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5 times Eve Plumb appeared on a show other than The Brady Bunch
Plumb played over 50 different characters that weren't named Jan Brady. Here's a small selection!
Eve Plumb is the actress who brought the role of Jan Brady from The Brady Bunch to life. Although fans will forever see her as a Brady, she had a career full of success.
Some of her other roles, both supporting and guest starring, were versatile on shows in genres like Westerns, comedies and dramas.
Here are five times the actress appeared on a show other than The Brady Bunch.
1. The Big Valley - "Brother Love"
Character name: Ellen
Although she was only in one scene in this episode, Plumb portrayed a young girl named Ellen. The character didn't have a lot of lines, but she was full of life.
Fun fact: Plumb appeared on The Big Valley two more times in episodes called "Hide the Children," where she played Sara Jane, and "Explosion! Part 2," where she played Laure, a crying orphan whose peer tried to run away.
2. Mannix - "Edge of the Knife"
Character name: Marian
Although this is an uncredited role, it's hard not to recognize one of television's classic child stars when watching the episode. In this episode, Plumb played Marian, a young girl in the hospital who needed surgery.
Fun fact: This was one of the roles Plumb snagged before her starring part on The Brady Bunch. Also, it was one of four television roles she had in 1968.
3. Gunsmoke - "Gold Town"
Character name: Sue
Plumb played one of the school children in this episode. She would raise her hand to answer questions and ask them in the brief scene. The character was a small part but different than her other child roles because she was like a hillbilly.
Fun fact: This episode aired a few months before The Brady Bunch premiered in 1969.
4. The Love Boat - "Command Performance/ Hyde and Seek/ Sketchy Love"
Character name: Beth
In this episode, Plumb plays a young woman who comes on a cruise with her mom for a vacation. A comedian is playing a show during the trip, and he's the father who left them years ago. This role gave Plumb a more dramatic part than Jan Brady.
Fun fact: The actress appeared on two more episodes of The Love Boat between 1978 and 1982.
5. Facts of Life - "Best Sisters: Part 1 & 2"
Distributed by Sony Pictures Television
Character name: Meg
This is one of Plumb's older roles, where she grows out of being seen as a child star to an adult. In this role, she plays Meg, Blair's sister, who happens to be a nun that inspires Jo. This role is another one that's different from her starring part in The Brady Bunch.
Fun Fact: This role came before A Very Brady Christmas, along with a few other parts showing Plumb's success after The Brady Bunch.
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In 1968, just before she got the Brady gig, Eve Plumb appeared at the beginning of an ABC TV-movie, "The House On Greenapple Road".
She's just getting home from school, and coming home to an empty house.
Not finding anyone home, she goes to her aunt's house across the street ... which is why she doesn't discover the bloody mess in the kitchen ...
... and that leads to the murder mystery that makes up the rest of the movie.
" ... Greenapple Road" is one of the best TV mysteries ever made; it ultimately led to the Dan August series (although Burt Reynolds replaced Christopher George as the lead detective).
You can find it at YouTube or on DVD.
The show was enjoyable.
All of the actors did good.
I have seen other shows with Mrs. Plumb. Some times I can figure out the person.
On Love Boat, just guessing from the picture, I am going to say Mrs. Marian Ross portrayed her mother.
"It takes a thief", with Mr. Robert Wagner.
Now, if we want to go REALLY "Six Degrees of BB" crazy on this one...that Little Women miniseries ALSO featured Joyce Bulifant!! (I shouldn't have to tell BB fans why this is important..) AND a character actor named Ben Wright, who appeared in a little film called "The Sound of Music", which featured two young child actors who would eventually grow older and guest-star on....yep, you all know it...The Brady Bunch! Of course, we all know that our beloved Florence Henderson once starred as Maria Van Trapp as well... WHEW!
But "Jan" looks good in Facts of Life and the Love Boat.
It aired on TV fifty years ago this month