Maureen McCormick

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Old Brady Bunch Episode Becomes Anti-Vaxxer Theme

But actress who played Marcia speaks out against

(Newser) - Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia Brady on The Brady Bunch, thinks people should get their information on measles from medical professionals in 2019, not sitcom episodes from 50 years earlier. McCormick isn't happy about anti-vaxxers pointing to a 1969 episode in which the whole Brady family comes down with...

Presidential Candidate to DWTS: Rick Perry

Former Texas governor to join Amber Rose, Vanilla Ice, Ryan Lochte on 'DWTS'

(Newser) - Rick Perry will join the next season of Dancing With the Stars, joining Ryan Lochte (probably not doing the Brazilian bossa nova), Amber Rose (doing dance moves that epitomize whatever she's famous for doing), and other celebrities for the ABC show's 23rd season, ABC News reports. Perry, who...

Brady Sisters Feud Over Lesbian 'Joke'

Former friends in tiff over lesbian joke

(Newser) - Marcia and Jan Brady—or rather, the actors who played them—have had a falling-out over their nonexistent lesbian love affair, reports the New York Post. Maureen McCormick recently blogged that Eve Plumb won’t attend a Brady Bunch reunion on Oprah—possibly because of “the joke I made...

'Marcia Brady' Thanks Prozac for Her Life

Actress fought misery, addiction for years before drug saved her

(Newser) - Maureen McCormick fought drug addiction and depression for years after The Brady Bunch until antidepressants helped her “feel like a normal person for the first time in my life,” she writes in Newsweek. She struggled with private fears even when shooting the show and hit bottom in a...

Marcia: 'I Traded Sex for Drugs'

Brady Bunch darling reveals struggle with addiction, depression

(Newser) - The actress who played the nation's perky darling Marcia in the wholesome Brady Bunch TV family once traded sex for drugs during years in the abyss of depression and drug addiction, reports E! Online. Maureen McCormick, now 52, reveals her very un-Brady life in her new memoir, Here's the Story:...

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