Finest identified for taking part in Marcia Brady on “The Brady Bunch” from 1969 to 1974, Maureen McCormick portrayed a number of characters on “Fantasy Island” in six episodes throughout seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. In contrast to Michelle Phillips, the actor did not have one defining position amongst her varied elements, and performed a special character every time she appeared on the present.
Following her appearances on “Fantasy Island,” McCormick started a theatrical profession, Within the Eighties and Nineties, taking part in Wendy Darling in a manufacturing of “Peter Pan” and Betty Rizzo in “Grease.” All through her post-“Brady Bunch” years, nevertheless, the actor struggled with substance habit, even shedding out on a job in “Raiders of the Misplaced Ark” on account of her showing on the audition beneath the affect. Even whereas enduring her addictions, McCormick did marry Michael Cummings in 1985, after which she managed to get sober, although she nonetheless struggled with despair.
’90s children and Millenials could effectively recall McCormick from “The Amanda Present,” by which she performed Moody’s Mother. She additionally launched an album, “When You Get a Little Lonely,” which debuted April 4, 1995, and was met with largely damaging evaluations. After this, her profession is marked largely by appearances on actuality TV sequence, together with VH1’s “Superstar Match Membership” and even an look on “Dr. Phil.” However she did publish her autobiography, “Here is the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Discovering My True Voice,” in 2008.
Her final movie credit score was as Nurse Ruland within the 2017 psychological thriller “Rock Paper Lifeless,” though McCormick has continued to look on TV, that includes in 2019’s actuality present “A Very Brady Renovation” and internet hosting “Macy’s Thanksgiving Cake Spectacular: Truffles on Parade” that very same yr. In 2023, McCormick truly appeared in an episode of Fox’s legacy sequel sequence “Fantasy Island,” displaying up in season 2, episode 4, “Thriller in Miami” as a personality named Rosemarie.