It really is the “Brady group”…
Eve Plumb has revealed that she had a failed date with former on-screen Brady Bunch brother Christopher Knight.
After the sitcom ended, Plumb, who played middle sister Jan Brady, and Knight, who played middle brother Peter Brady, tried to go on a date, but it turned into a romance.
“It was so much fun,” the 67-year-old actress told Page Six in a recent exclusive interview. “It was fun, but by then we had become too good friends to transition into romantic partners.”
In her upcoming memoir, Happiness Included: Jan Brady and Beyond, she writes, “Our attempts at reconciliation that night ended in laughter and resignation. In real life, we would always be sister and brother.”
And that “brotherly” bond continues.
“We remain friends to this day,” she said.
Plumb and her husband even have monthly Zoom calls with Knight and his wife.
“That’s already on the cards,” Plumb said, explaining that it started during the COVID-19 pandemic and continues today.
Plumb was already a veteran child actor when he landed the role of Yang on the sitcom, which ran from 1969 to 1974 and spawned numerous TV spinoffs, specials, and two films.
Jean had “middle child” issues, feeling overshadowed by her older sister Marcia, played by Maureen McCormick, which led to her now famous grumbling, petulant catchphrase, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” Her character became perhaps the most memorable of the six siblings.
Plumb did not appear in the short-lived spin-off series The Brady Bunch Hour, which aired for only nine episodes. Many fans believe that Plumb was unwilling to be associated with the sitcom, as Jeri Reischl served as Yang’s replacement, but her statement is not true.
“At the time, I was filming[the TV movie]’Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Fugitive’ and decided to continue trying other avenues,” she revealed.
However, she took part in the short-lived sitcom ‘Brady Brides’, in which Jean and Marcia share a home as newlyweds.
Plumb admitted that as a child actress, she was lucky to have a stable home life and parents who encouraged her and took great care of her income.
She said she made “good money” on the sitcom, but “it wasn’t a lot of money, so I invested it. I was lucky I didn’t have to get a day job.”
While continuing to work, Plum also had another career as an accomplished painter, which led to the creation of a lifestyle brand.
The “Brady Brides” alum said she likes to draw. Because “I have complete control over what I draw, when I draw, and how I draw, and it’s fun!”
