Susan Dey

Susan Dey, in a still from The Partridge Family.

Susan Hallock Dey (born December 10, 1952 in Pekin, Illinois) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on The Partridge Family and L.A. Law.

Dey was a model before starring as Laurie Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970-1974. She was only 17 years old when she won the part, and had no previous acting experience.

While participating in The Partridge Family, striving to be as thin as possible, Dey developed an eating disorder, a form of orthorexia nervosa. While suffering from this disorder, she would only eat carrots. She denied having a problem until one day at a cast party at the beach. Co-star Danny Bonaduce exclaimed, "What's wrong with you?! Your skin is orange!" After this incident, and a struggle, Dey overcame her disorder and regained her normal health (and skin tone).

After the end of the television series, Dey strove to shed her wholesome image. She took movie roles where she was required to appear nude or semi-nude. The new image didn't significantly help her career, however, and she remained little in demand for movie roles.

Dey seemed to by attempting a comeback with her appearance in 1981's sexy thriller Looker, but after this high-profile movie she nearly disappeared from the public eye until her starring role in the TV series L.A. Law as Grace Van Owen. She was critically hailed for her part in this role. She earned a Golden Globe Award as "Actress In A Leading Role - Drama Series" for this role in 1987. She was nominated four more times the four following years. She was also nominated for the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" for this role in 1987, 1988 and 1989.

Dey has been married to her second husband, television producer Bernard Sofronski, since 1988. She has one child, a daughter, Sarah Hirshan (born 1978). Her daughter's father is her first husband, Lenny Hirshan (married 1976 - 1981).

With the ending of LA Law, Dey has disappeared from public view. Reportedly, she has put her role as Laurie Partridge behind her and doesn't like to talk about her Partridge days.

Filmography

  • Rain (2001)
  • That's Adequate (1989)
  • The Trouble with Dick (1987)
  • Echo Park (1986)
  • Love and Bullets (1985)
  • Looker (1981)
  • First Love (1977)
  • The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976)
  • Skyjacked (1972)

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While suffering from this disorder, she would only eat carrots. When her MGM contract was terminated in 1950 (depending upon the source she either asked to be released from the contract, or she was fired due her unreliability on the set of the musical Royal Wedding), Garland turned to television and live concert appearances. While participating in The Partridge Family, striving to be as thin as possible, Dey developed an eating disorder, a form of orthorexia nervosa. She received an honorary Academy Award for her performance in The Wizard of Oz, and was nominated for Best Actress in A Star is Born, and Best Supporting Actress for Judgment at Nuremberg. She was only 17 years old when she won the part, and had no previous acting experience. Louis, in which she introduced three classics standards: "The Trolley Song," "The Boy Next Door," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Her other famous films include The Harvey Girls (1946) (in which she introduced "On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe"), Easter Parade (1948), A Star Is Born (1954), and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). Dey was a model before starring as Laurie Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family from 1970-1974. Throughout the 1940s her films increased in popularity, the most critically and financially successful being Meet Me in St.

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Echo Park (1986). Young Frances got on the stage and stole the show with a rendition of Jingle Bells; she was two and a half years old. The Trouble with Dick (1987). One year, her parents and her two older sisters were performing in a Christmas show. That's Adequate (1989). Born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, she was born into a family of vaudeville players. Rain (2001). Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was a American film actress who is considered one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywood's Golden Era of musical film.