Susan Olsen - The Brady Bunch

After landing a number of supporting roles in television, most notably in Ironside, Gunsmoke, and Julia, at age seven she was cast as Cindy on The Brady Bunch.

As an adult, Olsen has expressed that portraying Cindy made friendships difficult for her as a child. Olsen has said that the episode she dislikes the most is the second-season "tattletale" episode, in which Cindy incessantly snitches on her siblings. Because of the episode, she was shunned by her real-life peers, who did not understand the difference between actors and their characters.

Olsen has appeared in all Brady Bunch reunion movies with the exception of A Very Brady Christmas in 1988, because she was on her honeymoon with her first husband. In that movie, Cindy Brady was played by Jennifer Runyon.

In 2005, VH1 ranked Susan Olsen #34 in The 100 Greatest Kid Stars of television and film.

In 2007, Olsen and her fellow cast members were honored with the TV Pop Culture Award on the TV Land Awards. It was noted that this is the only award that The Brady Bunch has ever won.

During production of The Brady Bunch, it was noted that even though her on-screen father, star Robert Reed, was suffering a great deal of unhappiness both on and off the set, Olsen continued to develop a wonderful on- and off-screen relationship with him, as well as with Florence Henderson, who played her on-screen mother. Olsen remained close to Reed until his death on May 12, 1992. She, along with her Brady Bunch castmates, attended Reed's funeral.