she sometimes traded sex for drugs. She sluggishly called an audition with Steven Spielberg for a part in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and she arrived for the audition under the influence of cocaine and not having not slept for three days. She lost her credibility as a Hollywood actress, and one producer told her she would never return to work as an actress again. She also dealt with bouts of depression and bulimia.

Despite her struggles with heroin and depression, McCormick appeared on several television series during the 1970s and 1980s, including Happy Days, Donny & Marie, Love Boat, Vega$, The Streets of San Francisco and Fantasy Island, as well as supporting roles in The Idolmaker and B movies (1979) and Skatetown, Utah (1979). McCormick later said she was unable to get a role as a prostitute or heroin dealer for the movie Midnight Express because she was still identifying with her Brady Bunch role. In 1981, she reprised her role as Marcia Brady on the short-lived series The Brady Brides, which was based off the film The Brady Girls Get Married (1981). Wendy Darling appeared in a touring stage performance of Peter Pan, beginning in 1983.

On March 16, 1985, McCormick married Michael Cummings. McCormick went through a string of interventions, stints in rehabilitation, and experimental therapies shortly after getting married. Eugene Landy's psychology helped her to recover, she claims. She began to recover after marrying, but she also suffered from anxiety and paranoia, and she even threatened to leap from a balcony in front of her husband. McKe and her husband were the first wary of medication, but McCormick was treated with antidepressant drugs like Prozac from the 1990s. McCormick also stated that she was aided by her friendships with former Brady Bunch cast members.

She continued to appear in film and television series, serving as a minor actor in Return to Horror (1987) and then repriseing her Marcia Brady role in the television film A Very Brady Christmas (1988). Natalie Michelle McCormick was born on May 19, 1989, McCormick's daughter was born. As The Brady Bunch, a revival of The Brady Bunch, was set to begin in 1990, McCormick was unable to return as Marcia due to her infant child, so Leah Ayres took the role instead. She played herself in 1993's "When Herman's Head" a television sitcom "When Hermy Met Maumick." McCormick made her Broadway debut as Betty Rizzo in a Grease performance in 1994.

On April 4, 1995, McCormick's debut studio album, When You Get a Little Lonely, became available on audio CD and cassette. The album was later released as a digital download. The album was released by Phantom Hill Records, a record label owned by her brother. McCormick supported it with live performances in Palmdale, California, and CD signings. If You Get a Little Lonely Told You received critical feedback from music critics, but McCormick's vocals did receive some praise. McCormick said she was dissatisfied with the album's recording process and would have written at least one of her own songs in a retrospective interview with Entertainment Weekly.

Barbara Mandrell, a country singer, appeared in the television film Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story in 1997. McCormick was the first actress to portray Rebecca Crane on the soap opera Passions in 2000, but she wasn't put on a contract. McCormick appeared on an episode of Scrubs in 2003, with a nod to her Marcia Brady character.

McCormick appeared on Dr. Phil in April 2007 to address a family feud. McCormick accused her brother Kevin of elder abuse and alienating their father from their other children in order to get financial control. McCormick appeared in the fifth season of VH1's reality show Celebrity Fit Club, hoping to shed 30 pounds (14 kg) she had gained since her mother died of cancer and needed to transfer her injured brother to an assisted living facility the same year. McCormick lost 34 pounds (15 kg) and was named overall champion of the series in June.

On October 14, 2008, McCormick's autobiography, 'Here's the Truth,' revealed Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice.' It debuted at number four on The New York Times bestseller list, where it remained for three weeks. HarperCollins acquired the book, which was directed by Creative Development Director Lisa Sharkey. While supporting the book, McCormick appeared on many television and talk shows, including Access Hollywood, The Howard Stern Show, Good Day Los Angeles, and Paula's Party. Rather than shifting to a story about the 2008 recession, the Today Show broadcasted an interview with McCormick about the book rather than switching to a story about the 2008 recession. McCormick said that her autobiography would most likely be made.

She appeared on the cast of CMT reality show Gone Country in 2008, where she competed for a recording contract. Outsiders Inn, a spin-off reality show, in which she opened a bed and breakfast in Newport, Tennessee, was born. McCormick became a Children International spokesperson in 2008. McCormick appeared on Comedy Central's Roast of Larry the Cable Guy in March 2009.

McCormick appeared on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2015, where she lasted 42 days and was the last evictee before the final.

McCormick was named on August 30, 2016, as one of the stars of Dancing with the Stars' season 23. Artem Chigvintsev, a professional dancer, was partnered with Artem Chigvintsev. On the seventh week of the season, McCormick and Chigvintsev were disqualified, earning 8th place in 8th place. On HGTV, she appeared alongside the other remaining main cast members of The Brady Bunch in the 2019 television series A Very Brady Renovation.

McCormick partnered with contractor/decorator Dan Vickery in HGTV's latest series "Frozen in Time," a new home renovation series.

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