Career

Plumb was a young child when her acting career began in TV commercials in 1966. The following year, she appeared on The Virginian, The Big Valley, and Lassie. In 1968, she appeared on It Takes A Thief and Family Affair; in the latter, she played a terminally ill girl on the episode "Christmas Came A Little Early". In 1969, she appeared on an episode of Gunsmoke.

From 1969 to 1974, Plumb appeared as middle sister Jan Brady in the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch. Her featured storylines included Jan's embarrassment over not having a boyfriend, concerns about her future appearance, being a middle child, and her insecurity over wearing glasses. Several episodes centered on Jan's jealousy of older sister Marcia, resulting in the famous "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" line that has arguably become the quintessential quote of the series. Plumb also supplied the voice of Jan in the ABC Saturday morning cartoon The Brady Kids from 1972 to 1973. After The Brady Bunch was canceled in 1974, it went on to even greater success in syndicated reruns. The show has never left the television airwaves and eventually spawned numerous spinoffs, reunion specials, feature films, and parodies.

Several episodes of the show featured the Brady kids singing and as a result, Plumb and the rest of the younger cast recorded several albums. Plumb would also provide a monologue for the Pat Williams Orchestra's 1974 recording of "California Love Story". The single was co-produced by Plumb's recording executive father, Neely Plumb.

After The Brady Bunch ended, Plumb's first notable role was that of a teenage prostitute in the 1976 NBC television movie Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway. She also appeared in the sequel Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn. Plumb starred as "Beth" in NBC productions of Little Women, both a TV movie and a short-lived series. Plumb also made numerous guest-starring appearances in such shows as Here's Lucy, The Love Boat, That 70's Show, Fantasy Island, Wonder Woman, One Day at a Time,The Facts of Life, Murder, She Wrote, The Super Mario Brothers Super Show, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and All My Children. She appeared in the episode "The Force of Evil" from the 1977 series Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (known in the United Kingdom as Twist in the Tale).

Plumb was the only original cast member who declined to reunite for the 1976-77 variety show The Brady Bunch Hour on ABC. Much was made of her absence, including accusations that she no longer wanted to be associated with the Bradys. Plumb has stated in interviews that she was willing to do the variety show's original special episode, but could not commit to a five-year option for additional shows. Her role would be filled by Geri Reischl, who went on to be known among Brady Bunch fans as "fake Jan". The show lasted for only nine episodes.

Plumb returned to the "Jan" role for the 1981 NBC TV movie The Brady Girls Get Married, which led to The Brady Brides, a short-lived sitcom in which she co-starred with Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia Brady. She also appeared in the 1988 CBS television movie A Very Brady Christmas and its 1990 spinoff dramedy series, The Bradys. To promote their latest incarnation, the cast appeared on an episode of Sally Jessy Raphael, which is remembered for having been shot outdoors in Florida during a rainstorm.

In 1993, Plumb had a brief role as Mrs. Noah in the B-Movie mockumetary ...And God Spoke. Two years later she was interviewed as part of a 1995 retrospective special titled Brady Bunch Home Movies, produced by Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady. That same year, Plumb appeared on a special "child stars" installment of The Jenny Jones Show. From 1995 - 1997, Plumb was a member of the cast of the Saturday morning sitcom Fudge, playing the title character's mother, Mrs. Ann Hatcher. The show aired on ABC in its first season and moved to CBS for its second season. To promote the series, Plumb appeared on The Jon Stewart Show. Plumb also appeared in the movie Fudge-A-Mania (1997). In 1996, she reminisced about her Brady years on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and on the E True Hollywood Story: The Brady Bunch. In 1998, Plumb was the original Pam Burkhart on That '70s Show (only seen in episode 6, "The Keg").

In 2001, Plumb appeared on a special Brady-themed edition of the NBC game show The Weakest Link. In 2004, she was part of the TV Land production The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady after All These Years. Plumb appeared on the December 18, 2006, premiere episode of the NBC game show Identity.

In 2007, Plumb was the only surviving cast member who was not on hand when TV Land honored The Brady Bunch with its Pop Culture Award. In 2008, she appeared on a special Brady-themed week of the syndicated game show Trivial Pursuit: America Plays, hosted by Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady. Also in 2008, Plumb was a guest on The Florence Henderson Show on RLTV, hosted by her former TV mom.

Plumb appeared in a number of made-for-television movies, including The House on Greenapple Road in 1970, The Force of Evil and Telethon in 1977, Secrets of Three Hungry Wives in 1978, The Night the Bridge Fell Down in 1983 and Yesterday Today in 1992. Her film credits include I'm Gonna Git You Sucka in 1988, ... And God Spoke in 1993, Nowhere and Breast Men in 1997 and Manfast in 2003. In August 2008, Plumb appeared on the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives.

In 2010, Plumb originated the title character in the New York production of Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage, inspired by a book and website of the same name. The role was her first New York stage role. She was next seen on the New York stage when she starred in Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's award-winning Love, Loss, and What I Wore, and she co-starred in Same Time, Next Year with Broadway's John Bolton at the Surflight Theater in Beach Haven, New Jersey. July-October 2013, Plumb portrayed Aunt June in the off-Broadway play Unbroken Circle by James Wesley.

In 2013, she had a guest-starring role on Law and Order: SVU as Angela Brooks in the episode "Monster's Legacy" and a guest-starring role on Army Wives as Reba Green in the episode "Damaged". Also in 2013, she had a small part in film Blue Ruin.

Personal life

Plumb has been painting for more than two decades and has enjoyed success at select galleries across the U.S. Plumb has been married to Ken Pace, a business and technology consultant, since 1995. They do not have any children.

In popular culture

The American New York City-based alternative rock band Eve's Plum derived its name from the actress. One of the members was reportedly within Plumb's circle of friends.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966, 1967	Big Valley, TheThe Big Valley	Sara Jane / Ellen / Laure	3 episodes
1967	Virginian, TheThe Virginian	Kathy Cooper	Episode: "A Small Taste of Justice"
1967	Lassie	Terry	Episode: "Miracle of the Dove"
1968	It Takes a Thief	Maritsa	Episode: "The Radomir Miniature"
1968	Mannix	Marian Harriman	Episode: "Edge of the Knife"
1968	Family Affair	Eve Bowers	Episode: "Christmas Came a Little Early"
1968	Lancer	Pony Alice	Episode: "The Heart of Pony Alice"
1969	Gunsmoke	Sue	Episode: "Gold Town"
1969-1974	Brady Bunch, TheThe Brady Bunch	Jan Brady	Main role (117 episodes)
1970	House on Greenapple Road	Margaret Ord	Movie
1972	ABC Saturday Superstar Movie, TheThe ABC Saturday Superstar Movie	Jan Brady (voice)	Episode: "The Brady Kids on Msyterious Island"
1972	Here's Lucy	Patricia Carter	Episode: "Lucy and Donny Osmond"
1972-1973	Brady Kids, TheThe Brady Kids	Jan Brady (voice)	Main role (22 episodes)
1973	World of Sid & Marty Kroft at the Hollywood Bowl, TheThe World of Sid & Marty Kroft at the Hollywood Bowl	The Brady Bunch Kids	Movie
1974	Sigmund and the Sea Monsters	Harriet	Episode: "Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't"
1974	ABC Afterschool Special	Gretchen	Episode: "Sara's Summer of the Swans"
1976	Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway	Dawn Wetherby	Movie
1977	Force of Evil, TheThe Force of Evil	Cindy Carrington	Movie
1977	Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn	Dawn Wetherby	Movie
1977	Wonder Woman	Elena	Episode: "The Pied Piper"
1977	Telethon	Kim	Movie
1978	Insight	Jeannie	Episode: "Is Anyone Listening?"
1978	Little Women	Elizabeth "Beth" March	Miniseries
1978	Greatest Heroes of the Bible, TheThe Greatest Heroes of the Bible	Lilla	Episode: "The Story of Noah" (Parts 1 & 2)
1978/80/82	Love Boat, TheThe Love Boat	Vanessa Summerhill / Teri Carlson / Beth Heller	3 episodes
1979	Fantasy Island	Clare Conti Terry Summers	"Séance/Treasure" "Hit Man/The Swimmer"
1981	Fantasy Island	Elizabeth Blake	Episode: "Elizabeth's Baby"
1981	Brady Girls Get Married, TheThe Brady Girls Get Married	Jan Brady	Miniseries
1982	One Day at a Time	Melissa Layton	Episode: "Lovers & Other Parents"
1983	Facts of Life, TheThe Facts of Life	Meg Warner	Episode: "Best Sister" (Parts 1 & 2)
1983	Night the Bridge Fell Down, TheThe Night the Bridge Fell Down	Terry Kelly	Movie
1985	Murder, She Wrote	Tug	Episode: "Jessica Behind Bars"
1988	Very Brady Christmas, AA Very Brady Christmas	Jan Brady Covington	Movie
1989	Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, TheThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show!	Jodie	Episode: "Pizza Crush/The Legend of Zelda: Fairies in the Spring"
1990	Bradys, TheThe Bradys	Jan Brady Covington	Main role
1992	Yesterday Today	Rick's Mom	Movie
1994	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Rose Collins	Episode: "Illusions of Grandeur"
1995	Fudge	Anne Hatcher	Regular role (25 episodes)
1997	Breast Men	Mother	Movie
1998	That '70s Show	Mrs. Burkhart	Episode: "The Keg"
1998	Kenan & Kel	Teacher	Episode: "Chicago Witch Trials"
2003	All My Children	June Landau	Daytime drama
2008	Days of Our Lives	Dora	Daytime drama
2012	Pox Show, TheThe Pox Show	Nurse Dremel	Movie
2013	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Angela Brooks	Episode: "Monster's Legacy"
2013	Army Wives	Reba Green	Episode: "Damaged"
2014	Comeback Kids, TheThe Comeback Kids	Eve Plumb	Episode: "Reality TV Sucks"
2016	Grease: Live	Mrs. Murdock	Live TV Event

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	Kalinga's Wife
1993	Making of '...And God Spoke', TheThe Making of '...And God Spoke'	Mrs. Noah
1997	Nowhere	Mrs. Sighvatssohn
1999	Kill the Man	Revolutionary No. 3
2003	Manfast	Prof. Mason
2013	Blue Ruin	Kris Cleland
2014	Boy Who Stayed, TheThe Boy Who Stayed	Sam's Mother	Short film
2015	Sisters Plotz, TheThe Sisters Plotz	Celestia Plotz	In post-production

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