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Susan Dey

American actress

Susan Hallock Dey (born December 10, )[1] is an American retired actress, known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on the sitcom The Partridge Family from to , and as Grace Van Owen on the drama series L.A. Law from to A three-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for L.A.

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Early life and education

Dey was born in Pekin, Illinois, to Ruth Pyle (née Doremus) Dey, a nurse, and Robert Smith Dey.[2] Ruth died in , when Susan was eight.[2]

Dey attended Columbus Elementary School in Thornwood, New York.

She later moved to Mount Kisco, New York, where she graduated from Fox Lane High School in [3]

Career

Dey began her professional life as a model. Her first modeling break was the cover photo of a booklet by Pursettes tampons on first facts of menstruation for young girls, "Getting to Know Yourself."[citation needed]

She was cast as Laurie Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family from to [4][5] She was 17 when she won the part with no previous acting experience.

She briefly reprised that role for the Hanna-Barbera animated series, Partridge Family A.D. for two episodes, before being replaced by Sherry Alberoni. She returned to weekly network television in as the co-star of the short-lived sitcom Loves Me, Loves Me Not.[4]

Dey's first film role was as a passenger in the airline hijack movie Skyjacked, starring Charlton Heston.[6] In a made-for-television movie, Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night, she portrayed a disturbed young mother with serious psychological problems who begins to take them out on her toddler daughter.[4][7] Also in , Dey starred opposite William Katt in First Love, directed by Joan Darling[4][8] and appeared in the Barnaby Jones episode "Testament of Power" ().

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Dey co-starred with Albert Finney in the science-fiction film Looker, written and directed by Michael Crichton.[4] She had a leading role in 's Echo Park as a struggling waitress-actress who takes a job as a stripper delivering singing telegrams.[4][9] She starred on L.A.

Law from through as Los Angeles County deputy district attorney Grace Van Owen, who later became a judge.[4] She won a Golden Globe Award as Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series for the role in [10] She was also nominated in each of the following four years. She was also nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in , , and [11]

She hosted a episode of Saturday Night Live.

Later that year, she co-starred in the sitcom Love & War.[4] Although the show ran until , Dey was replaced in by Annie Potts because producers reportedly felt she had "no chemistry" with co-star Jay Thomas.[12] In , Dey produced and starred in Lies & Lullabies (later released on DVD as Sad Inheritance), where she played a pregnant cocaine addict.[13]

Dey was mentioned in Shirley Jones's memoir as the only cast member who "consistently refused" to take part in Partridge Family reunions.[14]

In , Dey was credited as the author of a book titled Susan Dey's Secrets on Boys, Beauty and Popularity.[15]

Personal life

During the production of The Partridge Family, Dey had romantic feelings for co-star David Cassidy.

They eventually pursued a relationship when the show ended, but Cassidy broke it off as he did not share her feelings. In , Cassidy disclosed details of his relationship with Dey in his autobiography C'mon, Get Happy Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus; he presumed this led to her severing contact with him.[16]

Dey was married to Leonard "Lenny" Hirshan from to [17] They have one daughter.

Dey has been married to television producer Bernard Sofronski since [18]

She serves as a board member of the Rape Treatment Center at UCLA Medical Center, and co-narrated a documentary on campus rape with former L.A. Law co-star Corbin Bernsen.[19] She suffered from anorexia during the run of The Partridge Family.[20]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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