Susan Marie Olsen (born August 14, 1961) is a former American child television actress and current animal rights activist. The naturally blonde-headed Olsen is best known for her role as Mike & Carol Brady's (played by Robert Reed and Florence Henderson) youngest daughter, Cindy Brady, on the 1970s television sitcom The Brady Bunch for the full run of the show, from 1969 - 1974.
Born in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children, wit...
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Susan Marie Olsen (born August 14, 1961) is a former American child television actress and current animal rights activist. The naturally blonde-headed Olsen is best known for her role as Mike & Carol Brady's (played by Robert Reed and Florence Henderson) youngest daughter, Cindy Brady, on the 1970s television sitcom The Brady Bunch for the full run of the show, from 1969 - 1974.
Born in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children, with two older brothers Larry and Christopher (fourteen years older) and a sister Diane. Her brother Christopher was also a child actor, perhaps best known for his role in The Man Who Knew Too Much.
After landing a number of supporting roles, most notably, Ironside, Gunsmoke, and Julia, at age seven she was cast as Cindy on The Brady Bunch. She was the youngest actress ever to appear in the series.
As an adult Olsen has expressed that portraying Cindy made peer relations difficult for her as a child. Olsen has said that the episode she dislikes...
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