Eve Plumb Biography

Fast Facts

• Started her career at the age of 6 in commercials for Mattel toys, sang with the Jimmy Joyce Children's Chorus and had parts on The Big Valley and Family Affair
• Best known for the role of middle daughter Jan Brady on The Brady Bunch, which she played from 1969 until 1974
• Was a varsity cheerleader and homecoming queen in high school
• In a break from her squeaky-clean Brady image, starred as a teen prostitute in Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)
• Though participating in nearly every Brady Bunch spin-off, was the only cast member to turn down The Brady Bunch Hour, a singing and dancing variety show
• Was a member of the Groundlings comedy troupe
• Played the mother in the 1990s series Fudge, based on the Judy Blume books
• The '90s alt-rock band Eve's Plum was named in her honor
• Is a self-taught painter who specializes in oil still lifes